Reply #14: I'm not sure what to believe about Ukraine [View All]

Just the fact that the west all seems to be lining up behind the challenger makes me suspicious. There's something not right here - I fully believe the voting was not legitimate but I'm not so sure about the honesty of either party or the protests for that matter.One article I read said that the protests seemed to have been preplanned, which by itself doesn't mean they are not true expressions of peoples' feelings, but these people are used to having the state dictate to them about everything their whole lives the way the communists did. Why would they have such huge protests when we don't? Could it be because they are more easily led?

And I speak as one who actually did try to organize a protest for this election. I organized a protest and I stood out on the street corner for 2 hours with my sign. One person joined me, a lot of people honked support. It wasn't a big statement, but it was something. I didn't sit around waiting for everyone else to organize something first.

I guess I just don't see this administration supporting anything unless there's something in it for them. Doesn't Russia have a lot of oil? Does that include the Ukraine? With a democratic government that is more sympathetic to the west and not under Russian dictates, maybe it'll be easier for corporations to convince the state to privatize and let foreign nationals buy those state assets - utilities, power plants and oil. This is all mere conjecture on my part.