| KungKras said: Before Hitler invaded Poland, he took a piece of it with Danzig. He annexed Austria, he took a piece of Checkoslovakia arguing that it should be german because the sudet germans lived there. Seems familliar to what is going on with Ukraine? |
The situation is different than that.
1. Hitler was conquering new lands for the purpose of building an Empire. This included lands that were never traditionally a part of Germany.
2. Crimea rebelled to return to Russia in response to the anti-Russian coup which seized control of Ukraine. Crimea was a part of Russia that was under Ukrainian control after the fall of the USSR as a measure of good faith between the nations.
Pre-Euromaidan polling had always suggested a 65-70% wish to rejoin Russia, with 10-15% to remain in Ukraine, and the rest undecided. Imagine how a coup by an anti-Russian government with suspected fascist leanings* is going to effect that opinion.
*I'm not suggesting they were fascist, but its a fact that a lot of people thought this at that time.
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