It's the first country to do so under foreign military presence since UN incepti...

oytis · 2026-01-21T15:35:55 1769009755

All of the Arab countries have basically seceded from Ottoman empire under an occupation of this or that European country.

"Unilaterally" is not easy to define. Sometimes there is a long and violent struggle for independence and the metropole eventually gives in and signs some paper, sometimes it is stubborn and doesn't sign anything - the difference is not that important in my opinion.

Citizen_Lame · 2026-01-21T12:11:20 1768997480

Lol. Nice ruso-serbian bot.

Kosovo was helped to avoid another genocide.

epolanski · 2026-01-21T12:23:22 1768998202

Avoid witch hunting, it adds nothing to discussions and it's against the rules of this board.

Citizen_Lame · 2026-01-21T12:43:27 1768999407

A yes, those pesky facts.

epolanski · 2026-01-21T14:08:58 1769004538

You didn't bring any fact, only an accusation.

I stated a fact, Kosovo seceded unilaterally under foreign forces occupation and created a dangerous precedent.

Zigurd · 2026-01-21T15:20:05 1769008805

But for some face-saving gestures, a lot of colonies of the Soviet empire left unilaterally.

oytis · 2026-01-21T15:37:55 1769009875

Ireland: am I joke to you?

epolanski · 2026-01-21T15:55:16 1769010916

1. Soviet countries were already countries. They left a supra national entity.

2. Not sure how it relates to my comment. Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Latvia, etc, were not under military occupation by a foreign force.

Zigurd · 2026-01-21T16:49:56 1769014196

Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Latvia, etc, were not under military occupation by a foreign force.

You haven't been to the Museum of the Occupation in Riga, have you?