Posted on 08/19/2021 9:19:17 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Russian President Vladimir Putin objected to President Joe Biden's June 16 summit suggestion to reposition withdrawn Afghanistan forces in Central Asian countries, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Biden had sought Putin's support for the temporary forces being repositioned near Afghanistan as part of "over-the-horizon" support, senior U.S. and Russian officials told the Journal.
The previously unreported exchange has complicated Biden's planned Afghanistan troop drawdown later this summer, including military drone support and counterterror forces in countries neighboring Afghanistan, and deepened the chaos of the Taliban's takeover of the surrendering Afghanistan military over the weekend, according to the report.
"We do not see how any form of U.S. military presence in Central Asia might enhance the security of the countries involved and/or of their neighbors," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov wrote Thursday in a statement emailed to the Journal. "It would definitely not be in the interests of Russia.
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Joe must be slipping.
The Russians again?
Russia, Russia, Russia!
Why would the Russians listen to anything Biden says?
Dear God, please let this evil charade end soon. How long will this walking cadaver continue his evil?
Hilarious! Find a way to blame Russia! They must have spent days figuring out this angle. Kind of odd to be asking Putin’s permission. Their newest scenario still makes Biden look like the wimp he is. Morons.
Yet another FAILED RUSSIAN COLLUSION by the DemocRATS.
the correct American response should have been
Kiss my Grits
Biden threatened to back a candidate certain to defeat Putin in the next Russian Presidential Election, and made good on that promise:
Pussy Riot Bandleader Wants to Be Russian President After Putin
However, Putin stood up to Biden anyway, even when Biden pointed out that America's Vice pResident got her position in a similar manner.
Everyone knows that Trump told the Russians to thwart Biden’s request. It was a payback to Trump’s previous favors to Russia, a quid pro quo.
RUSSIAN COLLUSION IMPEACH IMPEACH
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