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So no answer then?

If people in a country want to secede then it is up to the country and its procedures to do so. They can have a vote (not the invaders variant as that does not count) but you will have no guarantee it will happen though.

Is this going to be a form of 4chan discussion where you will never answer but keep bouncing new questions as a form of discouragement?

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So no answer then?

You still did not answer my question:

What constitutes - in your eyes- “properly monitored”?

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Answered your question clearly. You might not like or understand it but answered it was.

And I see you have another question. So 4chan style it is for you. For being bad faith poster I will now stop discussing with you as it is painfully obvious what you want to do here.

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You literally did not answer the question.

What do you consider to be “properly monitored”?

Also I have never once posted or even visited the Nazi shithole that is 4chan so nice ad hominem.

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They literally asked for protection because they tried to do what you said they should and were met by siege warfare from their own government.

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If people in a country want to secede then it is up to the country and its procedures to do so.

Say the occupied Navajo nation (or Hawaii, or Puerto Rico…) wants to formally secede from the U.S. The U.S. says no, and says they can’t even vote on it. What then?

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Without specifying a group or situation, they rules and procedures for seceding should be followed. If the process fails to deliver your wanted outcome then you have to abide to the rulings.

What is not ok is for a foreign body to interfere. Certainly not by invading said country and killing, torturing and whatnot. If secession is successful then that autonomous new country can join whatever other country at their hearts desire. But again, that other country is not to step in and force secession.

Now what if the plight is of such nature it is not sustainable? The last resort you have is revolution or civil war. Again, not the call of a foreign body to step in and start killing people.

Invading and starting a war which costs the live of innocent people is not the answer.

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If the process fails to deliver your wanted outcome then you have to abide to the rulings.

So if all Puerto Ricans unanimously decide to declare independence and the U.S. says “nah,” they’re just supposed to live with that? How is that just? You even acknowledge that’s the path to a revolution or civil war, which we can both agree is a terrible option. What right does any country have to impose its will (through violence, of course) on a unified region that wants to leave?

Once a region declares independence, why does it have to fight with one arm behind its back? Isn’t it free to seek out allies, as all warring countries have done throughout history?

Should the American Colonies have declared independence? Should they have sought the help of France to even the odds against their much stronger opponent?

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