How will history remember the ambitious Victoria Nuland? She is retiring from an unaccountable swamp post she used to relentlessly impose her will on the world.
She was a success in turning Ukraine into the world's most corrupt money laundering playground corrupt US power-brokers could want. She was a success in funding and driving the deadly Maidan coup. She was a success in setting up a presidential candidate named Zelensky, who lied about a peace platform and then enflamed his nation in war, poverty, displacement and ruin. The Ukrainian wasteland Nuland leaves behind will no longer be ruled by her, but soon by Russian interests which conclude the war with a peace agreement on their terms, not the terms of Victoria Nuland. Is this why she is disappearing from the scene?
Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more. Ecclesiastes 4:13
Question:
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Luke14:31
Answer:
A king who watches too much FOX TV, reads too many Marvel comics, pays attention to the New York Times, and watches too many Hollywood political thrillers.
The narrow strait is the most important chokepoint for the world's oil supply. Some 21 million barrels — or $1.2 billion worth of oil — pass through the strait every day.
Will a closed Strait hurt Iran? In terms of international oil sales, yes, but in terms of daily life, no. Iran pumps 3.5 million barrels of crude oil per day. The situation at this hour: