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(8,445 posts)And that's what you're really pushing here-- a US style regime change narrative which I will point out again, was initiated by a neoconservative with very close ties to Dick Cheney.
The US State Dept. breeched a treaty between the US and Russia by throwing its support against a sitting, elected president of Ukraine in a fashion that had nothing to do with democracy. That gave Russia an excuse for nullifying the established Ukrainian borders mentioned in the treaty.
YOU are an apologist for initiating the destabilization of whole countries and bringing the US closer to needless martial conflict with 'regional powers' of the world... or at least for the hypocrisy of applying wildly unrealistic expectations WRT crowds that harbor violence.
I would not wish violence on peaceful protesters, but I can't change the fact that Ukrainian riot police resorted to bullying tactics that are quite common throughout the west, nor the fact that protesters turned to lethal tactics in return. The next time you see molotov cocktails and bulldozers used to escalate violence (esp. against police) here in the US... Take some nice detailed notes as to how that goes.