Well, booboo, here's me suspecting that you didn't really understand that labyrinthine treatise on technicalities. The two situations, in human being terms, have got very little in common. For a start, almost all the citizens of Crimea would much rather be part of Russia. And you have to think that yer man may not be entirely reliable, going from his last sentence:

"In the end, as has been the case since 1948, Israel will have to rely on itself."

Very funny. Nothing to do with three billion a year in military aid from a US that's in the cast iron grip of its pro-Israel lobby then. And Keith, are you really trying to assert that AIPAC and their dodgy acolytes are all sweetness and democratic light? Come off it. Along with the big corporations they control their politicians pretty well They daren't say boo to a goose.