I read this article, and am still confused what exactly the US did to install a pro-western government that lead to the eventual russian invasion of 2022?
And then:
- John McCain went to Kiev and had dinner with opposition leaders.
- Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs handed out cookies to demonstrators
- U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Geoffey Pyatt discussed with Nuland who they'd rather have in a post‐Yanukovych government.
The US didn't stage some coup in Ukraine. The Ukrainian people got upset and started protesting. US leadership acknowledged that they agreed with the protesters, made some speeches, said some things, and talked privately to each other about what they'd like to see happen. None of which is controlling, managing or directing the affairs of that country - no more than when any government has press releases and says things.
The reason that nuland was having that conversation is that the USA was the major financial backer of the coup that brought the 2014 government to power. Hence they had a large say over who would take leadership roles. The reason we found that out is that the Russians intercepted and then leaked Nuland’s call.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/u-s-spent-65m-to-aid-ukrainian-groups.ampYes, it’s true that the armed protestors who overthrew the government in 2014 had to choose to be there, but that would be equally true of a Russian-funded, Russian trained political party in Canada.
I really don’t think the Bush and then Obama state departments spent those millions because they expected nothing in return for the US/Ukraine relationship. There’s certainly something Biden got out of it, and it’s not hard to see how funding that revolution set the stage for placing NATO in an economic and geographical centre that is essential to the Russian economy.
Again, apply the same logic to a Canadian coup and it seems entirely predictable this would lead to war. It has nothing to do with democracy or principles.