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If Ukraine Survives, It Won’t Be Thanks To Biden’s Sanctions
Biden’s sanctions will have had nothing to do with Putin’s demise. All credit will go to the sacrifices and strength of the Ukrainian people.
If Ukraine Survives, It Won't Be Thanks To Biden's Sanctions
Biden’s sanctions will have had nothing to do with Putin's demise. All credit will go to the sacrifices and strength of the Ukrainian people.
thefederalist.com
The Russian offensive against Ukraine unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin is now two days old. There are two big things to consider as the conflict grinds on: strategy and morale.
The first is the survival of Ukraine’s young president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy and his democratically-elected government are the focus of Putin’s war. The German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote, “The talent of the strategist is to identify the decisive point and to concentrate everything on it, removing forces from secondary fronts and ignoring lesser objectives.” Zelenskyy is that decisive point.
For an opposing force, the contrary is often true. In Ukraine’s case, it is — that is, the survival of Ukraine’s government and the prevention of the installation of a quisling, a pro-Putin government in Kiev.
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Ukraine now has Snake Island, with its 13 defenders telling a Russian warship to “go f— yourself” in reply to a demand to surrender. The Russians killed all 13 border guards.
The Ghost of Kiev as well — perhaps an urban legend, perhaps not — a Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot credited with downing six Russian aircraft — and racking up more than four million views on one video posted to Twitter on Friday.
And, of course, Zelenskyy himself, who, unlike the last feckless Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, remains at his post — though a successful relocation to Lviv in Ukraine’s west to carry on the fight would be preferable to death or capture.
And then there’s the Biden administration and its response to Russia’s offensive against Ukraine.
During his press conference Thursday, President Joe Biden responded to a question by claiming, “No one expects the sanctions to prevent anything from happening…” Days earlier, Vice President Kamala Harris said sanctions would deter Putin.
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War entails sacrifice. So far, the sacrifices are being shouldered by Russian conscripts and the Ukrainian people. The West? Not so much.
If Ukraine survives as an independent nation, Putin will fall, and Biden’s sanctions will have had nothing to do with his demise. The credit will be due to Ukrainian courage and Putin’s hubris.
Commentary:
Joe Biden true to Bob Gates statement, "Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."
We can add a fifth decade to that statement, as shown by the decisions Biden has made in the last year and what he is allowing to happen in the Ukraine at this very moment.
Biden is not capable of logic and decision making. He is weak and those that handle him are also incompetent.
Contrary to Progressive Maoist/DSA Democrats and their Quisling Media, Biden is Putin's and Xi Jinping's most valuable asset.
There is, regretfully, no chance of Ukraine surviving this Russian onslaught.
There may be resistance, and ultimately a resurgence, but Putin has the power to invade and occupy the country.
Meanwhile Biden dithers and is more interested in Global Warming and the pick for the next Supreme Court Justice than helping the people of the Ukraine to fight Putin's aggression.
Today the Ukraine, tomorrow Taiwan.
