NULAND NULLITY

What were the real reasons for Victoria Nuland's departure as Under Secretary of State and what does it mean for US geopolitics?

 

By Sir Charlattam

It is a well-known saying among sailors that when a ship is about to sink, the rats are the first to abandon it. Much the same has been seen in recent weeks in the troubled corridors of the State Department and other Biden administration agencies. Everything seems to have conspired to undermine what little credibility the West has in what has been going on in Ukraine. The leaks from the German Luftwaffe military about their involvement in the terrorist actions being carried out and planned soon against government targets in Moscow, and the covert involvement of USAF F-35s in SEAD missions against Russian missile sites, have caused all sorts of consequences, many of which we will never know about.

It was to be expected that the ripple effects of this scandal would reverberate in Washington. The Foreign Secretary is even quoted as saying that David Cameron tipped his teacup over his desk as soon as he was informed of the news.

The surprise resignation of Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland appears to be part of the fallout. While the news is presented in the US as an unexpected decision by the third most influential diplomatic figure in US foreign policy, it does not surprise those who know what is really going on in Ukraine and the functional implications of her position. Apparently, the failures of the anti-Russian stratagems mobilised his replacement by the veteran Kurt Campbell who specialises in Asia-Pacific unveiling where Washington's and, of course, London's foreign policy will be focused.

This comes at a sensitive time for Biden, who is seeking re-election amidst a degraded domestic public image that barely exceeds 50 percent approval ratings.

Nuland's involvement in Ukraine goes back a long way. In the early 1990s he had the opportunity to take up a post at the US embassy in Moscow and was undoubtedly instrumental in the Democratic Bill Clinton administration's decision to begin concentrating efforts on NATO's eastward advance.

During the Democratic Obama administration he managed all kinds of activities invasive of Ukraine's political sovereignty, even promoting (with the knowledge of Secretary of State John Kerry) the dismissal of judicial officials for investigating the dealings of Hunter Biden and Co. in “Burisma”.

All the plans that Nuland and her coterie of neocon conspirators had conceived have collapsed, especially those woven for Ukraine. The situation on the ground is impossible to conceal and although some reliable sources speak of titanic efforts by the CIA and MI6 to create a counter-offensive in the media, the same Ukrainian commanders who are not part of the ultra-nationalist commissariat in Kiev know that this is no longer the case.

This has led to disagreements within the White House itself, where some sources claim that Biden no longer coordinates even to pick up the phone.  In addition to this, Nuland in recent interviews has not been able to hide her annoyance with the president, something that has not gone down well with those close to Biden.

Victoria Nuland is not the only one responsible for this whole mess, although she has been one of the most industrious pillars of the so-called “war party” made up of neo-conservatives and Zionist groups that lobby within Congress. The latter have had a great welcome in the Biden administration to fund the billionaire's support for the state of Israel even at the expense of the growing needs of the American people.

In that role she was a constant and very active instigator of the anti-Russian policy by making Ukraine a strategic target to realise plans to consolidate US hegemony through NATO. It should not be overlooked that millions of people have been killed, millions more injured and millions more displaced by the wars that she and the war party have instigated since the early 1990s.

There is no doubt that Nuland's departure (or flight) marks a turning point in Washington's foreign policy and the resounding failure of the Russophobic policy. Perhaps if you don't remember her, she is the lady who, with her guards, walked through the centre of Kiev handing out biscuits and bread to Ukrainian passers-by and who back in February 2014 was the protagonist in that hilarious phone scandal with the US ambassador in Kiev Geoffrey Pyatt where it became very clear that Washington was behind the turmoil that led to the bloody coup d'état of February 2014.

But the current situation in Ukraine is part and parcel of the overweening ambitions of “Vicky” Nuland and her people to try to destroy the Russian Federation. Today, in view of the imminent disbanding of the war front, the unpredictable fate of the puppet Volodymyr Zelensky (whom some in London are seeking to rescue) and the very costly financial-military assistance provided to ultimately flush the plans down the toilet, she was forced to make a hasty exit from a very complicated scene.

“Vicky” is certainly no fool and this exit is obviously not to her liking, but she is aware that the Biden administration's foreign policy has imploded and it is time for her to go into winter quarters. But what will the Foreign Secretary do?