From Mexico, Obama warns Ukraine to 'show restraint' on protests
Obama spent his first moments of an abbreviated eight-hour stay focused on a public statement about turmoil in distant Ukraine – a country with which U.S. annual trade doesn’t equal even two days’ worth of business with Mexico
Scott Olsen
Protesters Kiev
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Let's all imagine the peaceful protesters of Occupy, including Scott Olsen, non-violent, within their constitutional rights, suddenly going all Molotov. Burning shit in the streets, throwing things at cops.
And restraint.
Given the restraint demonstrated in New York and Oakland.
Why the concern for Ukraine? You ask.
Because the same hand that came down with its truncheon swinging in New York and Oakland is backing the "other side" in Ukraine. That's why.