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Ukraine forces are in retreat and the war is going badly from NATO's perspective, Biden's $60+ billion for Kiev is halted in the House, and the Democratic incumbent's reelection chances are looking grim in November. And as if confirming there's no light at the end of the tunnel, Victoria Nuland is stepping down as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States.

The State Department announced Tuesday morning she is retiring. The Associated Press announcement interestingly enough underscores her hawkish legacy on Russia and Ukraine. "Victoria Nuland, the third-highest ranking U.S. diplomat and frequent target of criticism for her hawkish views on Russia and its actions in Ukraine, will leave her post this month, the State Department said Tuesday," it wrote.

Her boss Antony Blinken said something a bit ironic on the occasion of unveiling her departure: "But it’s Toria’s leadership on Ukraine that diplomats and students of foreign policy will study for years to come."

Indeed, many already know her as Victoria-'Fuck the EU'-Nuland and for essentially running foreign policy in Europe, stretching back through the Obama years as then Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, where many of the problems which sparked the disastrous and tragic Russia-Ukraine war were first set in motion.

According to more praise from Secretary Blinken:

"Her efforts have been indispensable to confronting Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marshaling a global coalition to ensure his strategic failure, and helping Ukraine work toward the day when it will be able to stand strongly on its own feet – democratically, economically, and militarily."

Of course, Blinken's boldly declaring Russia's "strategic failure" seems a bit forced and premature (to put it mildly), considering too that even from a propaganda angle leading NATO countries are currently very much on the defensive. Things simply aren't going well in NATO-land, by many accounts.
Some of you dont like hedge but this is news, big news.

Even The Guardian is now singing a very different tune, listing off serious policy failures and disasters for the West:

Western Europe has no conceivable interest in escalating the Ukraine war through a long-range missile exchange. While it should sustain its logistical support for Ukrainian forces, it has no strategic interest in Kyiv’s desire to drive Russia out of the majority Russian-speaking areas of Crimea or Donbas. It has every interest in assiduously seeking an early settlement and starting the rebuilding of Ukraine.
As for the west’s “soft power” sanctions on Russia, they have failed miserably, disrupting the global trading economy in the process. Sanctions may be beloved of western diplomats and thinktanks. They may even hurt someone – not least Britain’s energy users – but they have not devastated the Russian economy or changed Putin’s mind. This year Russia’s growth rate is expected to exceed Britain’s.

The crass ineptitude of a quarter of a century of western military interventions should have taught us some lessons. Apparently not.

This State Department farewell to VICTORIA "Toria" NULAND leaves out her role in engineering a coup in Ukraine in 2013-2014, when she traveled to Kiev and helped organize street riots against Ukraine's president, even handing out sandwiches to protestershttps://t.co/eyjrLtOsX2

— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) March 5, 2024

"You have this remarkable phone call where you have these two senior officials of the U.S. government (Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt) apparently talking about a coup, or how they were planning to restructure the government of Ukraine." pic.twitter.com/FadcQBeVjb

— E \uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDF8 (@Simply4Truth_) March 5, 2024

abandon ship

Lot of Russian talking points there, op

After yesterday, she's fleeing the sinking ship.  Don't worry, the architect of the Ukraine war will end up with a cush job at Raytheon.

Vicky?

Vicky?

Hello?

What you mean, New Phone?

HELLO! pic.twitter.com/4oXNzlDmum

— Jack Poso \uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDF8 (@JackPosobiec) March 5, 2024

Yep. Wonder how many more are going to follow suit? I'm surprised it's taken this long.

Neocon she devil

Her work there is done, mission accomplished!!

Here for Deep State Ukebro tears

Everything is Russian Propaganda

She got what she wanted. Bye.

This is some russian propaganda copy pasta?
She had no control and had no idea what was happening essnetially
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957

Often times, even the truth ...

Zero Hedge  

“But it’s Toria’s leadership on Ukraine that diplomats and students of foreign policy will study for years to come."

Yes, it’s valuable to study disasters as well as successes.

Here for Deep Kremlin Ball Ticklers  

Especially the recordings of Nuland and Pyat, lol.

