US says Taiwan should be a sovereign & independent state, Donetsk People's Republic & the Luhansk People's Republic shouldn't, Kosovo should.
Who gave the US and our Western allies the international authority to draw boundaries?
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BohemianBabe · M
America isn't drawing the boundaries, the people in those countries are. America is just supporting their right for self-determination.
RocktheHouse · M
@BohemianBabe If what you say is true, why don't people in the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic have the same right to self-determination?
Spotpot · 46-50, M
@RocktheHouse Because those regions are within Ukraines border.
BohemianBabe · M
@RocktheHouse If those regions took a vote, and the people decided to secede, then they should secede. But that's not really what happened.
RocktheHouse · M
@BohemianBabe Yes, it is. The people of Donetsk and Luhansk held a referendum in 2014, the very same year Crimea held its referendum to join Russia with a 97% vote. Obama and other Western leaders claimed the referendums violated international law.
BohemianBabe · M
@RocktheHouse Bruh... those were legit elections the way the Soviet Union had legit elections.