tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post5922671435126892233..comments2024-03-08T13:21:43.158-05:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Who Cares About an Independent Quebec?Steve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-84491426930411036612012-08-19T20:12:56.628-04:002012-08-19T20:12:56.628-04:00It surprises me how often people violate the "...It surprises me how often people violate the "glass houses" rule and side (symbolically) with the people on the "other side". Greek Cypriots have been very supportive, for example, of Palestinians - even though they are the powerful party on the island, from whom Turkish Cypriots would like to separate. I never did figure that one out.<br /><br />On the whole, states of consequence (the powerful in the system) tend to oppose separatism, because they like the status quo. So that suggests, as Steve said, that PQ or others are unlikely to find much support abroad.R. William Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228717107253041752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-8715599845856162742012-08-19T11:29:19.603-04:002012-08-19T11:29:19.603-04:00Wallonia, or more likely Flemish nationalists (the...Wallonia, or more likely Flemish nationalists (the folks who actually want out of Belgium). So yes, a handful of separatist peoples (Catalans, et al) would sympathize. Since they lack sovereign states, it'd be entirely symbolic.<br /><br />Might be able to count on slightly more consequential support from some more leftist Latin American governments, especially those that don't need to worry about energy imports. So that's Venezuela and co. Perhaps a few recently independent ethnonational or postcolonial states. So that gets you a nod of support from Kosovo.<br /><br />But that's gotta be about it. It's hard to imagine national governments anywhere else regarding the dismemberment of Canada as much more than an additional foreign policy headache -- just one more thing to worry about. <br /><br />That goes for much of Europe, and certainly Asia. Bear in mind how China tends to react to separatist precedents of any kind. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-51909879894923213762012-08-19T09:30:37.917-04:002012-08-19T09:30:37.917-04:00Quebec nationalists can likely count on emotional ...Quebec nationalists can likely count on emotional support from mighty Wallonia, another franchophone nation struggling for identity in a multilingual society.<br /><br />So they have that going for them. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com