This idea that Crimean people want to join Russia and therefore all this rant against Russia is at least half badly transmitted is just plain bull****.
If it was the real case that this was the true Crimean population desire, then why the need to humilliate them at arranging this obviously fake referendum at gunpoint? A referendum that apparently had more votes than there are people. Why the need to fake a result if it the end result would have been true anyway?
If it was real, any of this bull****, then a fair referendum would be much more useful for Russia and Crimea to argue internationally their case. Instead, what we got is this. So ask yourselves, why was this done the way it was? Well, I have a simplistic theory that I think is reasonable. It's a theory about idiots.
The first level idiot will look at this and proclaim "This is the will of the Crimean people, the referendum was held, the vote is clear, they should be annexed by the Russian federation".
The second level idiot will say something like "This election was so obviously fake as those in North Korea, all the stealing tactics in place, those stupid russians really believe we take anything like this seriously?"
The third idiot will recognize the thuggery of the referendum as it really was, a masterpiece of chess play, "This thuggery has multiple purposes: first is to give it the official seal of the public's approval, the second is to show the western world how we just don't give a **** what they recognize as fair or not, the third is to humilliate every single Crimean that disagrees with this stance, by declaring by fiat that they also were in favor of being annexed when previous polls showed they mostly weren't, the fourth is to show that anyone who disagrees should leave and if not, you're welcome to this new world where we even make your opinion up for yourself."
I am still wondering what the fourth idiot is still thinking. I have yet to level up from third-level idiot to fourth-level.
