Investigative reporter [[Seymour Hersh]] reported in the summer of 2023 that Biden junta national security advisor [[Jake "the Snake" Sullivan]] took an American delegation to the 'second international peace summit' in August at [[Jeddah]] in [[Saudi Arabia]]. The summit was led by Crown Prince [[Mohammed bin Salman]] (MBS) who four years earlier was accused of ordering the assassination and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi for the ''Washington Post'' at the Saudi consulate in [[Istanbul]], for perceived disloyalty to the state.
Investigative reporter [[Seymour Hersh]] reported in the summer of 2023 that Biden junta national security advisor [[Jake "the Snake" Sullivan]] took an American delegation to the 'second international peace summit' in August at [[Jeddah]] in [[Saudi Arabia]]. The summit was led by Crown Prince [[Mohammed bin Salman]] (MBS) who four years earlier was accused of ordering the assassination and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi for the ''Washington Post'' at the Saudi consulate in [[Istanbul]], for perceived disloyalty to the state.
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The summit stars included MBS, Sullivan, and Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia was not invited to the summit. It included a handful of heads of state from the fewer than fifty nations that sent delegates. ''Reuters'' reported that Zelensky’s goal was to get international support for “the principles” that he will consider as a basis for the settlement of the war, including “the withdrawal of all Russian troops and the return of all Ukrainian territory.” Russia’s formal response came from Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov who called the summit “a reflection of [[the West]]’s attempt to continue futile, doomed efforts” to mobilize the Global South behind Zelensky. [[India]] and [[China]] both sent delegations to the session. An American intelligence official told Hersh,
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The summit stars included MBS, Sullivan, and Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia was not invited to the summit. It included a handful of heads of state from the fewer than fifty nations that sent delegates. ''Reuters'' reported that Zelensky’s goal was to get international support for “the principles” that he will consider as a basis for the settlement of the war, including “the withdrawal of all Russian troops and the return of all Ukrainian territory.” Russia’s formal response came from Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Sergei Ryabkov]] who called the summit “a reflection of [[the West]]’s attempt to continue futile, doomed efforts” to mobilize the Global South behind Zelensky. [[India]] and [[China]] both sent delegations to the session. An American intelligence official told Hersh,
{{quotebox-float|“Jeddah was Sullivan’s baby. He planned it to be Biden’s equivalent of [[Woodrow Wilson|[President Woodrow] Wilson]]’s [[Versailles Conference|Versailles]]. The grand alliance of the free world meeting in a victory celebration after the humiliating defeat of the hated foe to determine the shape of nations for the next generation. Fame and Glory. Promotion and re-election. The jewel in the crown was to be Zelensky’s achievement of Putin’s unconditional surrender after the lightning spring offensive. They were even planning a [[Nuremberg Trials|Nuremberg type trial]] at the [[World Court|world court]], with Jake as our representative. Just one more f***-up, but who is counting? Forty nations showed up, all but six looking for free food after the Odessa shutdown,”}}
{{quotebox-float|“Jeddah was Sullivan’s baby. He planned it to be Biden’s equivalent of [[Woodrow Wilson|[President Woodrow] Wilson]]’s [[Versailles Conference|Versailles]]. The grand alliance of the free world meeting in a victory celebration after the humiliating defeat of the hated foe to determine the shape of nations for the next generation. Fame and Glory. Promotion and re-election. The jewel in the crown was to be Zelensky’s achievement of Putin’s unconditional surrender after the lightning spring offensive. They were even planning a [[Nuremberg Trials|Nuremberg type trial]] at the [[World Court|world court]], with Jake as our representative. Just one more f***-up, but who is counting? Forty nations showed up, all but six looking for free food after the Odessa shutdown,”}}
referring to President Putin’s curtailment of Ukrainian wheat shipments in response to Zelensky’s renewed attacks on the [[Crimean bridge]] linking Crimea to the Russian mainland.<ref>https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/summer-of-the-hawks</ref>
referring to President Putin’s curtailment of Ukrainian wheat shipments in response to Zelensky’s renewed attacks on the [[Crimean bridge]] linking Crimea to the Russian mainland.<ref>https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/summer-of-the-hawks</ref>