Don’t forget the prior 30 years of actual meddling in Ukrainian politics that’s documented in American press all the way back to Nuland’s mentors Albright and Talbott who were former NSA Brzezinski fans…

I don’t understand why it’s so hard for you to admit they wanted this war. Is it just that they have to be pure as the driven snow heroes?

Russian Talking Points flew over my house!

Yeah a site that speaks the truth, how funny, let’s laugh out loud!/s

She is just going into hibernation as the house falls she will not be home for it.

You’re slipping. Your alarm not loud enough?

Time for Vicky to take a victory lap around the Beltway before joining up with a neocon think tank for some paychecks and hush money from the big guy until shes ready to come off the bench again

Great job running Europe into the ground!

Can we have our money back since you quit?

He needs the moral high ground to justify buying the surplus armor later…

The US's "policy" was always in shambles, it was never going to be anything else with all of the corruption.  Nuland got what she wanted, including a mess she and her idiot boss can't control, and now she's leaving, no surprises there.  

It's starting to unravel like a cheap sweater.

Both of them suck.  

Let them fight, we’re broke.

Nuland is a corrupt authoritarian.

I'm sure she'll end up on a corporate board making millions.

Wasn’t Nuland’s buddy Talbott running Brookings for awhile too?  Brookings were the ones backing Hillary when she was throwing Ukraine under the bus back in the Obama regime.

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Russia seems to do a good enough job leaving it around for me to collect

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Laughing at the Russian talking points that simply get echoed and repeated by “alt media”.

Oh no, a career politician/diplomat leaves.

Trump had a ton of folks leave and come on during his 4 years.

But who is gonna tell Zelensky what to do now?

Everyone stop noticing.

The government is here to help us identify propaganda. Take heed.

"Farnsworth voice"

Truth you say? Why thats outrageous!

And so many of them were recorded talking about who their personal picks for a new Ukrainian government were and getting the VP (Biden) to give the alphabet agencies an “attaboy” for all their subversive work, lol.

Remember that Biden was the lead on the Ukrainian adventure and that his aide Anna Makanju was both his aide to Ukraine and the DoD’s “expert” on NATO policy.  She knew that we could get Ukraine entangled and not trigger NATO articles. She’s also a former Russian national and serves as an advisor on all things Russian and NATO to the Atlantic Group. She was educated by a Soros grant too, super lols.

That's one way to put it...

The Leaked Ukraine/Nuland call was the best. An instant classic.

Ayup

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Nuland is to Ukraine as Fauci is to Covid.

What was Nuland’s job at the State Department supposed to be? Diplomacy. What did she actually do? Foment conflict with Russia.

What was Fauci’s job at NIH? Public health. What did he actually do? Fund dangerous gain-of-function…

David Sacks  (@DavidSacks) March 5, 2024

The pant suits queen is leaving huh?

She's an extremely unimpressive person and they're all extremely unimpressive people in D.C. who are surrounded by a small army of sycophantic brown nosers who tell them nonstop that they're wizards of smart

The carnage and destruction that can be laid at that woman's feet is impressive though and I think would surprise most people.

Look at all these fine folks our ukebros implicitly defend, vigorously.

Ayup Pure evil

We still have Brzezinski’s kid as ambassador to Poland too…talk about letting the foxes in the hen house.

You have to wonder just how many people are dead because of her influence on policy.

Victoria's husband almost certainly told her to GTFO now:



Getting out now gives her more time to bury the evidence and be prepared to leave the country.

There is also still time for the paid trolls on ARFCOM to get out while they still can.

It’s not just her, it’s the corporations and people behind her.

Ironically, that’s the only statement she got right.

\uD83E\uDDF5THREAD: Victoria Nuland announces resignation as Biden's Undersecretary of State

A notorious neocon and protege of Dick Cheney, Nuland led the Obama administration's overthrow of Ukraine's government in 2014, leading to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

In December 2013,… pic.twitter.com/yt7dJNQqW6

KanekoaTheGreat  (@KanekoaTheGreat) March 5, 2024

Full thread:  https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1765092971001848154.html

This news shows the ukraine in a bad light, rated troll.

Unimpressive is right. Remember Marco Rubio trying to lead her through that testimony after the war kicked off?  Embarrassing.

Yes.

Robert Kagan is almost confessing on behalf of Washington here:



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan/