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As President Obama said, You can't just redraw your borders when you feel like. For all we know all this instability was made up by the Russians for this very purpose. I hope this doesn't cause a chain reaction in the other Baltic states following Crimea's example.

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True, but in looking at US history, we have little stand on as we have redrawn a few boundaries ourselves. However, I look at this as more of a statement for when Texas wants to leave the Union after California goes bankrupt and wants the rest of the states to pay. Technically, Texas is still a republic. Crimea was basically a state that was given to the Ukraine by Kruzchev. They have always felt they were Russian. They didn't vote on the move to the Ukraine either as they were independent prior to that time.

I get the objections, but they mostly seem to be aimed at checking Russian Annexation of other areas and to stop other countries from such bold moves...China with Japan over islands....Japan with Korea over islands and Russia with Japan over islands. Seems like they are trying to stop what might be a domino effect.

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It has already started, see what the Ukranians in the northern province are doing: Ukranians in Kherson.

I think what has most people worried is the speed at which the Russians moved in with their army and started a ballot. Its almost like it was planned or too well orchestrated. There has always been a fear of Russia, and actions like this do not sooth those cold war fears.

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Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov ordered the withdrawal of Ukrainian armed forces from Crimea today, citing Russian threats to the lives of military staff and their families.

Russian troops have seized most of Ukraine's bases in the peninsula, including a naval base at Feodosia today. Russia annexed Crimea last week after a controversial referendum that Ukraine and the West say was illegal. Ref. CNN

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Russia's actions in Crimea 'completely understandable' - German ex-chancellor:

President Vladimir Putin's approach to the Crimean issue is "Completely understandable," Schmidt wrote in Die Zeit newspaper where he's employed as an editor. Ref. Source 9

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Russia bristles at Nazi comparison by Germany

Russia is protesting to Germany over remarks by Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble likening Russia's annexation of Crimea to Nazi Germany's expansion under Adolf Hitler. Ref. Source 1

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I don't know that the comparison to Hitler is correct but the taking of Crimea reminds me of what Saddam did in Kuwait, the only difference was that the people of Crimea allegedly wanted it to happen.

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Putin admits Russian troops were in Crimea before vote:

Putin was asked in regard to Crimea: "Who were those men in green uniforms?" They were Russian troops, he answered, deployed to make sure residents of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula were safe from assault by the government in Kiev Ref. Source 3