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by yucky 1554 days ago
>"ok to install a pro-US government in Ukraine" is a complete mischaracterisation

So you didn't listen to the leaked phone call with Victoria Nuland handpicking who they wanted to take power? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957
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SideburnsOfDoom 1553 days ago
Seems like this took place after the transfer of power. You can't cause a transfer of power after it happens. But I don't think you're that stupid,. you're just trying to fool people with misleading links.

Government behaving badly? isn't the answer - according to you - to wait until the next election and change leaders (1)? "That is how democracy works."

Oh wait, Ukraine did that in 2019 when they elected Zelensky by a wide margin (2). Job done. right? Problem solved, no need to bring it up again.

All this irrelevant frothing about CIA, US is designed to misdirect away from Ukraine's self-determination. Who they align with or not is their choice. In 2014, 2019 or any other year.

1) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30632670

2) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48007487

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yucky 1553 days ago
>Seems like this took place after the transfer of power.

The "Revolution of Dignity" was February 18-23rd 2014.

This BBC article[1] featuring the leaked transcript is from February 7th 2014, which is 2 weeks earlier.

So no, that is 100% incorrect. Does that change your view?

[1]https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957

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SideburnsOfDoom 1553 days ago
Zelensky was elected in 2019, five years later, does that change yours? Are you even going to talk about that at all?

> So no, that is 100% incorrect.

Funny that Wikipedia lists a lot of things happening in December and January too. "100% wrong" is misleading as always. Looks like the Ukrainian people took the initiative on this one.

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yucky 1553 days ago
Those goal posts must be getting heavy. So to recap, the US was involved in the 2014 coup and picked their guy to take power in Ukraine. Learning that, your opinion has not changed at all. So, now we see what this is.
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SideburnsOfDoom 1552 days ago
"thier guy" You are studiously avoiding mentioning that this was the guy before the guy before Zelensky. Deceptive as always. Zelensky was elected in 2019, five years later. Are you even going to talk about that at all?
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yucky 1550 days ago
Imagine the Jan 6th events unfolded differently and they actually installed Trump or someone else as President instead of Biden, and then rewrote the Constitution.

If that happened, would you then say future "Presidents" under that illegitimate system are legitimate?

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