Why does the US govt support attacks on civilians in Ukraine?

The deeper motivation here may be purely political. The Obama administration took a very high profile, hard line on removing the government of Syria. President Bashar Al-Assad was told to simply leave his country on multiple occasions by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, current Secretary John Kerry, and countless subordinates. He refused to comply. The Syrian government has successfully resisted the U.S. supported take over of that nation and the policy is in tatters. The president and his party cannot afford another major foreign policy fiasco given the poor record. The administration may have sought a quick win in Ukraine to offset Syria (and the chaos in Libya) and used the neoconservatives as shock troops. Now, facing another even higher profile loss than Syria, acute desperation may prevail.

What if Ukraine simply falls apart?

What happens if the eastern region mobilizes a full resistance and effectively secedes to form its own nation, with or without U.S. - NATO recognition?

Has the administration bet so much on a win in Ukraine that it will do anything, up to and including supporting the Kiev government's attack on citizens?

The Orwellian definitions of human rights versus unfortunate incidents may be the Obama administration's latest attempt to support an inhumane and immoral policy on the part of Ukraine while trying to avoid paying the price for that support.

This path is doomed. The lies are too obvious.

Hopefully a pragmatist will emerge and tell Obama to give Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko the word: Stop killing civilians and make the best face saving deal with Moscow and fast or we're done.

It's a nice thought but not likely.

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World news on attack on Slavyansk:

Shelling continues in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk May 31
Ukraine to go ahead with army offensive May 31
Ukrainian army launches mortar attack on Slavyansk May 30
May 30th combat SITREP update by "Juan" May 30
Shells hit school, kindergarten in Slavyansk amid Ukraine military op (VIDEO) May 28

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