My view as a resident of Kiev Ukraine - 3/17 edition

[sabrina 1]

155. Correction, there was a coup and Yanukovitch was driven from power.

We have no clue how the vast majority of Ukrainians feel about what happened in Kiev. No matter how disappointed in him people were, some things are worse than waiting a few months for an election to oust an elected politician in a civilized manner.

Yes, I've read press reports from all over the world on what actually did happen, various different reports on who was doing the shooting etc. I wasn't there, and I assume neither were you. What we do know is those protests are beginning to follow a pattern where the US 'has interests' whatever they are.

From Libya to Syria, to Ukraine, it's almost identical, something that is being noted by a whole lot of people. Starting out with unarmed, peaceful protests which somehow turn violent, then blame the 'leader' and never any resolution until coincidentally the US gets WHAT it wants and the Government it wants. The people rarely have any say in it.

Hillary Clinton did explain what she called our new way of fighting, although why we are always 'fighting' is a mystery to more and more people. She called them 'proxy wars' where the US doesn't put actual 'boots on the ground' but where they use 'proxies' to get the 'job done'. She was quite proud of it actually.

The people of Ukraine may have grown angry at the president they elected, but no one asked them if they wanted a violent revolution to drive him from office.

So, considering what has happened SINCE the last election, and considering how those events may have changed the views of many people, no one wants to see their governments overthrown this way, in order to allow them to make those feelings known, it is necessary to hold general elections.

And of course the real question is why they were in such a rush NOT to wait for elections. These questions won't go away, no matter how many 'explanations' or 'excuses' are made.

And additionally, for the people of the US, the question is, 'why are we once again interfering in a country that is none of our business, and where did all this money they are 'investing' come from when we have been told we have NO money, not even for children's lunches.