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Originally Posted by Pacifier
No Nation has recognized SOs independence, besinde Russia of course. They have done it just to piss off the Georgians and to do some payback to the West.
Russia is not a peaceloving Liberator, remember what they did to the Chechens when they went for independence?
One of the Problems is, IMO, that there are no commonly accepted rules for seperation. This has caused a shitload of Problems in the past (Chechnya, Kosovo etc.) and will continue to cause problems.
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True. Just proves that the oft-cited "international law" is a rather tenuous thing. What is founded on besides common consent? A new nation is not a nation it seems unless a majority of other nations decide that it is, (or a majority of the nations that matter). We can make appeals to the "fundamental right of self-determination," but that too is problematic. Again, what is it founded upon? And practically speaking, where do we draw the line that determines which qroups are recognized as legitimate 'nations?' If anyone and everyone has a right to self-determination, then any band of cranks and dissidents can just up and start their own 'nation.'