On February 25, with Russian soldiers just inside Kyiv, the Americans offered to evacuate President Volodymyr Zelensky from the city. He answered the Bidenites with ill-concealed exasperation: “I need weapons, not a ride.” He, like many Ukrainians, has been appalled by how slow Washington has been to supply weapons in sufficient quantities to halt the Russian advance. Last fall, Biden authorized $60 million in immediate military assistance to Ukraine, then another $200 million in December. By that time, the Russian troops had been mobilized and had started to move toward the northern, eastern, and southern borders of Ukraine. After so much slow-motion preparation, the Russians suddenly invaded on Feb. 23.
For two whole months, from late December to late February, as the Russians kept moving their troops and weapons into place, the U.S. watched, while Biden kept announcing he was confident that the Russians were going to invade but nonetheless, he sent no more military aid until the Russians were besieging Kyiv, when he finally announced that another $350 million in military aid would be sent. It was too little, too late. Back in December, the US and its NATO partners could — and should — have sent in a billion dollars worth of military assistance, especially Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger surface-to-air missiles, and military drones. When this war in the Ukraine is all over, Congressional committees should investigate how badly the Bidenites performed, and how, had they responded by supplying the right weapons, in the right quantities, just as soon as Putin started moving his forces toward Ukraine, the outcome might have been different.
Better air defenses – especially those man-portable Stinger missiles — might have provided a level of deterrence that didn’t exist. Analysts say the prospect of bombers being shot down in flight might have forced Putin to reevaluate his plans. But only a fraction of the Stingers the Ukrainians needed were sent. The day after the Russians invaded, Ukraine’s Defense Minister made a direct plea to Congress: ”We need as much Stinger and anti-tank weapons as possible.” Those Stingers ought to have been sent in late December.
The Ukrainians have apparently made good use of the Stingers they do have. Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry said that a Russian missile was shot down before dawn Saturday (Feb. 26) as it headed for the dam of the sprawling water reservoir that serves Kyiv. “Had the dam been destroyed, it would have caused catastrophic casualties and losses—including flooding of residential areas of Kyiv and its suburbs,” said Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry.
Even after that plane headed toward the dam had been shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov insisted at a briefing on Feb. 26 that no civilian sites are targeted: “Let me stress once again that only infrastructure sites of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are being targeted, ruling out damage to residential and social infrastructure. Was the water supply of Kyiv a “civilian target”?
In the first week of the war, the Ukrainians have been skillfully fighting back. Around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Russian tanks and other vehicles have been destroyed or are unable to move because of the damage inflicted. In Kiev, Ukrainian soldiers have mounted defenses and put up barricades to stop the tanks. Reservists between the ages of 18 and 60 are being conscripted. Civilians are lining up to be handed rifles or machine guns.The Ukrainians only had 18,000 guns to hand out on Feb. 25. What kept the Bidenites from sending a million guns back in December? One American official said “We didn’t want to provoke Putin.” How did that work out?
Now the Americans should be transferring massive numbers of Stingers, Javelins, drones, sniper rifles and machine guns, to Poland, for immediate transfer in caravans of trucks to the western border of Ukraine, where they can be picked up by the Ukrainian military to deliver to soldiers on the front lines, including those still fighting the Russians in Kharkiv and Kyiv.
Even if the Russians were to take Kyiv, and then to subdue all of Ukraine, their army would still require many soldiers to occupy and hold Ukraine, a nation with a population of 45 million. The Russians will still face a ferocious resistance. The West owes it to the Ukrainians, whom it supplied with too few weapons, and too late, to deter or halt the Russian invasion, to now furnish the Ukrainian resistance with all the weapons it requests.
For years the Americans were reluctant to modernize Ukraine’s Soviet-era defenses, leaving the country dramatically vulnerable to a massive Russian bombing and missile campaign. A confluence of forces — fear of provoking Russia, worries that the technology could fall into Russian hands, doubts that the Ukraine could operate the systems – prevented the U.S. and its allies from granting Ukrainian requests for advanced surface-to-air missiles in the years after Russia seized Crimea in 2014. Now American officials, having sent weapons so late, and in such small quantities, are scrambling to find ways to help the Ukrainian forces to preserve themselves. “We certainly all missed an opportunity,” said Philip Breedlove, a retired four-star Air Force general who was supreme allied commander in 2014, when Russia took Crimea. “The West, NATO, and all of the individual nations involved missed an opportunity. I think we’re looking at it in retrospect now and thinking maybe we should have made a different decision.”
