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If we allow large countries to conquer part of a small country and hold it for a few years and it becomes theirs, isn't it obvious to everyone that ALL LARGE COUNTRIES are going to do that continuously and aggressively from now on? Because they've seen that it's not only possible, it's acceptable and rewarding.
It's not about "battlefield realities" and "practicality". We cannot allow slow creeping aggression and erosion of borders because it won't stop at Ukraine. It won't stop anywhere. It's a recipe for WW3, if you actually want WW3, that's how you get WW3. We've allowed them to get away with it too often and too passively. The line must be drawn here, because the lines are only going to get harder and harder to enforce and we will keep getting weaker and more divided. It's already happening. This is almost certainly our last chance.
Crimea is Ukraine. It was in 1991, it was in 2014, and it still is, and it always will be unless it goes through a proper, legal and internationally recognized independence or annexation process. Any deviation from that position is a sign of incredible weakness that will be punished and abused for a century. This is an extremely dangerous game Russia is playing, and they simply cannot be allowed to win, that's not brinksmanship, that's standing up for what's right. Ukraine understands that. Why don't we?