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Toledo Blade: Kerry misses Ukraine opportunity
In canceling his trip to Ukraine this week, Secretary of State John Kerry passed up a chance to support hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian protesters who took to the streets seeking to oust President Viktor Yanukovych and his government so their country can exercise its right to self-determination.
The official excuse is that Mr. Kerry canceled the visit to show his disapproval of Mr. Yanukovych’s failure to sign a trade deal that would have brought Ukraine closer to integration into the European Union — as opposed to yielding to Russia’s effort to make the country a part of a Russia-led customs union.
The excuse doesn’t work.