Canadian-led battle group will deploy to Latvia, part of NATO move to deter Russia

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62. it was YOUR example of a bloodless invasion

and you claimed the vote was invalid!

I gave proof that it wasn't an "invasion" and that the majority of Austrians willingly supported joining Germany at that time.

Moving the goal posts now is simply disingenuous.

The facts remain as they are, the Austrians joined Germany willingly and the Crimeans joined Russia willingly. The aftermath in both regions showed this.

In this era of people power, are any masses of people protesting in the city squares in Crimea as they did during the coup attempt in Turkey -- where people were being KILLED in Istanbul -- nope, nada, not happening. Why? Because in pretty overwhelming numbers Crimeans are glad they joined Russia.

If all you have is "the vote should happen first", well who is going to argue against THAT? Not me.

But you are really arguing the vote does not reflect the will of the majority, and that is where you are provably wrong.