Obama Ukraine comments sidestepped the beginning of the catastrophe

Former President Obama spoke about the Ukraine war at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit in Denmark Friday. Two things were missing from his remarks: Anything significant, and worse, his involvement in igniting the most violent warfare in Europe since WWII.

Regarding the first omission, is there any value whatsoever in this?

“Make no mistake, this war is far from over. US support for Ukraine must be strong, steadfast and sustained. The costs will continue to mount. The course of events … are hard to predict.”

That rhetoric is simply not former president worthy.

But it was Obama’s second omission, concerning possibly his worst foreign policy decision, that began the road to Russia’s current war back in 2014.

President Obama greenlighted US encouragement and support for the coup that ousted President Victor Yanukovych. That represented an act of war on Ukraine democracy.

What could go wrong in trying to detach Ukraine from partnering politically and economically with Russia? Just Russia seizing the Crimea to protect its naval base at Sevastopol, and starting a civil war between the new hard right US installed government and the Russian leaning Ukrainians in the Donbas. Over 14,000 were killed even before Russia's criminal invasion added immensely to that Obama inspired death toll.

The US government and media have largely erased Obama’s complicity in the ongoing Ukraine war that still has the potential to go nuclear between the US and Russia. But as the late, legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey might exclaim…”Now you know, the rest of the story.”