Retired Admiral James Stavridis, who preceded Breedlove as NATO’s supreme allied commander, agrees: “I think air defense would have been a very smart move. If we had put more out there sooner, we would not be where we are now.”
Indeed.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainians continue to fight, apparently surprising the Russians by the strength of their resistance. There are now three examples of Ukrainian heroism to sustain the Ukrainians at war. The first is the true story of the 13 Ukrainian border guards who were manning a post on Snake Island in the Black Sea. A Russian warship sailed close to the island and called on the Ukrainians to surrender. Instead, the border guards shouted back at the Russians: “Russian ship, go f**k yourself.” They were promptly shelled by the Russians and all 13 were reportedly killed, although this has been disputed. Nonetheless, they have entered the consciousness of Ukrainians as a collective of heroes: “the 13.”
Another hero may or may not have done what is attributed to him, but for the Ukrainians it is fortifying to believe in the story of a Ukrainian pilot, known as “the Ghost of Kyiv,” who is said to have shot down a total of six Russian planes: four Russian fighter jets – two Su-35 Flankers, one Su-27 Flanker and one MiG-29 Fulcrum, as well as two ground-attack aircraft, so-called S—25 Frogfoots. It appears that those six planes were indeed shot down, but whether it was one Ukrainian pilot, or three, or six, who were responsible for those six kills is not known. Still, it is useful for Ukrainian morale to believe in this “Ghost of Kyiv,” a Slavic Scarlet Pimpernel.
The third hero is Ukraine’s remarkable leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, who before he was elected president in 2019, was a comic, appearing in both movies and on television. In his television show “Servant of the People,” he played the president of the Ukraine. Now life has imitated art. He has shown himself to be a serious and brave leader. With Kyiv besieged, and knowing that he is #1 on Putin’s list of Ukrainians to be killed, he has refused repeatedly to leave, even turning down an American offer to “extract” him from Kyiv. He’s staying there to inspire his people with his stirring speeches, and by setting an example for his countrymen when, in the midst of bombardments, he chooses to walk the streets of central Kyiv, out in the open, where Russian bombs, or the Chechen death squad sent by Putin to eliminate his most formidable Ukrainian enemies, might find him. Zelensky’s message is simple “We are here, we are not laying down any arms, we are going to defend our nation.”
Indomitable, Churchillian, a hero of our time.
mortimer says
The $32-million Beijing Bribed-man and his corrupt handlers have already got theirs. They are sitting pretty and comfily enjoying their suddenly-found wealth. Those career civil servants have all become multi-millionaires mysteriously in the last few years.
They couldn’t care less about Ukraine or the stability of Europe or the stability. Let the toiling masses eat cake … Ukrainians can eat humble pie. Bribed-man’s handlers really don’t see the knock-on effects of destabilizing Europe. EVERYTHING will be affected by a take-over of Ukraine.
Putin wants to be the next Napoleon, but the Old Coot in the White House and his puppeteers are BLIND to it. They’re too busy dreaming about an Eco-Shangra-La and a no-energy workers’ paradise of slaves and commissars. It isn’t called the DIKTOKRAT Party for nothing.
mortimer says
The Bribed-man’s handlers couldn’t care less about Ukraine or the stability of Europe or the stability of the oil markets or the stability of the stock markets or the stability of the US dollar. Pooh. Pooh. Let the toiling masses eat cake.
maria says
i think putin is half stalin and halfr hitler. Now he will cooperate with Syrian muslims.
However, he is afraid he will be killed by some of his soldiers.
