Should the U.S. have supported the coup in Ukraine?

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27. My perception of the situation would disagree with you

While I agree that foreign policy is not deliberated in public and should not be, in specific terms, the general policy has been for decades, adversarial and combative.
The fact that Nuland and Pyatt were discussing their "preferred" outcome in Ukraine does not reveal the whole truth.

We have invested much effort since the fall of the Soviet Union to isolate Russia and move the satellite states into the Western sphere of influence. That move to extend Western influence as far east as possible is the crux of the biscuit. That, in and of itself, is an act of aggression that we would not tolerate.

If you aren't old enough to remember, the Cuban missile crises was a direct result of our stationing equivalent missiles in Turkey. This situation isn't much different. While our NGO's were not specifically instigating for violence or overthrow, they were doing all they could to divide and isolate the satellite regions from Russia and then theirs the EU.

Those in Ukraine that would like to associate with the West don't realize the cost and pain associated with it. Should they choose to tale the IMF offer of support they will just be another sacrificial lamb as Greece. The IMF is nothing more than a paydal lender for nations.