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Originally Posted by iamnotawerewolf
if we assume that the overwhelming majority of people within the Crimea want to leave Ukraine and join Russia,
then Russia has the right to assert its newfound jurisdiction over the territory
so long as you subscribe to the social contract theory of sovereignty
I'm not familiar with the bolded, maybe I need to be.
But I'll never agree with, "Hey look at the results of this plebecite we have every right to march in and take what's ours what's the big deal?" if that's its conclusion because, again, we've seen this before in Sudetenland, Austria, etc.