Like Biden he is hidden somewhere with only very few people around
PMK says
The mess in Ukraine was accomplished over several administrations. The first seed was planted under Bush 43, when Russia invaded Georgia. The world did nothing. Then came Obama, who told the Russian minister that he’d have ‘more flexibility’ after he won reelection. Crimea fell two years later. The Budapest Memorandum was effectively declared null and void. Even Trump, though he authorized the sale of defensive weapons to Ukraine, didn’t provide enough. Then the Democrats politicized support for Ukraine by impeaching Trump. Now we have Biden, who was ‘confident’ Russia would attack Ukraine, and still did nothing.
The Ukrainians are to be admired for their response to the Russian invasion and deserve the support of all free nations. If we want to find a silver lining in this dark cloud, look at the effect Putin’s actions and threats had on Germany and most of Europe. Maybe some of us are shaking off our complacency and realizing Russia still poses a threat to the free world. The idea that nations that trade with one another won’t attack each other is a fallacy.
mortimer says
The invasion of Georgia occurred when the OIL PRICE WAS HIGH as it is now.
See the connection?
There was nothing to stop Ukraine from joining NATO and they should have done it immediately before Crimea was seized.
Yeltsin had no objection to Ukraine joining NATO, because he did not have ambitions of re-establishing a Russian empire as does Russia’s ‘NEXT NAPOLEON’ Putin.
Infidel says
Yeltsin wanted to join NATO himself, but was rebuffed. Had we taken them on that offer, NATO could actually have been a good platform to confront China
libertyORdeath says
NATO could still br a great deterrent for China, except that the weak leaders in the US and EU have made us fully dependent on them for a huge portion of our imports.
The world should have never normalized relations with China. Just as we are indirectly funding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are also indirectly funding the CCP, the PLA and the mistreatment of Tibetans, Uighers and the Chinese people. We used to know that to defeat an enemy we had to treat them like the enemies they are instead of sending trillions of dollars their way.
gravenimage says
Agreed, PMK.
Jose Vicente Vega says
You care about the border of Russia and Ukraine? bud no one care about USA BORDER WITH MEXICO, that is my BIG WORRY in10 months 2 millions of illegals people THOUSANDS OF THEN CRIMINALS, TERRORIST AND ENEMY and is not only USA PROBLEM IS OUR NEHIBORD MEXICAN PEOPLE BIG PROBLEM TO, THEY WILL LOCE THEY BORDER TO THE CONTROL OF THE NARCO, WHO THANKS OF BIDEN THE NARCOS SINCE BIDEN TAKE OVER USA, THEY MAKE AROUND $400 MILLION DOLLARS PER MONTH IN PROFIS AND THEY POWER GROW, NO ONLY WE WILL BE LOCE AMERICA TO AUR ENEMY, BEOCOUSE THEY ARE NOT MEXICAN WHO CROSE AOUR BORDER THIS ILLEGALS CAMEN FROM OVER 150 OTHERS COUNTRIES, MANY FROM ISLAM COUNTRIES
Sue says
I can’t believe you are promoting the U.S. funding ANYTHING in the Ukraine. Obama/Biden instigated a coup in 2014 and provoked Russia by trying to make the Ukraine another location to install missiles on Russia’s border. This is ridiculous and we should be there nor support this corrupt regime at this point.
mortimer says
One country (Russia) cannot modify treaties or create international law ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE.
INTERNATIONAL law is literally law made AMONG or BETWEEN nations.
The international community is now realizing that Putin is a Napoleon. And Europe united to defeat the FIRST Napoleon.
This latest Napoleon will also be defeated and exiled.
Infidel says
I agree that NATO is an army looking for a cause, but the statement about Ukraine being a corrupt regime is repeated for every regime in Ukraine – Yakoshenko, Poroshenko and now Zelensky. Zelansky campaigned on corruption, and promised to serve only 1 term, and that’s how he got 70% of the vote
I believe that if NATO is to continue, we need to look to a post Putin leader and then include Russia in NATO, and make that organization then useful in confronting China. But if we don’t wanna include Russia, it’s time to wind up NATO. There is no point giving the Russians the message that no matter what they do, we will never be their ally. Right now, the Moscow-Beijing axis is far more lethal than the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis was in WWII
john smith says
Totally agree Infidel, if Russia was part of NATO this world would be a safer place, but Putin has to go.
