{"id":77660,"date":"2022-02-18T19:52:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T01:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=77660"},"modified":"2022-02-18T19:54:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T01:54:46","slug":"77660","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=77660","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF:<br \/>\nI\u2019m not suggesting Biden\u2019s rhetoric means he actually wants a war. Anyone proclaiming that is outthinking themselves. There is no situation where the Democrat Party doesn\u2019t get utterly destroyed domestically if a war breaks out in Europe on their watch. Rather,<strong> what we are seeing is a president who just doesn\u2019t have anything better to offer. This \u201ccry wolf\u201d strategy is the best he\u2019s got.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bonchie\/2022\/02\/18\/joe-biden-makes-a-big-announcement-on-ukraine-that-only-raises-more-questions-about-his-competency-n524388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden Makes a Big Announcement on Ukraine That Only Raises More Questions About His Competency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden arrived 55 minutes late today to give a short presser on the ongoing crisis between Russia and Ukraine. Following his comments, the president then took only three, pre-selected questions, before leaving for what I\u2019d assume is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bonchie\/2022\/02\/11\/joe-biden-abandons-his-duties-again-heads-out-on-vacation-during-an-international-crisis-n520895\">another long weekend<\/a>\u00a0of naps and pudding.<\/p>\n<p>Is that the kind of effort you\u2019d expect from a man supposedly trying to defuse a major incursion into Europe? Probably not, but it\u2019s what we\u2019ve come to expect from Biden, perhaps the least hard-working president in American history.<\/p>\n<p>Still, despite his concerning physical appearance and seeming drowsiness, Biden did manage to say a few things of note in the presser. Namely, he is once again proclaiming that a Russian invasion of Ukraine will come in the \u201ccoming days.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BIDEN: \u201cWe have reason to believe that Russian forces are planning and intend to attack Ukraine in the coming week\u2014coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that they will target Ukraine\u2019s capital Kyiv\u2026\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/17LFyMb8Te\">pic.twitter.com\/17LFyMb8Te<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1494795897561047046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOW &#8211; Biden: &quot;As of this moment I&#39;m convinced he [Putin] made the decision,&quot; to invade Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qyGGl54bpi\">pic.twitter.com\/qyGGl54bpi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1494795545751212033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>How many weeks does this make of the White House making this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bonchie\/2022\/01\/30\/the-white-house-launches-an-incredibly-odd-public-attack-on-ukraine-n514847\">same proclamation<\/a>? Remember when the invasion was going to happen before the Olympics? Then it was going to happen a week ago, when the United States evacuated its embassy. Then the Russians were going to attack on Wednesday. That day came and went like those before it \u2014 without incident.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not saying Russia won\u2019t eventually invade. In fact, I think it\u2019s more than likely at this point in time. What I am saying is that it makes the United States look weak and incompetent to keep making these predictions and have them not come true.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In fact, I\u2019d posit that Putin knows exactly what he\u2019s doing in that respect, and that Biden is playing right into his hands.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, to the extent that Biden\u2019s continual beating of war drums can be considered a strategy, I\u2019m convinced it\u2019s the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/dennis_santiago\/2022\/02\/15\/breaking-biden-flails-as-putin-castles-the-ukraine-chessboard-n522737\">absolute worst one imaginable<\/a>\u00a0if the goal is to discourage Russia from invading Ukraine. By spending almost a month confidently insisting that a Russian invasion is \u201cimminent,\u201d Putin has now been unnecessarily backed into a corner. He almost has to invade now, in order to avoid the embarrassment he would suffer if he doesn\u2019t, at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of giving Putin multiple off-ramps to save face without actually gaining anything, the White House has systematically taken away the possibility of de-escalation with its short-sighted rhetoric. Further, by leaving Russia little choice but to invade in order to not look weak, Putin is now in a position to gain even concessions from NATO and the United States. After all, if an invasion is a forgone conclusion, then any last-ditch efforts to stop it will naturally include more giveaways.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Biden has given Russia even more leverage by overly legitimizing the threat. It\u2019s also worth noting that the White House\u2019s strategy has run directly counter to that of Ukraine, whose leaders have sought to quell fears and talk down the possibility of war in order to not tempt Putin.<\/p>\n<p>What exactly is the play here? Does Biden believe he\u2019ll benefit politically from a Russian invasion if he is seen as having predicted it? I\u2019d suggest that\u2019s incredibly naive. Or perhaps Biden thinks that if he keeps saying something enough, that Putin will be petty enough to just do the opposite? That also strikes me as a desperate ploy from a man who is in over his head.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever this administration is trying to do, they are showing themselves wholly incapable of doing it. The incompetence on display from the top down is striking. In fact, if I didn\u2019t know any better, I\u2019d think\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2021\/05\/15\/obama-officials-ben-rhodes-and-tommy-vietor-have-discussion-that-hamas-would-love-n380924\">Ben Rhodes<\/a>\u00a0was back in the White House. That\u2019s how ludicrous the administration\u2019s response to all this has been.<\/p>\n<p>And to be clear, I\u2019m not suggesting Biden\u2019s rhetoric means he actually wants a war. Anyone proclaiming that is outthinking themselves. There is no situation where the Democrat Party doesn\u2019t get utterly destroyed domestically if a war breaks out in Europe on their watch. Rather, what we are seeing is a president who just doesn\u2019t have anything better to offer. This \u201ccry wolf\u201d strategy is the best he\u2019s got.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF: I\u2019m not suggesting Biden\u2019s rhetoric means he actually wants a war. Anyone proclaiming that is outthinking themselves. There is no situation where the Democrat Party doesn\u2019t get utterly destroyed domestically if a war breaks out in Europe on their watch. Rather, what we are seeing is a president who just doesn\u2019t have anything better &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=77660\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap-for-brains","category-goobermint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77660"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77663,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77660\/revisions\/77663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}