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?