Wellington says
Seconded, john smith. I saw and heard a young Ukrainian women fleeing to the Polish border say in broken English that Putin needs to be killed. Yes he does. He is now a pariah, a dangerous and barbaric man, and probably as well unhinged.
john smith says
At the moment Wellington Putin is an extremely dangerous individual, Life has always been cheap to him and I wouldn’t be in the least surprised if he’s actually a psychopath. He has his finger on the button, and if he is going to be taken out he will want to go out with a bang, and that could well be nuclear bang. Lets just hope that some military leaders recognize this and decide to remove him.
Wellington says
I agree, Infidel, Russia should be in NATO, something that Bush 41 and Clinton both mentioned as a possibility but only if it becomes a free, democratic state and which ceases its xenophobia about the West. They were the conditions set by Bush 41 and Clinton and Putin has done his best to ensure the exact opposite (e.g., his saying that the fall if the USSR was the greatest tragedy of the 20th century—how in the Hell are such nations as the Baltic states and Poland to deal with such retrograde thinking?).
But yes, a prosperous, capitalistic, truly democratic Russia should be in NATO rather than seeing the West as the enemy instead of China and the Islamic world. Not there yet. Never will get there with Putin, who is a dinosaur still lurking around and causing untold misery right now.
Infidel says
Russia was all those things you mention under Boris Yeltsin. But still wasn’t allowed in. Once Putin got in, he took the message that Russia would never be allowed in, and w/ that assumption, he was pretty justified in opposing the Eastern expansion of NATO
People do mistake Putin as being nostalgic for the Soviet Union, but following his statements against the Soviet leaders, I read him as being more nostalgic for the Romanovs. If you read his statements closely, he is scathing towards the Soviets for making the Soviet Union a union of individual republics, rather than the unitary nation it was under the Tsars. I agree that from a geographical standpoint, it is somewhat unmanagable, but there is a difference b/w a country being federally divided into states or provinces, such as the US or Canada, vs being divided into different republics. If one recalls, there wasn’t much of a difference b/w the Ukraine SSR and Poland during the Cold War. His main beef w/ both Lenin and Yeltsin is first dividing the Romanov Empire into 12 individual republics, and then in 1991, using the platform of the RSFSR to end communist rule by breaking up the Soviet Union.
In other words, Putin would have wanted the Soviet Union to become a communist-less Russian empire. While that may not have done much for Ukraine, it would have saved Armenia from being carved up by Azerbaijan, and it would have prevented the slow resurrection of the Turkic islamic nationalism in the -stans
All that said, I do think that Russia will need to move ahead w/o Putin, but they do need to put their foot down on NATO: either they be a part of it, or that NATO stop expanding
Wellington says
Infidel, with respect, Russia under Yeltsin was a mess. It had crony capitalism and corruption everywhere. It was massively dysfunctional and the billions sent to Russia (much by the US) just kinda’ disappeared. No way Russia was NATO eligible under Yeltsin.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was first headed by a drunk and then by an ex-KGB agent. And as one Russian student I taught told me some twenty years ago when Putin first came into power, “Once KGB, always KGB.” Damn good call.
Putin called the fall of the USSR “the greatest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century.” When he speaks negatively about Lenin and Stalin, this means nothing. Khrushchev spoke negatively about Stalin and then Brezhnev spoke negatively about Khrushchev once he came into power. Dictators often denigrate previous dictators. As for Putin wanting a more unified Russia then the Soviet system, perhaps, but it would merely be the same whore in a new dress. Putin hates democracy and Yeltsin had no idea how to build and run a democracy.
Infidel says
Wellington
I guess we disagree on the Yeltsin part of this. When the Soviet Union dissolved, a few East European countries, which were identical to Russia, were admitted to NATO. While all that corruption might have disqualified Russia from the EU, they were by no means ineligible for NATO
Another point is that the breakup of the Soviet Union, and particularly the independence of the -stans, gave the Chechens the idea that they could be an independent country as well. When Moscow said no, the Chechen insurrection started. Anyone who had misgivings about the breakup of the Soviet Union could point to this as a prime example of how this encouraged jihad – and this started before 9/11!
