Kosovo, Crimea, and Precedents (Daniel Larison) from the American Conservative
"Just as the U.S. and NATO can’t stop other governments from invoking Kosovo to justify their illegal actions, Russia has no say in who might invoke their action in Crimea in the future in ways that they didn’t envision or approve. Those that choose to use the Kosovo “precedent” for their own purposes will probably come to regret it later."
The question this column raises is ... is it EVER legitimate for other countries to intervene when thousands or tens of thousands of people are being slaughtered, like for real? Putin invokes Kosovo to defend his actions in Crimea -- but there was little if no persecution going on in Crimea of ethnic Russians (like in the real world) whereas the Kosovars were facing brutal ethnic cleansing.
"Just as the U.S. and NATO can’t stop other governments from invoking Kosovo to justify their illegal actions, Russia has no say in who might invoke their action in Crimea in the future in ways that they didn’t envision or approve. Those that choose to use the Kosovo “precedent” for their own purposes will probably come to regret it later."
The question this column raises is ... is it EVER legitimate for other countries to intervene when thousands or tens of thousands of people are being slaughtered, like for real? Putin invokes Kosovo to defend his actions in Crimea -- but there was little if no persecution going on in Crimea of ethnic Russians (like in the real world) whereas the Kosovars were facing brutal ethnic cleansing.
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