| Mr Khan said:
All Crimea shows, in the end, is the continuing trend of ethnic gerrymandering and factionalism that has dominated, especially European politics since the fall of the Berlin wall. Russia is taking a majority ethnically Russian territory, much like how Venetia is having a vote to secede from Italy (nonbinding), or the Basques, Flemish, Scots, Catalonians, Chechens, Bosnian Serbs, Albanian expats, the mess with Hungary right now. That it gives Putin an excuse to flex his muscles is largely aside the point. He wouldn't have gotten away with this if Crimea was solidly, ethnic Ukrainian. |
I've already pointed out holes in your idea of the events being an ethnic conflict, but I could repeat -- this is wrong perspective or at least not good enough to explain it in the best way possible. Referendum in Crimea should have shown that already with 25% of Crimenians being Ukrainians whatever they understand by it. Unless of course you like badgenome think that it's all a set-up. If that's so, well... I can't beat faith with arguments.
