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Yea, well, did you hear about how the President escaped and the Parliament voted to destitute him. And when you invade Crimea to do a mock referendum, that's awesome international law. Not even Iran and China recognize the annexation of Crimea, because you can't invade a country and referendum an annexation unilaterally.
Most of the people living in Crimea work for the Russian Black Sea Fleet you dork. They didn't have to invade Crimea, they already had a huge military instalation there. And no one cares about international law, least of all NATO.
Also Crimea has been trying to get autonomy or leave Ukraine for thirty years.
The parliament had no constitutional authority to vote to expell him without an impeachment hearing, which he never got. It was an illegal move.
The referendum in Crimea is as legitimate as the acting president of Ukraine.
And tankies love it when America invades another country because that country didn't democracy correctly.
I don't support Russia invading, just so we're clear. I can just see the rational progression of events from A to Z
Why do you think Russia invaded? Cuz Russia bad? lol
Ukraine is literally on Russia's boarder, and Russia is not even a regional empire - it's a jumped up gas station. Russia is vulnerable and knows it, so it lashes out like any animal backed into a corner. Now we have another forever war, this time in Europe.
Then why are you using Russia's talking points?
Do you agree there is a difference between "reasons" and "justifications"?
I think Russia's reasons for invading are real and must acknowledged to end the war. I don't think those reasons justify the war.
Get it?
“I think the US’s reasons for invading Iraq are real and must be acknowledged to end the war.”
Does that clarify what I’m talking about to you at all?
The US's reasons for invading Iraq weren't fucking real. They made it all up!
Does that clarify what I'm talking about to you at all?
Yes, and that’s exactly the point I was making about Russia’s reasons. The NATO already had troops in all of the Baltics following the invasion of Crimea. (Look up Operation Atlantic Resolve) Every single US troop there was already closer to Moscow than any potential Ukrainian base could ever possibly hope to be.
You're skipping some parts of the history. Before Operation Atlantic Resolve, there was the illegal removal of the previous anti-NATO president and the installation of a pro-NATO president, and that was the trigger for the invasion of Crimea and the illegal referendum to annex the territory in the first place. If you care to look, there's a pretty clear through-line of tit-for-tat that keeps happening.
You keep skipping parts of the history. You bring up that Viktor Yanukovych’s removal was illegal and not that the court’s removal of the 2004 amendments were, themselves, illegal. (Somehow the people who were supposed to implement the constitution were above it?) or that the president went against the Legislature’s will by denying the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, which again, they had a right to write and approve the treaty…
Was the court striking down those amendments unconstitutional? I'm under the impression that's a power that's granted to them and not really able to find proof that it was an illegal move. Can I get a cite for that? I'm seeing political opponents of the move saying that, but not any unbiased sources. This article from the Kyiv Post mentions a member of an opposition party's opinion, but that's it.
EDIT Although reading the Venice Commission, I'm getting the impression Ukraine's constitutional court is a clown show. Maybe it was illegal, maybe not, who knows! It seems the Court's authority isn't clearly defined. As someone from America, that sure fucking sounds familiar!
If by illegally remove you mean he was passing laws that would have made him a defacto dictator which in turn triggered protests that he violently put down triggering massive protests causing him to flee then yes.
I mean literally, they removed him without following the constitutional process. They just kinda did it - hence, a coup.
He was literally voted out by their parlament by like 300 to 0 votes and the only country calling it a coup was Russia.
So? It was still an illegal move by their parliament - he wasn't formally impeached. That'd be like the American House and Senate voting to remove the President without having impeachment proceedings. It doesn't matter how overwhelming the majority is, the constitution is still supposed to be a legal document that hast to be followed.
Also iirc the reason there were 0 votes against is because 170 abstained from the vote, because it was illegal.