Ukraine in 48-hour ultimatum to east's pro-Russia activists

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39. My opinion isn't formulated based on what Obama, McCain or Clinton say

I base my opinions on my understanding of events. I don't really care what happens in Ukraine, to be honest. From my perspective, it seems as if Ukraine has many internal problems that need to be resolved by the Ukrainians. Despite what has been parroted over and over, I have yet to see any convincing evidence that the US was the cause of the protests in Kiev. So that suggests that there was frustration and anger with Ukraine before Yanukovich fled the country. I also went back and viewed various stories and videos of the protests earlier this year, and I could see there was a diverse group of protesters. It's simply untrue say the majority of the protesters are/were rightest. It's unfortunate that the right sector played such a visible role, but the current government have taken steps to minimalize their influence. Also, while viewing those videos, you can see that Yanukovich's government was not a fair and kind bunch of people. You can do some research and find all sort of horrible stories about what their Berkut was doing. So as far as I can tell, there were legitimate issues that people were protesting.

Now let's go forward a bit. I see the people in the eastern part of Ukraine are upset too. They want change and to be heard. Which is great, and they should. The difference is that they want to leave Ukraine to join a foreign power. They are raising Russian flags and asking for more Russian assistance. They are working a country that has already shown that it will use military forces to occupy and take parts of the country. That isn't an act of civil disobedience, that's a treasonous act of war.