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In reply to the discussion: Wanted: Proof that what happened in Ukraine actually constituted a "western sponsored coup." [View all]KoKo
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from news sources all over the world. Surely you can even find a counter that the USA has had no involvement with Ukraine at all. That the 5 billion that our DOS says we've already given Ukraine only meant that DOS happened to have extra money lying around so Ukraine was the logical place to give that money. You could also Google for the Nuland Tape and listen to the whole thing. She just happened to be in Ukraine on a visit (when protesters were on the street) and when taking a walk saw all these people and decided they might be hungry and in need of some cheer. Definitely in the "Job Description" for high ranking US State Department employee. No bias there.
Then there's Sen. John McCain who passed through Ukraine a bit earlier who just happened to be at a meeting with Neo-Nazi sympathizers and was happy to do a photo op with them. I realize this is just happenstance for you. That both of them just happened to be in Ukraine giving cookies and doing photo ops with the Protesters who overthrew the Government.
But, you know all this. You've watched the videos, seen the photos and read the articles from reputable news sources posted here on DU. Yet you continue to insult the intelligence of others in every engagement with what you call "the more than a handful of DU'ers." whose opinions you don't agree with.
As you just cheekily replied:
"And furthermore, to allege that this was not just a coup, but a western sponsored one, requires even further proof. And while people have repeated ad naseum certain curiosities--Nuland's cookies, Nuland's phone call, Yatsenyuk's website--none of those items are directly relevant to the actual mechanics of the purported western-sponsored coup. How exactly did this coup happen? That's what I really want to know.