The leftists have made the U.S. a laughing stock.
Posted on 02/24/2022 3:13:10 PM PST by Eleutheria5
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hit back Thursday against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, unleashing robust new sanctions, ordering the deployment of thousands of additional troops to NATO ally Germany and declaring that America would stand up to Russia's Vladimir Putin.
He also acknowledged that the invasion -- and efforts to thwart Putin -- will have a cost for Americans. But he sought to reassure that the economic pain that may come with rising energy prices will be short lived in the U.S.
As for the Russian president, Biden said, “He’s going to test the resolve of the West to see if we stay together. And we will.”
Targeting Russia's financial system, Biden said, the United States will block assets of large Russian banks, i mpose export controls aimed at the nation's high-tech needs and sanction its business oligarchs.
The president said the U.S. also will be deploying additional forces to Germany to bolster NATO after the invasion of Ukraine, which is not a member of the defense organization. Some 7,000 additional U.S. troops will be sent.
But some U.S. lawmakers—and Ukrainian officials—called on Biden to do more.
“There is more that we can and should do,” said Sen Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, pointing to the possibility of removing Russian banks from the SWIFT international banking system and sanctioning Putin personally. “Congress and the Biden administration must not shy away from any options.”
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell expressed support Thursday for Biden's latest moves but also urged Biden to apply maximum pressure on Putin.
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Jao Bai-din didn’t do anything. Ron Klain or one of his other Soros’ handlers did.
And apparently, the NATO nations haven’t paying their fair share of the costs. That is what Trump demanded of them. Lemme guess... Joe Biden let them off the hook.
So Senile Slow Joe is sending U.S. troops to Germany to guard the Russian gas lines coming in there? Somehow anyone can look at a map and understand that Germany is no longer on the front lines of NATO’s border with Russia. Sending troops there means nothing.
The leftists have made the U.S. a laughing stock.
If he wants to block financial assets to Russian banks just use the server in Trump Tower……….
Putin knows that this “shifting” of troops to Germany and Poland is just a bluff. He knows that Biden has no intention of putting “boots on the ground” in Ukraine. Biden has already admitted this.
This action may have given Putin some pause if Biden was mildly coherent, made this move a month or two ago, and had not royally screwed up in Afghanistan.
woohoo! schnitzel and beer for the boys!!
scrolling through the responses to that video have been a hoot
https://twitter.com/ryanharpergray/status/1496930743162834963
Since Biden won’t do that at least he could send troops to Hungary which actually has a border with Ukraine. Why Germany?
POTUS come and POTUS go but there’s one that you should know. People say he’s got no brain.. Biden is his name!
https://archive.org/details/78_hi-yo-silver_roy-rogers-de-leath-erickson_gbia0093444a
exactly
The legend of Tonto lives.
“And the US has no fundamental, essential interests in NATO.”
The Russians say otherwise.
“Dr. Yevgeny Fedorov, a member of the Duma’s Economic committee, from the ruling United Russia Party, recommended dropping a nuclear weapon on an American base in Nevada to show the US that Russia was serious. He made this suggestion on the “National Agenda” Youtube channel.”
This speaks to the mental state of the Russian government that they really do think they can pull stunts like this with impunity.
The Russians are suffering from what some would call “Success Disease”.
They won in Chechnya. They won in Georgia. They won in Ukraine the first time. And right now they’re winning in Ukraine the second time.
They think they’re unstoppable.
And that makes them dangerous and that’s why we need NATO to keep these idiots on a leash.
“pointing to the possibility of removing Russian banks from the SWIFT international banking system”
Won’t happen.
SWIFT is how Russia gets paid for oil and gas in US Dollars.
Nobody is going to turn off that tap. And if the US tries, several European countries will cut their own deal with Russia and leave NATO.
I would like to know what defines The West in the view of individuals like Biden.
What principles?
What values?
Good points.
If Russia gets all its money from gas
and Biden won’t sanction its gas because he is afraid of even higher inflation in US
WTF is gonna happen?
Meanwhile Putin is in the process of taking Kliv so I doubt he gives a rats behind..besides, China is gonna funnel whatever money Putin needs easy peasy
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