45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.

[Bill]

He's also ignoring the ethnic cleansing that lead to the Crimea having a Russian population.

[Stickyfinger]

Where is General Wrangel when you need him !

[Eric Mc]

JagLover said:

Interesting you should mention NI.

That was separated off from the rest of Ireland as the majority of the population of NI didn't want to be ruled by the majority.

That's kind of what is going on here in the UK at the moment, with different regions having different national aspirations. At what point does an established nations tart divvying itself up into smaller entities just to satisfy local wishes which may differ from the national majority view?

Ukraine could have stayed part of the Russian Federation - it chose not to. Just as what became Northern Ireland chose not to be part of an entity governed by a parliament in Dublin.

[Hugo a Gogo]

not many lands have had borders set in stone for more than a hundred years.

I'm currently sitting in a part of Germany which used to be France

sending in troops is not the best manner of international diplomacy, and the Russian have some form in it - as of course do the Americans, the Germans, the Brits etc

we should really try not to encourage it though

[turbobloke]

Eric Mc said:

an established nations tart divvying itself up

Watch out for the new posting rules, that's a bit tarty for the new PH

[Eric Mc]

turbobloke said:

Eric Mc said:

an established nations tart divvying itself up

Watch out for the new posting rules, that's a bit tarty for the new PH

I suppose I'd better eat some humble pie.

[Big Al.]

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