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Originally Posted by Damien
You wonder what his thinking is. There is little benefit to annexing Crimea, other than some emotional appeal and grandstanding, and a litany of drawbacks. At the very least they're creating an unstable situation on their border and they're also finishing off any prospect they had of convincing Ukrainians to look to the East. They'll alienate other prospective allies in the region as well all of whom may be looking over their shoulders. The result of aggression towards Georgia was seeing them increasing their relationships with the West not the East.
This is likely like a calculated move and more like a madman randomly lashing out...
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Substitute Scotland for Crimea and it's all a bit Salmond like don't you think?
