Thread: Conspiracy theorists believe invisible foreign hand behind Thai protests

Originally Posted by Backspin

I happen to be a monarchist

Not difficult to be when you live in Canada

Lets see the board of directors of the Natl Endowment for Democracy



On the right is Victoria Nuland

She is infamous for the Ukraine coup phone call where she says "fuck the EU"

On February 4, 2014, a recording of a phone call between Nuland and U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, on January 28, 2014, was published on YouTube. In their phone conversation, Nuland and Pyatt discussed who should be in the government after Viktor Yanukovych's ouster, to include Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and in what ways they might achieve that transition. Specifically, the two spoke about which opposition leaders they would like to see in government...........After discussing Ukrainian opposition figures Nuland states that she prefers the United Nations as mediator, instead of the European Union, adding "Fuck the EU", and Pyatt responds, "Oh, exactly

She also served as the principal deputy foreign policy adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney

On the left is Elliot Abrams

He is best known^[6][7] for his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan administration, which led to his conviction in 1991 on two misdemeanor counts of unlawfully withholding information from Congress. He was later pardoned by George H.W. Bush.

During George W. Bush's first term, he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Near East and North African Affairs. At the start of Bush's second term, Abrams was promoted to be his Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy

During his time with Reagan, Abrams clashed regularly with church groups and human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch.^[13] According to an article in The Washington Post, in a 1984 appearance on the program Nightline, Abrams clashed with Aryeh Neier,^[14] the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch^[15] and with the leader of Amnesty International, over the Reagan administration's foreign policies. They accused him of covering up atrocities committed by the military forces of U.S.-backed governments, including those in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, and the rebel Contras in Nicaragua.

On January 25, 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appointed Abrams as the United States' Special Representative for Venezuela

Originally Posted by Backspin

I happen to be a monarchist

Wrong queen, Skidmark