New Cold War! Ukraine, US, Russia

Most important facts about the US-EU intervention in Ukraine. (1) It was not a popular uprising. (2) Right wing extremists were front and center in the coup. (3) The pro-Russian separatist movement has genuine and widespread popular support. (4) There is considerable sympathy for the cause even among Ukrainians in the west and north. (5) The US gains nothing by its actions in Kiev. (6) The US needs Russia’s cooperation to work for peace in Syria and disarmament in Iran, and (7) a new cold war provoked by recent events would be more dangerous than the first.