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Old 10th Aug 2015, 13:55
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KenV
 
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I don't see Georgia being Poland, nor Czechoslovakia. Not even close, as an analogy, in terms of being important to the West.
Georgia and Ukraine certainly are NOT Poland nor Czechoslovokia. But Adolf didn't start with Poland nor Czechoslovokia either, did he? It was only after Adolf got away with his "lesser" expansionist crimes of militarizing the Rhineland and taking the Saar Basin, and then Austria and then Sudentenland that he was emboldened to take all of Czechoslovokia. And it was only after he took Czechoslovokia with no consequence that he set his sights on and took Poland.

And while Georgia and Ukraine are not "important to the West", I believe this is about a LOT more than just economic or political importance. It is about legal principle. If "the West" condones these violations of legal principle, they are inviting Putin to take further expansionist action, just as Europe invited Adolf to take further expansionist action after he "liberated" the German speaking peoples around Germany.
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