Has Ukraine shown any aptitude for governing itself? If it shouldn't be partitioned against its will, the people of eastern Ukraine should not be forced to stay in the Ukraine against their will.
Do I feel the same way about the US? Yes. If it gets so bad that states want to vote for their independence, they should be able to do so.
It seems the coup leaders immediate action was to go whining to the US, NATO and EU for financial and military help. That's why I said they should be put out of their misery as a nation. They don't seem to want independence, they want a new piggy bank.
Ukraine's inept governor was the lying Putinista, Yanukovich. He was impeached.
Do I feel the same way about the US? Yes. If it gets so bad that states want to vote for their independence, they should be able to do so.
An invading occupying army called the election, set the terms of the choices and then counted the votes. I'm all for self determination, in Crimea (and here in the US) but that's not what happened in Crimea.