And vocalize support for an unlawful act? Sen. McCain was the catalyst to the narrow-minded rebellion that had no chance to succeed. Look at the action Putin has taken. Has he invaded the Ukraine? No. He has secured Crimea, which was always considered part of Russia due to Sevastopol, the only warm-water port. Had Putin wanted Ukraine, nothing could have stopped him.
In the old days we spoke of walking into another country and taking territory from them as "annexing". As in the germany "annexing" the sudetenland with similar justification (i.e. "after all, it's really more German than Czech").
I'm not buying the argument that because it's important to Russia and because they really, really want it, they can just take it.
changing your government and supporting peaceful protests to that end is not an unlawful act