Some interesting items coming out of a recent Substack post by Seymour Hersh. For those not familiar with Hersh, his story is one of fierce independence. Hersh has been at the forefront of investigative journalism for decades. The My Lai massacre expose earned Hersh a Pulitzer. This was at a time when getting a Pulitzer really meant something.
Hersh’s recent piece examines the state of the Democratic Party as the 2024 election cycle approaches.
Fear and Loathing on Air Force One
The question has to be is there a civil war going on within the Biden administration?
“…signs of internal stress inside the Biden administration. Undersecretary of State for Policy Victoria Nuland has been “blocked” —a word used by one Democratic Party insider—from being promoted to replace the much-respected Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Nuland’s anti-Russian politics and rhetoric matches the tone and point of view of Biden and Secretary of State Tony Blinken.”
A rising star appears to be CIA Director Bill Burns.
Burns, a long-time diplomat who served as ambassador to Russia under George W. Bush as well as deputy secretary of state under Obama, had won the respect of a hard core of CIA officers and agents for his discrete handling of the nine-month planning and execution of the covert operation, approved by Biden, to destroy the Nord Steam I and II pipelines running from Russia to Germany. He was the liaison between the intelligence team operating out of Norway and the Oval Office. When he asked how much he needed to know, he accepted the CIA’s answer of “very little” with aplomb.
Burns was also known for his warning, published in a memoir after his retirement as ambassador, that continued expansion of NATO to the east—NATO is now on the verge of totally covering Russia’s western border—would inevitably lead to conflict.
This would make Burns one of the few deep inside the bowels of the Biden administration who actually understands what is going on in Ukraine. Can he have enough influence to steer the ship of state away from the looming iceberg of a Russian offensive in August/September that will crush Ukraine? It is said that Burns is one of the very few people in the administration that China and Russia will actually listen to.
Hersh is indicating that there are signs that the Democrats are becoming exceedingly nervous as the 2024 election cycle approaches. The absolute incompetence of the people running the country is the real cause of that.
It may be time to buy some popcorn.