In Menlo, Iowa the other day Biden got a bit off script
White House leaky diaper patrol says Biden’s accusation about Putin being guilty of genocide (stated here in Iowa by the way) was just sort of a personal feeling or something. It was supposedly off script. Of course “Resident Joe” doesn’t have actual strong feelings against real genocide (nor any actual understanding of the concept). Consider his “personal feelings” about Xi and China: From the New York Post: President Biden is dismissing the genocide against the Uighur population in China, dubbing the mass internment a “different norm” — despite the State Department this month responding to “atrocities” in the camps, following reports of systemic rape and torture.
This commentary by Gary Bauer at American Values expresses some sentiments we share about the Ukraine situation. Bold our emphasis.
Biden: Leading The Free World?
Joe Biden is using every horrible day of the carnage being inflicted on Ukraine by Vladimir Putin as a political opportunity for himself and the left.
The globalists that dominate the U.S. government and left-wing political strategists see the Ukraine war as an opportunity to distract the American people from the damage they’re doing to our country.
In addition, the conflict gives Biden an opportunity to be seen as “Commander-in-Chief” and “Leader of the Free World.” He is neither. Nonetheless, Biden and his strategists believe patriotic Americans will eventually rally around him, particularly if the conflict drags on.
It’s revealing that no one in key positions in Washington is calling for serious negotiations to find a compromise to end the war. It’s revealing that the always vocal, left-wing anti-war movement isn’t staging mass protests against Joe Biden right now.
Meanwhile, Biden’s own rhetoric makes it less likely that peace talks and negotiations that could end the death and destruction will take place.
His rhetoric makes it more likely that Vladimir Putin will fight to win or die trying. Only a fool would assume that if Putin is cornered, he won’t use the ultimate weapons at his disposal.
In Iowa yesterday, “tough guy” Biden very intentionally claimed that Putin is engaged in genocide. Virtually every European leader distanced themselves from Biden’s remarks. French President Emmanuel Macron, locked in his own tough reelection campaign right now, said he would not repeat Biden’s accusation.
Macron sees Putin’s invasion as “brutal” and “madness,” but he urged Biden to be careful with his language. Macron said we should try “to rebuild peace.” He added, “I’m not sure that verbal escalations serve this cause.”
But “tough talk” combined with his typical weakness serves Biden’s cause. The danger is that his bombastic rhetoric and his ignorance of history can cause the heartbreaking devastation of Ukrainian cities to spread to cities in the rest of Europe.
I am no fan of Macron. But as a Frenchman, he knows the devastating toll of Europe’s land wars. In World War I, France lost two million people. France was occupied during World War II. England lost its empire, even though it was on the winning side.
The next few weeks could far surpass the savagery of the first 58 days of the Russian/Ukrainian war. May 9th is observed in Russia as Victory Day, marking the end of World War II, and honoring the 27 million Russians who died in that conflict. Putin will want to point to success in Ukraine on May 9th, just a few weeks away.
As I write, there is an eight-mile convoy of Russian tanks headed into Donbas, and Ukrainian forces are massing to meet them.
We need, at a time like this, a sober, mentally competent president who understands strength and is prudent with his words. Instead, we have Joe “Come On Man” Biden with cackling Kamala Harris waiting in the wings.
God help us
