Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "The “Battle” of Crimea: Inside Russia’s Playbook to Capture the Peninsula" video.

Well, if world was truly free the UN laws of people deciding their future would be respected and UN referendum in Crimea would have given it to Russia.
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Given that around 80% of the Ukrainian soldiers became Russian soldiers I think it was clear that they rather be ... Russians than Ukrainians. I.e. there was no pro Ukraine faction present anywhere.
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@vladislavbondarenko7067 Russia evacuated the city. Come on you should know that. Why if everyone laws Ukraine so much there is absolutely no pro Ukraine activity??? There were multiple proposals for a referendum - UN one, for Ukraine. Russia agreed. Ukraine did not. I wonder why.
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@vladislavbondarenko7067 Really? How so - if you think it is so fractured than what would be left of US or Canada?
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@vladislavbondarenko7067 It belongs to the people that are there now. If we look at ingenious population, even Tatars may not be it. Also I fail to see all these Americans packing their bags and going back to Europe. Easiest is to look at current population. I do not agree to any forced removal of population to change the "ratio". This is going on in different areas of the world - frequently with western approval or support.
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@mfulan7548 If you do not want to live in Crimea - leave! Simple! Kosovo was part of Serbia as per US. If Albanians did not like it - leave - simple huh? So why did US build huge military base there and why west is pushing Serbia to accept Kosovo as independent state??? Why is US not a British colony? If Americans did not like the King they could have just sailed home! Why did they start illegal revolution? Why not just leave! It was British land! They accepted that until they rebelled! What was the problem all of the sudden?
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@mfulan7548 If you do not like the British you can use the Native people. There are plenty of other examples. When Americans started their rebellion they were helped by France. Was France right to help? A lot of Poles also came to help, were they right? Was a Polish revolution (which failed) before the war of US independence a fight for freedom or was it bunch of criminal elements? So what that Russia agreed to respect Ukraine borders - for 20 years they did - and then things changed. French also had peace treaty with the British yet war started and they helped American colonies. Which question you want me to answer? My main view is very simple. People have the right to decide & a concept of a country holding people hostage is as obsolete today as it was 300 years ago. EU for all of its mumblings about "freedom" is as backwardly set as their ancestors were.
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@JohnDlugosz LOL, if you were Russian why would you want to live in Banderostan - that is like saying Jews would not mind to live in Nazi Germany despite discrimination. Once Hitler started to push 1000s started to move away from Germany - despite Jews being quote used to discrimination in Europe. We are not talking about some tolerant state where all are equal here, we are talking here about Ukraine where you are fined for speaking Russian (5000 harvina)
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@vladislavbondarenko7067 Ukraine said no to any referendums. And the land belongs to the people, not to Ukraine. I support these people, as they fight for freedom. Western politically motivated view is a shame. They are on the wrong side of history.
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@vladislavbondarenko7067 Well, I see Bandera is strong with you "wipe". Yes, there were transfers of people during Soviet times - but no one says Soviet times were correct. Thus Ukrainian attempts at such transfers should be seen as a war crime.
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@mfulan7548 Sure I can give lots of examples, Kosovo, Taiwan, South Sudan, breakup of Yugoslavia. Eritrea. How many examples do you need? Lots of examples from very recent times. Essentially all these places had to fight for their independence in one way or another. There are still conflicts based on who lives where. This is why I firmly believe in simple, human non barbaric way of settling things - people decide. Or you can follow Kiev regime.
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@Kektamusprime No body is fighting against Russians there as almost everyone there is Russian ;) What videos have you seen of fighting there? Other than drone attacks? I have no seen any videos. There is also small Tatar minority there, but I did not see them doing anything with arms either.
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The defections etc. show that no one in Crimea really feels like they want to be part of Ukraine - most of the population is Russian. I cannot understand why Kiev regime wants this Russian province so badly - people there do not want to be Ukrainians - this is 21st century, you do not force people to be with you at gun point.
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@vladislavbondarenko7067 Stalin moved people around without much reference to race. As there was no race. There was class status only. Bandera wanted to wipe out all other races in his perceived land. Bandera also killed well over a million. Stalin polices were more in line with "You now live in Soviet Union ----> you are now a Soviet citizen. If you do not like it, we can wait till you do". Bendera - lets wipe them out so there is no trace of them, salt the land they had their fields on. Thus moving or eliminating populations is far more of a Bandera thing than Stalin thing. Stalin assimilated, frequently by force. Bandera killed. Stalin was - all are equal Soviet people. Bandera was, Ukrainians are master race. Current setup in Ukraine is Bandera - racial superiority.
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@cbo9090 what attacking force? The are defending force.
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@mfulan7548 Oh its simple, Crimea? That is the problem between Russia and Ukraine. Russia has resolved that problem. Using your exact logic.
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@mfulan7548 You are delusional. Land belongs to the people. Its not slavery times anymore. Move on with times - its time of freedom. Crimea belongs to the people of Crimea - and they want to be Russian. So any Nazi Kiev lovers are free to leave. West is on the wrong side of history - imperialism is not the future!
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