Bye Bye Victoria!

It is always a good day when a neocon quits, or gets fired, as the case may be. As Antony Blinken noted, her “leadership” on Ukraine will be studied by diplomats and students of foreign policy for years to come.  Is her exit related to Ukraine’s ongoing collapse as a nation state or the imminent fall of Zelensky in another coup, or worse?  Perhaps someone is planning another coup in Kiev soon, to try and stop the bleeding, and this time old Vic was not invited. Maybe the CIA is finally deciding to cut their losses in Ukraine, and she was collateral damage.  Her replacement is former ambassador John Bass who oversaw the most excellent and well planned withdrawal from Afghanistan a few summers ago.  It could simply be rats jumping off sinking ships. Tori was a key player in the bloody and corrupt Ukraine-Biden nexus; one hopes her sudden departure is more significant than just one big nasty murderous rat diving into the deep — may she lead the way for the rest of the neocon mischief.

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