“You don’t get to erase national boundaries just because you think some percentage of that territory should belong to another nation... “
Really now? Lots of people will be fascinated that this is our position. Examples include Serbia, where we broke away Kosovo. Israel, where at this very minute we are trying to redraw their borders. And not to mention that Europe has changed borders so many times that it’s almost been a hobby. Syria will also find this quite interesting.
And I would submit another law. Rock and firebomb throwing crowds should never get to assert authority over people who disagree, simply because they happen to fall within the nation state area the crowd has seized.
We are wrong in most cases you mention where we are involved. I might make some exceptions in the immediate post-WW2 period: Winners do get to get their way sometimes.
And I would submit another law. Rock and firebomb throwing crowds should never get to assert authority over people who disagree, simply because they happen to fall within the nation state area the crowd has seized.
I assume that your position would be unchanged if the Ukrainian protesters had had real military type weapons, and had been able to organize into military type units or militias. By extension, then, G. Washington & Co. should have had no authority over Tories and Tory sympathizers in the U.S. after the U.S. won its independence. Righto...