How not to support Nazis or undemocratic coups? It's not like we are immune from criticism. As for abandonment of democratic principles... well wow.
The riots started early this year. There was no secession until March. And it was anticipated anyways, the original referendum was supposed to be in April. The more America pushed for the coup, the more Putin took countermeasures. This is not something he started.
How about this: stop behaving like Russia is an evil aggressor, because the last time I checked, every single one of their moves was a counter to American ones. See Georgia, see the Orange-cough-American funded-cough revolution and so on.
Then I can assure you Russia will be more cooperative itself.
Lybia, Egypt, Syria, Ukraine.
Just because he didn't send the Marines doesn't mean America is inactive. Quite the opposite. Obama's record is far worse than Bush.
You can't deny the CIA is present in each one of those countries and none of us can say the degree of their involvement because, well, it's a secret agency after all. The presence alone is enough to make America guilty.
As for Yanukovich being corrupt, Poroschenko isn't better. Nor is Yatseniuk.
I said it once months ago and I'll say it again. The idea of Russia steamrolling Eastern Europe and annexing one country after the other is retarded. There is absolutely nothing suggesting this that is not fiction books or blatant propaganda.
If this was even remotely true, Belarus, Georgia and Ukraine would be already part of Russia. It is not and therefore not worthy discussing.
And if Russia is to be sanctioned for annexing Crimea, what kind of sanctions we should introduce on the US for invading and destroying Iraq?
By the same measure, a total ban on trade would be the minimum.