🧵There are many controversial characters inside Washington, but few have had a career quite as destructive as US government official, Victoria Nuland. From her earliest days helping to rip apart the Soviet Union and paving the way for gangster capitalism in Russia, to helping to oversee the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, to engineering a coup in Ukraine, Nuland has been at the forefront of aggressive US foreign policy for over three decades.
MintPress highlights some of her darkest moments.
2014 Ukraine Coup
Nuland flew to Kiev and even handed out cookies to protestors in the city’s main square.
A leaked phone call between Nuland and US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt shows Nuland herself handpicked the new president of Ukraine.
Libya
War on Terror
Pushing for more war inside Washington.
Nuland promoted regime change in Syria as the US funnelled billions to armed groups aiming to overthrow the Assad government.
During the 1990s, Nuland was stationed in Moscow, where she helped Boris Yeltsin destroy Russian democracy and turn the country into a failed state.
Nuland continues to be a Russia hawk, promoting policies that make nuclear confrontation more likely.
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