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You might want to delete the "and the citizenry did nothing wrong" ending to your otherwise reasonable post. I don't think you meant it the way it sounds.

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I legit am not sure how it sounded to you in a way that seemed unfortunate.

It implies that, unlike Crimea, the citizenry of countries _other_ than Crimea (Iran/Sudan/Cuba etc) _did_ do something wrong.

Ah, I see.

I mean, yeah, I think that kind of is the theory behind US sanctions sometimes honestly. It's pretty messed up. (And the US, which is a "democracy", would want to avoid looking in the mirror too).

I am being misunderstood because of the wording I used. The reason "and the citizenry did nothing wrong" is problematic is because it implies that, unlike Crimea, the citizenry of countries _other_ than Crimea (Iran/Sudan/Cuba etc) _did_ do something wrong.

I was not saying that the citizens of Crimea did something wrong: I was saying the opposite.

It was obvious and you are dealing with pedants

What do you think the citizenry of Crimea did wrong?

they voted wrong way.

I'm under the impression that nobody but Russian state media claims that election was legitimate.

wrong way in wrong elections :) Of course, like any Russian election it was just a formality, a décor. Nobody really needed it as the will of the people was clear - no more threats of more of those "trains of friendships" full of Western Ukrainian nationalists, especially given all the quiet massive arming of those nationalists that had happened under the cover of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the run up to the 2014.

What massive arming?

Ah yes, the legitimacy. I don't think it means what it's implied to mean. The USA do many illegitimate things and no-one bats an eye.

Nothing; see my reply elsewhere in this thread. I meant the opposite of what you understood me to mean, but I can see why I was misunderstood.

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