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Facing crises around the world, Biden does everything but make a decision
Business Insider ^ | 05 January 2021 | Gil Barndollar, Defense Priorities

Posted on 01/06/2022 2:11:45 AM PST by blueplum

President Joe Biden has pitched his foreign policy agenda to America under a handful of labels and themes.

His administration promises to "build back better" both at home and abroad. During the campaign in 2020, his future national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, spoke frequently of a "foreign policy for the middle class."

In language that harks back to the Cold War, Biden convened a 110-nation virtual "Summit of Democracies" this month, with the avowed aim of reasserting American leadership among ideologically aligned friends and partners....

...Facing expansive global commitments, finite resources, and continued calls from foreign policy elites for American "leadership" for every global problem, the president's national security team has refused to make the hard choices that a successful grand strategy will require.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bumblingbiden; nationalsecurity; navy; whitehouse
the current admin is more worried with overturning all the advances of the Trump admin to worry about things as unimportant as national security
1 posted on 01/06/2022 2:11:45 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

The only time Biden fails to make a decision is when China doesn’t tell him what to do.


2 posted on 01/06/2022 2:16:26 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: blueplum

The Alzheimer’s patient I am most familial-ar with canNOT make a decision, even on something as complicated as lemon-lime seltzer or lemon seltzer.

I wish I was kidding.


3 posted on 01/06/2022 4:02:27 AM PST by null and void (81 million votes ≠ 81 million voters)
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To: blueplum

That is basic management training for most larger corporations;; “Avoid being in the same room as a decision.” I’m surprise Dilbert never mentioned it.


4 posted on 01/06/2022 5:09:11 AM PST by Bernard (If a school can offer varsity sports, it should also offer varsity (honors) academics.)
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