Also true is the ‘return’ of ethnic populations to their ‘homes’ – Russians living in Kazakhstan, Latvia, Ukraine, et al to Russia; Kazakhs living in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan et al to Kazakhstan and so on. Kazakhstan, which was 47% Russian in 1992, is now 20% Russian, while Kazakhs are 67%, making muslims 70% of the total population. Making it more prone to become a center of jihad activity, just like Kyrgyzstan next door. Oh, and not to mention an increasing Turkish influence in this region
Now Ukraine has applied for admission into the EU. Wait until the EU starts telling them to admit endless number of muslim rapefugees. We had the UK do Brexit and other countries starting to contemplate it, and in the meantime, Ukraine wants to get in
Wellington says
Yes, Infidel, I think we will have to agree to disagree on this. No country was admitted to NATO after the fall of the Soviet Union in December of 1991 until countries like Poland and Hungary were in 1999, by which time such countries were definitely showing improvement across the board while Russia by 1999 was clearly a crony capitalistic mess, profoundly corrupt, and with loads of other problems. The semi-exception to this was East Germany but since West Germany was already in NATO as of 1955, once German re-unification occurred in 1990 it simply wasn’t an option to keep a part of Germany out of NATO.
I don’t believe the Chechnya example is pertinent since it was never a separate soviet and was part of Russia, as opposed to the five soviet “stans.” Apples and oranges here. Letting former soviets go their own way was one thing but letting parts of what used to be the Russian soviet was an entirely different matter.
The movement of some Russians back to Russia from other soviets was simply something that I don’t believe any solution could have made better. Couldn’t demand they stay where they were and couldn’t demand that the “stans” be attached to Russia. Hey, when evil empires fall, not all results thereafter are positive.
I agree with you about Ukraine in the EU. A classic case of be careful what you wish for because you might get it, though I can still see how the EU could bring some benefits to Ukraine economically and be yet one more guard against the Russian bear which, whether under Czars, First Secretaries or Putin really does see, a la George Kennan, its neighbors as vassals or enemies. Russia never learns.
James Lincoln says
Wellington and Infidel,
If the Ukraine could join the EU – and behave like Poland or Hungary in regards to muslim migrants – the Ukraine would benefit both economically and militarily.
Wellington says
Agreed, James. Probably would be a net benefit to Ukraine even though it would still be vilified as Poland and Hungary are for not taking in followers of the worst religion of all time.
What a damn shame the EU isn’t smarter, more informed and shrewder than it is. Kinda’ like Russia not realizing that its own best interests lie with the West and not with a very dangerous China (which still claims much of Siberia btw) and the putrid Islamic sphere of mankind. Russia, like the Palestinians, seems to never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
On a related note, it is my conviction that Putin needs to be done away with. He is a menace on a colossal scale to mankind as a whole (including our financial portfolios). I want him dead and wish that this would happen. I would prefer a civilian coup over a military coup against Putin but I would even settle for the latter so wretched and destructive has this man become. The world would breathe a sigh of relief if this occurred, including many Russians.
gravenimage says
Infidel, Putin has said that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a “genuine tragedy” and that anyone who doesn’t miss it “has no heart”–an odd thing to say about a vicious gulag state.
gravenimage says
Ah, yes–not wanting to be invaded and conquored by Russia is “corrupt”…
Wellington says
And all part of the reason, gravenimage, why many eastern European countries wanted to join NATO because Russia never learns.
For instance, Poland in NATO since 1999 has had its greatest ally in Polish history for its entire thousand year existence—the traditional date for Poland’s founding is 966 AD—since an attack on one NATO nation is an attack on all NATO nations and thus America has become the greatest ally of Poland throughout its duration (though assuming the American Left led by AOC, the rest of the horrible “Squad,” the joke which is Joe Biden, Pelosi, et al. don’t ruin America).
