Seems like some of you guy's reply to my
this comment were somehow not notified to me. And all of you guys' comment were so Anti-China and Pro-Russian I feel that I must make a reply!
Ukraine only had tiny blips of actual independence over the last several hundred years. And they do share a cultural matrix with Russia.
Ok, good and so what? As I said, at the end of the day, the fact is that Ukraine is a sovereign nation that is internationally recognized, including Russia itself. Russia recognized it
on its own accord without any duress or under unequal terms, that is
literally what they did. So IDK what is the argument here and how is that relevant here.
Your argument that Ukraine legitimately owned Crimea is also tenuous.
No, it is not my job to argue for Ukraine or for Russia. Nor do I care about that. That is NOT my argument.
I just
simply stand by the facts: All I know is that Russia recognized Crimea as a part of Ukraine on its own accord without any duress or under any unequal terms. So why did they do that then? well, I don't know. They really should not have done that, but they did! so who is to blame? And is this somehow your burden to twist against blatant facts and logic (even contradictory to China's own interest) to argue for them? Are you Russian?
Also, as far as I know, the "Crimean referendum" occurs after Russian's invasion of Ukraine in 2014. And when I say "Russian's invasion of Ukraine in 2014", I am not saying it as a western rhetoric, I say this
as a factual statement as Russia
does indeed recognized Ukraine (inclusive of Crimea) as an independent sovereign country before 2014. So are you saying that a foreign nation, can just invade another internationally recognized sovereign nation, make a
foreign-organized puppet referendum and it should be somehow deemed as valid? Do you know how fking insane and dumb this sounds???
Are you also aware the number of countless parallels this kind of BS can be drawn
against China if we accept such a BS imperialist logic???
(Such as foreign infiltration in our Taiwan province or even the false British organised conference when they invaded Tibet). There is a reason China is smart to be consistent with logic, and all our claim are all legal to the point where Sinophobes can only resort to smearing when they want to talk shit. This is just basic fundamentals of legality and principles,
Russia is imperialistic and does not care any of that, so why would it be your burden to defend them for the path they had chosen to take?
Ukraine also forefeited any right to peaceful co-existence with Russia when they tore down the neutrality clauses in their constitution.
You misunderstand, Ukraine ceased to be a sovereign nation after NATO coup and occupation in 2014, Russia is simply trying to free Ukraine from NATO occupation so they can return to being a sovereign independent country.
I really want to agree with this, and NATO is a fking shameless organization.
But let's be objective here, we really need to understand
what a sovereign nation means. Regardless how much we hate what government a certain foreign country elects, we just simply cannot argue a foreign invasion is somehow a valid move, because that is literally a foreign nation. You guys are completely repeating nationalistic Russian talking points! And look, it is OK to support Russia due to common interest,
I do support them to an extent, but as I said, we cannot support them fully and must be cautious where to draw the line. Let alone going full on pro-Russia mode even against Chinese interest! That is not acceptable.
A neighboring country to China, such as Thailand or Myanmar, if installed a government that is extremely Anti-China, that
alone does not make it right for us to invade them, or will it make them suddenly "ceased to be a sovereign nation",
unless 3rd party foreign boots had already been on the ground or it turned aggressive in a quantifiable way, if not you can only play political games. Our actions had always been consistent with this logic!
However, you could argue that Western countries did the same things as Russia like invading Iraq, but that is literally condemnable just like Russia! This just proved that both of them are imperialistic nations and we are nothing like them!
Ukraine just made neutral and pro-Russia parties illegal after 2014. The current regime came through power in a foreign sponsored coup. The government is illegitimate in the first place.
Russia
should be doing a huge infiltration operation to rigg Ukraine back on favorable grounds, go ahead and sponsor a new coup or anything similar.
But NO, the Russians are too damn lazy to go the false "moral" and "justifiable" pretentious route which is a way smarter tactic politically, that is how every smart nation plays. Russians are
impatient and strategically unrefined, why should we be sacrificing our own legitimate positions for their own
self-chosen apathy towards international political maneuvering?
So all our efforts in political maneuvering all these years for our own self-interest, showing huge restrains against flat out naked military actions, and staying on consistent logic and legitimate frameworks, should all be thrown down the drain for Russia? So I ask you again, are you Russian?
Russia has held Ukraine as part of its Empire for longer than the US has existed. Modern Russia would have accepted an independent neutral Ukraine, but not an hostile member of an aggressive expansionistic military block.
Then Russia should not have anyhow recognised Ukraine willingly and also without duress or any unequal terms then. Should've written those things in the requirement for Ukrainian independence.
Your own political missteps are not our duty to remedy. Seriously, I already said this multiple times!
What is sacred about post 1945 internationally recognized borders? In fact, post 1945 borders have immense injustice, just as you stated about Russia.
Russia uses your exact logic applied to Ukraine.
Either post 1945 borders are all solid and can't be touched or borders are fluid and nobody has any rights other than what they can defend. Can't have it both ways.
Absolutely not the same, our lands were stolen by illegal invasions and treaties made under unequal terms!!! Both are fundamentally different,
DO NOT make the false equivalence between Russia and China. One is for expansionism while the other is simply seeking justice and righting wrongs.
Also, I never mentioned about 1945 boundaries! You are putting words in my mouth and making false equivalences, all for defending Russia! I always talked about the invasions and unequal treaties signed during the
Century of Humiliation of China, as well as the Soviet infiltration in Outer-Mongolia and balkanizing of China, these are very condemnable imperialistic moves done against us! I never once mentioned 1945 boundaries! In fact 1945 boundaries is not even relevant as USSR is a big player in 1945,
they did not sign any kind of unequal treaty like China did!!!
I DO NOT remember Russia had made any decision or signed any treaties regarding Ukraine from a position of duress or unequal terms. Russian were always dominant from the start, especially in 1945, and they choose their own path.
And now dragging our very legitimate position down to their level to make up for Russia's own political mistakes and lack of political maneuvering is something only a Russian and a Sinophobe would do!
I am absolutely disappointed in every single one of your comments, you are basically defending Russian with delusions and bad logics, even at the detriment of China. If you tell me you are Russian, I might understand why you say these things, if not, then that is really a huge shame and disappointment!