Under the rationale for invading Ukraine, Spain, France and Mexico would each be justified in launching wars to reclaim Texas, writes UT historian Rebecca Adeline Johnston.
During a news conference in December, Russian President Vladimir Putinthe Lone Star State to defend his country’s annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. “Mexico and the U.S. never had territorial disputes? Who did California used to belong to? And Texas?” Although few people question that Texas is part of the United States, Putin said that most countries still recognize Crimea as part of Ukraine.
This war is an escalation from Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and partial occupation of eastern Ukraine that it has maintained, though denied, ever since. After massing an estimated 190,000 troops around three sides of Ukraine, Putin moved to recognize Russian-backed separatist regions — the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics — and green-lit military action “abroad.” And now, Russia has brought a full-fledged war of aggression to the European continent.Marie D.
Demonstrators protest the military attack by Russia on Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Houston. The peaceful protest supporting the people of Ukraine took place on the corner of Westheimer Road and Post Oak Blvd.Elizabeth Hucul, 29, left, second generation Ukrainian living in Houston attends a protest in Houston, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
One of Putin’s main justifications for military action should give us particular pause. In an hour-long speech recently, he made a factually
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