2014-03-06, 02:50 PM
I want to add, despite being against Russia in this situation, I'm not really pleased with how US is acting either. I feel like both countries are making the situation worse, both are being hypocrites and exaggerating things that are in their favour.
A few points to remember:
1. Russian forces have only been in Crimea so far.
2. Crimea consists mostly of people with Russian roots, many (most?) of them seem to be on Russia's side and they were the ones who wanted Russia there.
3. Russia has not used any violence against anyone in Crimea so far (and hopefully won't in the future).
4. The current government is illegal, not chosen by elections and most likely if the government overthrown would've been the west-friendly one, US/EU reaction would be way different.
5. Last but not least, US is not in the position to tell Russia about "breaking international law". We all know what US has done in the past, how many countries it has invaded and started wars with, not giving a crap about international laws, pacts etc. On the other hand, "they did so too" is an excuse that you should hear in elementary school and not in politics, I'm sure Putin understands this as well.
These things aren't black and white, I admit that I first acted as if they were.
A few points to remember:
1. Russian forces have only been in Crimea so far.
2. Crimea consists mostly of people with Russian roots, many (most?) of them seem to be on Russia's side and they were the ones who wanted Russia there.
3. Russia has not used any violence against anyone in Crimea so far (and hopefully won't in the future).
4. The current government is illegal, not chosen by elections and most likely if the government overthrown would've been the west-friendly one, US/EU reaction would be way different.
5. Last but not least, US is not in the position to tell Russia about "breaking international law". We all know what US has done in the past, how many countries it has invaded and started wars with, not giving a crap about international laws, pacts etc. On the other hand, "they did so too" is an excuse that you should hear in elementary school and not in politics, I'm sure Putin understands this as well.
These things aren't black and white, I admit that I first acted as if they were.