Yanukovich says he's still president, asks Russia to ensure his safety.

[sabrina 1]

77. Do you support coup d'etats in democracies?

Eg, we had an election stolen back in 2000. Should we have toppled that illegitimate 'government', where a case could be made might have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings? Or was it better to wait for the next election, also extremely questionable, all the while more people were dying. I remember after the 2004 election eg, Bush announced 'I have political capital and I intend to use it' after which we destroyed Fallujah. I remember the grotesque pictures of bodies, men, women and children from that criminal enterprise.

But it never occurred to us to try to overturn that illegitimate government because have committed, as a society to a civilized process. Congress could have impeached them for their crimes, lies that led to war eg, torture, spying on the American people etc, but they refused to do so.

So I've been thinking, I'm seeing some support HERE for these violent overthrows of democratic governments and elected officials, presumably not a stolen election like ours. Were we wrong not to overthrow that government, or are coups just for 'lesser' people?