A two state solution?

​An excellent piece by Craig Murray on his blog today, re: solving the Ukraine crisis. ( Latest News - Craig Murray ) As a former senior UK diplomat he is well placed to comment on the hypocrisy that drives our leaders into untenable positions. In this case to push for total war until the enemy is on his knees begging for mercy before being decapitated. The Western position says that Ukraine is a united country with inviolate borders—even if nearly half the population is Russian speaking. One might think the way forward would be to have a two-state solution (a very popular if currently unworkable idea elsewhere). New countries can be formed after all with Western approval—South Sudan, for example, or earlier the Indian partition (followed by the Pakistan partition). But what clinches the picture of Western hypocrisy is its denial that Taiwan is historically part of China. What’s good for Zelensky seems bad for Xi Jinping. Ultimately the solution to all these problems should rest in the hands of the people themselves, with free and fair referenda (preferably with mandatory voting so results reflect the actual popular will, unlike our own idiotic Brexit outcome). But with politicians almost literally in the pockets of the defence industry I dare say millions will have to die rather than vote.