Mike Benz

But leaving aside the morality of whether that was the right or wrong thing to do in the name of democracy, when Victoria Nuland made her speech in December 2013, two, three months before that, those protests changed world history.

She bragged about the $5 billion that USAID and NED and related humanitarian assistance orgs had given to effectively the very same Ukrainian civil society organizations that would lead that charge. And when she did so, she was at a sponsored event by standing in front of signs for ExxonMobil and Chevron. And

She bragged about the $5 billion that USAID and NED and related humanitarian assistance orgs had given to effectively the very same Ukrainian civil society organizations that would lead that charge. And when she did so, she was at a sponsored event by standing in front of signs for ExxonMobil and Chevron. And

She bragged about the $5 billion that USAID and NED and related humanitarian assistance orgs had given to effectively the very same Ukrainian civil society organizations that would lead that charge. And when she did so, she was at a sponsored event by standing in front of signs for ExxonMobil and Chevron. And

And I've reflected on that picture because it's very easy to look at Victoria Newland as a sort of angel of death figure who knocks on European countries doors and tells them, hey, we're about to topple your democratically elected government. And it's very easy to look at the excesses of of big U.S. corporations. But we do need oil. We do want cheap oil and gas. We do want energy dominance.

And I've reflected on that picture because it's very easy to look at Victoria Newland as a sort of angel of death figure who knocks on European countries doors and tells them, hey, we're about to topple your democratically elected government. And it's very easy to look at the excesses of of big U.S. corporations. But we do need oil. We do want cheap oil and gas. We do want energy dominance.

And I've reflected on that picture because it's very easy to look at Victoria Newland as a sort of angel of death figure who knocks on European countries doors and tells them, hey, we're about to topple your democratically elected government. And it's very easy to look at the excesses of of big U.S. corporations. But we do need oil. We do want cheap oil and gas. We do want energy dominance.

And so, you know, at this moment when we're seeing really the first vulnerabilities, certainly in my lifetime, of this blob monstrosity, I feel a strange sort of sympathy for the devil, which is that they've done terrible things and we should not do them again. And they've gone rogue and there's no oversight and horrors beyond your wildest imagination.

And so, you know, at this moment when we're seeing really the first vulnerabilities, certainly in my lifetime, of this blob monstrosity, I feel a strange sort of sympathy for the devil, which is that they've done terrible things and we should not do them again. And they've gone rogue and there's no oversight and horrors beyond your wildest imagination.

And so, you know, at this moment when we're seeing really the first vulnerabilities, certainly in my lifetime, of this blob monstrosity, I feel a strange sort of sympathy for the devil, which is that they've done terrible things and we should not do them again. And they've gone rogue and there's no oversight and horrors beyond your wildest imagination.

At the same time, these are still parts of the American family. There is some vestige of a function there that I believe our foreign policy planners have to at least know was there and was responsible for much of our prosperity before it's As they try to reconstruct the patient. Does that make sense? Of course it does.

At the same time, these are still parts of the American family. There is some vestige of a function there that I believe our foreign policy planners have to at least know was there and was responsible for much of our prosperity before it's As they try to reconstruct the patient. Does that make sense? Of course it does.

At the same time, these are still parts of the American family. There is some vestige of a function there that I believe our foreign policy planners have to at least know was there and was responsible for much of our prosperity before it's As they try to reconstruct the patient. Does that make sense? Of course it does.

Well, I'm really glad you asked because that is the exact example I've been using to try to... to try to give a window of entry into this larger sort of point about we need a much larger vision about the role of U.S. foreign policy if we are going to get rid of the shortcuts that USAID provides.

Well, I'm really glad you asked because that is the exact example I've been using to try to... to try to give a window of entry into this larger sort of point about we need a much larger vision about the role of U.S. foreign policy if we are going to get rid of the shortcuts that USAID provides.

Well, I'm really glad you asked because that is the exact example I've been using to try to... to try to give a window of entry into this larger sort of point about we need a much larger vision about the role of U.S. foreign policy if we are going to get rid of the shortcuts that USAID provides.

And so, you know, you just mentioned, you know, why would USAID be promoting, you know, trans... Take the example of transgender dance festivals. That's something I've been talking about a lot this week.

And so, you know, you just mentioned, you know, why would USAID be promoting, you know, trans... Take the example of transgender dance festivals. That's something I've been talking about a lot this week.

And so, you know, you just mentioned, you know, why would USAID be promoting, you know, trans... Take the example of transgender dance festivals. That's something I've been talking about a lot this week.

So that is when USAID or USAID's companion star, National Endowment for Democracy or other related NGOs will fund an event in the form of a sort of cultural exchange, and they will bring together people from that country to come to a dance festival that's comprised of transgender individuals and is intended to both