The question is not which other countries were involved, but as an issue of national integrity in areas where foreign policy should be implemented. This area is separate from the policies of the UN, but our government seems to confuse the two. Let other countries grant them independence, then. The US needs no part in another confrontation, most especially with Russia.

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