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As I understand, Ukraine is split badly into one side that is very pro-Russia, and the other very pro-west/anti-Russia. As we saw in our own civil war, that is a recipe for instability; Ukraine has had leaders on both sides, and either way it's going to be a problem for the other side.
So, there's a long-standing problem demanding to be addressed somehow.
One option would be for the country to split. Countries have split over smaller differences. I don't know the merits of the options well enough to support that or any solution to the issue.
But I suspect that 'both sides' outside the country might have been 'greedy' - the west wanting a 'pro-western' ruler over the whole country for its own benefit, and Putin wanting a pro-Russia ruler over the whole country for his, which both sides have had sometimes.
My question is, in the months and years of 'diplomacy' over the issue, especially the recent negotiations, why haven't I heard a word about any option like is being pushed now at the point of the guns, to have the pro-Russia side split off?
The time for that option was in peaceful diplomatic discussions, not during an invasion that tends to override issues of 'what's right'. Why did all the reports on the negotiations only talk about 'invasion or not invasion' and punishments, and not about this option before the invasion?
So, there's a long-standing problem demanding to be addressed somehow.
One option would be for the country to split. Countries have split over smaller differences. I don't know the merits of the options well enough to support that or any solution to the issue.
But I suspect that 'both sides' outside the country might have been 'greedy' - the west wanting a 'pro-western' ruler over the whole country for its own benefit, and Putin wanting a pro-Russia ruler over the whole country for his, which both sides have had sometimes.
My question is, in the months and years of 'diplomacy' over the issue, especially the recent negotiations, why haven't I heard a word about any option like is being pushed now at the point of the guns, to have the pro-Russia side split off?
The time for that option was in peaceful diplomatic discussions, not during an invasion that tends to override issues of 'what's right'. Why did all the reports on the negotiations only talk about 'invasion or not invasion' and punishments, and not about this option before the invasion?