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dogriverBefor I say another word, I am not accusing Joe Biden of being responsible for the bloodshed and other atrocities in Ukraine. If you are at war, you, and no one else, is responsible for your actions in that war. Putin is completely responsible for all of Russia's atrocities in the war.
So why do I implicate Biden in causing the war? I believe Biden was looking for a way to divert attention from what was going on in his own country: high inflation, incredible disunity and polarization among the people, expendatures that will still be having people pay for hundreds of years from now, the list goes on and on. He wouldn't be the first political leader to think that "a good war" could be responsble for what ails the nation. But he's a Democrat. Democrats, at least in theory, are all about peace, love, harmony, and a deep respect for all human beings except those who have yet to be born. So going to war with Russia would never do for Biden. He wants the reputation as the guy who rescued America, not the guy who took them to war.
So, the next best thing, and something only a world superpower could do, start a war between two other countries. Find a dictator who is already unhinged, wave a red flag in front of him, and eventually, bingo, you've got a war happening and you're not in it. A few sanctions to show the world how big your gonads are, stop the importation of oil from Russia (a whopping 3% of US oil usage, and hopefully your adoring followers will kiss your feet and thank you for being such a dedicated world leader.
Biden spent months saying, "You'd better not invade Ukraine, Putin, you better not invade Ukraine, Putin, you better not invade Ukraine, Putin". He knew that if he did this long enough, Putin would do exactly that. And of course, Putin did. Like any bull, he heeded the flag being relentlessly waved in front of him. I don't think he realized the blood bath his "good war" was going to cause. But what to do? He has goaded Putin into this war, almost everyone is pressing him to do more, but actually being involved in the war is exactly what he didn't want to do. And getting involved, he knows, would trigger something huge. Who wants to be responsible for that? So he does what he's good at, spending Americans' credit, but that's not enough, the bull named Putin isn't just lying down. He may be going down, I really don't know, but he's taking as much with him as he can. He may be mad enough to use a nuke, never minding that there would be no winner in such a case.
So Biden is in an awkward position. But it seems that his response is now to do to China what he did to Russia, goad them into joining the fray.I'm not sure what good can come of that, I'm thinking none.
But I honestly believe that, having Goaded Putin into the war in Ukraine, Biden needs to commit America to stopping it, then explain to the American people why the monetary, material, an human costs were so high. The Ukrainian president thinks he should many other countries do. I can understand why he wouldn't want to, but he should have thought about that at the beginning.
Finally, a prayer for the innocent people who are paying the price: the innocent people of Ukraine, and the others no one's talking about, the rank-and-file Russians, whose only sin was living in the wrong country.
So why do I implicate Biden in causing the war? I believe Biden was looking for a way to divert attention from what was going on in his own country: high inflation, incredible disunity and polarization among the people, expendatures that will still be having people pay for hundreds of years from now, the list goes on and on. He wouldn't be the first political leader to think that "a good war" could be responsble for what ails the nation. But he's a Democrat. Democrats, at least in theory, are all about peace, love, harmony, and a deep respect for all human beings except those who have yet to be born. So going to war with Russia would never do for Biden. He wants the reputation as the guy who rescued America, not the guy who took them to war.
So, the next best thing, and something only a world superpower could do, start a war between two other countries. Find a dictator who is already unhinged, wave a red flag in front of him, and eventually, bingo, you've got a war happening and you're not in it. A few sanctions to show the world how big your gonads are, stop the importation of oil from Russia (a whopping 3% of US oil usage, and hopefully your adoring followers will kiss your feet and thank you for being such a dedicated world leader.
Biden spent months saying, "You'd better not invade Ukraine, Putin, you better not invade Ukraine, Putin, you better not invade Ukraine, Putin". He knew that if he did this long enough, Putin would do exactly that. And of course, Putin did. Like any bull, he heeded the flag being relentlessly waved in front of him. I don't think he realized the blood bath his "good war" was going to cause. But what to do? He has goaded Putin into this war, almost everyone is pressing him to do more, but actually being involved in the war is exactly what he didn't want to do. And getting involved, he knows, would trigger something huge. Who wants to be responsible for that? So he does what he's good at, spending Americans' credit, but that's not enough, the bull named Putin isn't just lying down. He may be going down, I really don't know, but he's taking as much with him as he can. He may be mad enough to use a nuke, never minding that there would be no winner in such a case.
So Biden is in an awkward position. But it seems that his response is now to do to China what he did to Russia, goad them into joining the fray.I'm not sure what good can come of that, I'm thinking none.
But I honestly believe that, having Goaded Putin into the war in Ukraine, Biden needs to commit America to stopping it, then explain to the American people why the monetary, material, an human costs were so high. The Ukrainian president thinks he should many other countries do. I can understand why he wouldn't want to, but he should have thought about that at the beginning.
Finally, a prayer for the innocent people who are paying the price: the innocent people of Ukraine, and the others no one's talking about, the rank-and-file Russians, whose only sin was living in the wrong country.
