> The US would not have been in the ground riling up protesters if they thought the protests could organically overthrow their government, which was the US goal
The US can show their support for the protesters (if only to get them to think favorably of the US), regardless of whether or not they think the coup will work. It's not evidence they caused the coup.
I agree with the rest of that paragraph up until the last sentence:
> There is 0 doubt that Yanukovych was the legitimate democratically elected leader of Ukraine, but because he made interests that were not aligned with those of the US, of course it didn't matter.
I think the people of Kyiv are the cause of the coup, not the US.
The rest of your comment does not provide good evidence of the US causing the coup. Like I said before, it's clear who the US supported, but none of what you presented is good evidence toward the US causing the coup.
Unless you have evidence of a bribe, staging of protests, blackmail of officials, puppeteering of officials, attempted assassination of officials, government spy, some record of this plot, or some other good evidence along those lines directed toward causing the overthrow of the Ukrainian government, I don't think you can say the Ukrainian coup was orchestrated by the US.
The US can show their support for the protesters (if only to get them to think favorably of the US), regardless of whether or not they think the coup will work. It's not evidence they caused the coup.
I agree with the rest of that paragraph up until the last sentence:
> There is 0 doubt that Yanukovych was the legitimate democratically elected leader of Ukraine, but because he made interests that were not aligned with those of the US, of course it didn't matter.
I think the people of Kyiv are the cause of the coup, not the US.
The rest of your comment does not provide good evidence of the US causing the coup. Like I said before, it's clear who the US supported, but none of what you presented is good evidence toward the US causing the coup.
Unless you have evidence of a bribe, staging of protests, blackmail of officials, puppeteering of officials, attempted assassination of officials, government spy, some record of this plot, or some other good evidence along those lines directed toward causing the overthrow of the Ukrainian government, I don't think you can say the Ukrainian coup was orchestrated by the US.