Problem is there is a currency of opinion over there that says we have been destabilizing Ukraine. We are disliked over there right now
No question the US gov. has been destabilizing Ukraine. The question is whether you think it was a good decision or not.
You can’t extensively back protests that overthrew a democratically elected government and say you didn’t destabilize. These people were recorded choosing the the unelected “interim president” before the coup, and lo and behold...guess who it was?
I lean on the side that this was a boneheaded move to make based on past Russian behavior. Our leaders have to work with the world they are given. We can’t pursue policies that predictably backfire and then blame some dastardly foreign tyrant as if it were his job to make sure US policy achieves its objectives.