Originally Posted by Antonio

Crimea was Hitler taking over Austria, nothing more nothing less. They can drop lies until they are blue in the face, the facts remain. Democracy is the vote of the MAJORITY over the minority and when it comes to territories, if you want referendum, make it a national one and only THEN it might carry some weight. If the whole of Ukraine voted to join Russia, Mars, or the Moon, I would have cared less.

Now the two neighbors that at least used to tolerate if not like each other will be enemies for the next who knows how long, yup, pretty awesome. Russia is really playing it smart, one more enemy at their border and waking up the half-asleep NATO, which is most likely going to take the chance and expand East as much as it can.

Putin - wannabe Hitler, who is too fucking stupid to realize what this is going to cost the Russians in the long run or simply doesn't give a flying fuck. After all, he is going to remain in the Russian history books as the mighty hero, who made Russia just a bit bigger, I think that's as good as it gets for any dictator.