Matters very “fluid” right now to put it mildly. Putin being no more would make matters more “fluid” in a positive direction, though I still have to wonder if Russia will ever wise up. Hasn’t to date.
gravenimage says
+1
Jose Vicente Vega says
SUE YOU ARE 100% RIGHT
Infidel says
Over the weekend, I found this video of then comendian Zelansky playing the piano w/… well, I’ll let you watch the video, and then you’ll realize how true is the statement that he has balls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-UiadUOrfk
john smith says
Very funny Infidel, now I see what you mean when you say, “he has balls.”
gravenimage says
🙂
Charlie in NY says
In 1967, the West knew that Egypt, Jordan and Syria were preparing a massive attack against Israel. Their recommendation to Israel was not to preempt, so Israel spent two agonizing weeks waiting for the West to live up to its security guarantees given in 1957 in exchange for Israeli evacuation of the Sinai. The West did nothing and Israel preempted on June 5. While Europe reacted negatively, the US understood that Israel could serve as a valuable counterweight to further Soviet penetration.
In 1973, with Egypt and Syria massing forces, Israel was told not to preempt and, lest it appear provocative, not to call up its reserves. The result was the Yom Kippour War which was a very near run thing for Israel. In spite of Israel’s nearly suicidal forbearance, Europe (with the exception of Portugal a country still ruled by a dictator) famously refused overflight rights to US plans seeking to resupply Israel’s military.
Given that history, Ukraine cannot truly be surprised at the West’s dilatory assistance. The only saving grace is Russia’s stunning military incompetence – which might very well be replaced with massive and indiscriminate attacks on the civilian population, the real world counterpart to the fevered fantasies of anti-Zionists.
And, had the West supplied weapons in advance, you can be certain that such actions would have been broadcast as proof of NATO aggression by Russia’s willing apologists around the world.
Let’s just hope that Ukraine continues to display the same courage, intelligence and fighting spirit that Israel showed in ‘67 and ‘73 and, when the smoke of battle clears, with a united West at its back, a luxury Israel never had, Ukraine will remain free, sovereign and independent.
Wellington says
A very fine post, Charlie in NY.
Westman says
Do I understand this correctly? Hugh is writing that more weapons should have been sent to Ukraine before Russia invaded. From an emotional position this certainly seems to be the most satisfying thought, at the moment.
If the back-door arming of Ukraine and the whispering of NATO to Ukraine about eventual membership are the cause of Putin’s decision, then what Hugh suggests would have only caused an earlier invasion.
We all despair about what is happening to Ukranians and should be careful about creating more havoc for them with good intentions. There are only a limited number of outcomes of this war. Ukraine is defeated, Ukraine fends off the Russian bear, some armistice is reached, or, we misstep and enter world war.
If the outcome is Ukraine defeat, pouring arms into Ukraine will, yes, kill more Russians AND kill more Ukranians. If the outcome is Russia relents and gives up the Crimea(unlikely), we can pat ourselves on the back. If the outcome is an armistice we could claim we hastened it. If the outcome is escalation to World War, draw your own conclusion.
For politicians it must be heady to play in international politics having an insulated, indirect, power of life and death over other humans. “Yes, I helped run the Vietnam War, but it was, The Fog Of War”. “Yes, I voted for the 2nd Iraq invasion. I thought Sadaam had WMD”, “Yes I, Putin, have invaded Ukraine to keep a buffer and stop Western enchroachment”. And what’s next? “I, Mitt Romney, demand and will vote for a no-fly zone over Ukraine to put the bear in a corner.”
War must be a product of insanity. Looking back at history, and what was said on all sides of conflicts, good reasoning never prevailed.
Sure, let’s pour all the weapons we can into Ukraine, it will surely save lives. And when the video game is over we’ll just push reset and start on another insanity. “Hillary, can I borrow that red reset button.”
Infidel says
I think that Crimea is Russia’s forever, and that Ukraine is unlikely to ever get it back. What might happen in peace talks, even a post Putin arrangement, would be that Crimea stays Russian, but Donbass is split: Russia gets the parts that were previously held by the ‘people’s republics’ while Ukraine retains what was theirs. I do think, however, that if Ukraine beats them back, they are likely to be fasttracked into NATO, which will only throw Russia more into the arms of Beijing
Walter Sieruk says
The brave and Ukrainian people are foiling Putin’s scheme to violently and murderously conquer their nation. In other words, Putin has imagined takeover of Ukraine has not come through as he though because of the courageous resistance of the Ukrainian’s and not because of anything that Joe Biden has done.
gravenimage says
Yep.
