I wonder if the “objective…nonpartisan…only interested in the facts” Time rag, err mag, will put out a cover with Putin and his glasses on, showing a crumbling senile old man named Biden?
I am recalling the words of Ronal Reagan during the 1980 election. When someone asked him about then President Carter’s statement that he made America more “liked” in the world, Rawhide’s response, “Mr. President, I always believed it was more important to be respected than liked.” God, I miss that man.
However, as far as international relations go, one more question. Which is more important, being respected, or being feared? Without question, it is being feared. Putin has no respect for Biden, nor his puppet master pulling his strings or mouth, Obama. Nor does he fear them. One fool after another has thought they can handle foreign policy with diplomacy (i.e., words) without force behind it. I cannot recall who said it, but he said it perfectly. Diplomacy, without the legitimate threat of force behind it, is like play billiards with a rope.
God help us, this is going to be ugly.
Something else to remember, our nation’s word is becoming more worthless as each Democratic administration comes and goes. During the Bubba Clinton years, we negotiated with Ukraine and Russia to eliminate Kiev’s nuclear weapons. We, the US, promised we would protect their territory. Does anyone believe if the Ukraine still had the third largest nuclear arsenal on Earth that Putin would have attacked?
Another example of the disasters we have when Democrats are in the White House. Afghanistan. How many allies we left to fend for themselves after we ran like scared children from a nation we spent trillions to stabilize. In Vietnam, we had that last helicopter leaving Saigon. Last year, we had people holding onto the landing gear of planes to get out.
Oh, let’s not forget Libya. In the aftermath of us knocking out Saddam in Iraq, Ghaddafi gave up his WMD program, settled the civil actions on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland, and gave up on terrorism. He became, if not an ally, a non-hostile. His changes in policy largely based on assurances the US and the West would not take actions against this regime.
What happened in 2011? Without provocation, the Obama administration destabilized the Ghaddafi government, and he was overthrown. Besides putting a stable nation into chaos, thousands of SA-7s/14s MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems) were lost. The US and Israel spent a fortune trying to recover them. Not to be outdone, Obama also overthrew the Egyptian government, almost giving this ally to the Muslim Brotherhood.
After seeing what we do to our allies, is it any wonder North Korea is going hog wild on nuclear development. The Kim’s are interested in one thing, regime survival. After seeing how the US assured Libya of their non-interference in their nation, then took deliberate action to destroy Ghaddafi, why should they accept any assurance from Washington. Add to that, Kim (And others, like the Israeli’s and the Polls) can see how Obama and Biden stood behind Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, and now the Ukraine. The administration had made America’s word worthless.
Weakness only invites more aggression, and Putin is seeing the senile old man in the White House threatening him with…sanctions? Tehran and Beijing are both looking at this and updating their plans of attack. Thanks to Biden, our enemies are becoming more embolden every day. And we should remember the wisdom of Churchill from over seventy years ago:
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Michael A. Thiac is a retired Army intelligence officer, with over 23 years experience, including serving in the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the Middle East. He is also a retired police patrol sergeant, with over 22 years’ service, and over ten year’s experience in field training of newly assigned officers. He has been published at The American Thinker, PoliceOne.com, and on his personal blog, A Cop’s Watch.
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Obama just came out and said he wanted to bring America down a notch or two. Same idea as Jimmy Carter saying the rest of the world likes us, better, now. Same worldview, just repackaged. Biden is doing the same thing. He is intentionally undoing all the good things Trump did, because “Trump.”
With this track record, and a fraudulent election that gave us this mess, we need all the help we can muster.
There is no other way I can see everything Biden has done, but as intentional.
Intentional? YES.
His intent? I doubt he has a grasp on reality enough to have an intent.