And how would the US feel if, say, Putin "brokered" a presidential election in Mexico that just happened to install his choice as president?
George Washington was right. Avoid foreign entanglements, especially ones that do not affect our security.
Exactly.
Though the Russia-haters continually cherry-pick to support their agenda. I did not choose the word ‘coup’ (the YT poster did), but it’s as accurate as our delivery of the Puppet.
See my other comment (23).
“But as your point 1, what business do we have brokering any kind of political deal in a country right on Russia’s doorstep? Shouldn’t that be a job for the UN, if anyone at all?”
First, recognize that Yanukovych has been a Russian intelligence asset ever since his days as a thug and convicted criminal. Yanukovych attained his position with the planning and support of the former KGB and its Russian Federation successor agencies.
Second, see the Budapest Memorandum and the later agreements between the Ukraine, Russia, and/or the United States among other nations. Note how Russia agreed to the United States and other nations supporting the Ukraine in exchange for the Ukraine disarming its nuclear weapons forces.
Using its veto power, the Russian Federation is in the position of rendering the United Nations and the United Nations Security Council impotent with respect to the criminal aggressions of the Russian Federation. So, no, the UN is incapable of taking responsibility for this problem due to Russia’s vetoing of any such actions by the UN.
“And how would the US feel if, say, Putin “brokered” a presidential election in Mexico that just happened to install his choice as president?”
About the same as when Russia and Putin used violent intimidation and very massive vote fraud, vote rigging, ballot stuffing, ballot theft, and murders to install Russian intelligence agents like Yanukovich into the Ukrainian government offices.