Walter Sieruk says
With President Trump in the White House, he kept Vladimir Putin under control. Now with Joe Biden masquerading as a genuine US President Putin has become totally out of control, irrational and very dangerous.
Walter Sieruk says
With strong and intelligent President Trump, Vladimir Putin had the Russian military attack no other country. Then came weak and feeble -minded Joe Biden and Putin became a war starter using the Russian military to invade another nation.
gravenimage says
Yep–weakness in the West enables aggression.
Walter Sieruk says
If Joe Biden takes further action on this terrible situation he will only make things more awful just as he further harms, damages and wreaks everything else he touches.
Biden is a disaster magnifier and a calamity maker. In this specific case, the former of the two applies to him.
Walter Sieruk says
Let’s hope that Joe Biden doesn’t keep on interfering with this awful foreign overseas conflict because Biden only harms anything he become involved with.
If US “President” pretender Joe Biden gets involved in this current terrible Russia /Ukraine problem, Biden’s interference in this situation will only increase the chaos and mayhem in those lands.
So much so that Biden’s meddling will lead to much human bloodshed and death.
This is so because everything he “touches” is made worse, wrecked or is completely ruined.
Joe Biden is a curse to America as well as upon all the other nations of the world.
Walter Sieruk says
About Russia and Ukraine, this current situation is obviously very serious.
Nevertheless, Joe Biden using his de facto Presidential powers over in those foreign nations then he will make this current Ukraine, Russia conflict even worse.
The reason why this is so clearly seen by all the many disasters he has already caused in both the national level, in America, as with crime which terribly increased, added by porous borders and likewise on the international level, as in the Afghanistan disaster and his supporting and upholding both the Taliban and that “mullah regime” of Iran are three example just how harmful and damaging Biden actually is.
The list of his harm can go further, but this should be enough to prove that if Biden ‘s meddling in this Ukraine/Russia problem he will make things in those lands far worse than they would be if he had not interfered in the first place.
Pseudo President Biden occupying the Oval Office of the White House, as stated above, is nothing but a national and international catastrophe.
gravenimage says
How the Bidenites Mishandled Things In Ukraine
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Weakness always enables aggression. Glad that Zelensky is standing tough.
victor cowen says
What else can one say ? None of this would have happened if Donald were still POTUS which in my book he still is. The criminals running the American ‘political system’ today WILL get their comeuppance but by then they will have salted away their stolen money in tax havens etc. where for sure, despite Putin, are still alive and well.
Walter Sieruk says
Joe Biden can’t do anything right . Biden and his team can’t handle any serious problem without making it even worse.
David Foot says
His Excellency the Ukrainian President Zelensky (with capitals!) puts us all to shame!
As Churchill explained, if given a choice to avoid war we chose dishonour, then we will get dishonour AND we will get the war!
Putin has been using Hitler’s Sudeten excuse in Donbass 2022 and also against Georgia and Moldova.
Ukraine was the third nuclear power on the planet in 1994 and USA, UK, France, Russia guaranteed its territorial integrity if it became a neutral country, Ukraine gave its fleet and nuclear weapons to Russia and in 1994 we signed the Budapest Memorandum giving them their guarantees.
Just like with the Sudeten lands we betrayed a brave country which DID keep its word, we should be ashamed of ourselves and as Churchill said we will suffer the fate of the cowards, to give in to Putin is to make Russia hungrier, it is asking for the Baltic states and possibly Poland on a plate! We are so foolish!
We NEED to show some balls and give Ukraine at least a No Fly Zone!
Jerry says
What’s the difference between Spineless Joey and Judas Iscariot?
Judas took 30 pieces of silver to hand over Jesus to be crucified.
Spineless Joey like his predecessor and accomplice Hussein Barak Obama would have, insread, paid the enemies of Judaism and Chritianity billions of US Taxpayers Dollars to make absolutely sure that the crucifiction goes ahead.