Posted on 03/27/2022 11:42:58 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Joe Biden's apparent call for Vladimir Putin's exit reverberated instantly around the world, sparking an administration rush to course-correct -- and risks scrambling US efforts to rally a united front on the Ukraine conflict.
Biden's comment that the Russian president "cannot remain in power" -- delivered in Warsaw at the close of three days of marathon diplomacy -- was termed "a horrendous gaffe" by one Republican senator.
A senior US analyst said it could have the effect of lengthening the war.
And even France's president warned such language could "escalate" a conflict the United States and its NATO allies have sought at all costs to contain, and undercut Western efforts to help suffering Ukrainians.
The White House sprung immediately into action, clarifying within minutes that Biden was not advocating "regime change" in Russia.
But the comments by Biden -- who hours earlier called Putin a "butcher" -- drew predictable fury from Moscow, raised eyebrows in allied countries, and sent the president's advisors into high gear to mollify the criticism.
Richard Haass, an American diplomat who heads the Council on Foreign Relations, said Biden had "made a difficult situation more difficult and a dangerous situation more dangerous."
"Putin will see it as confirmation of what he's believed all along," Haass said on Twitter. "Bad lapse in discipline that runs risk of extending the scope and duration of the war."
Equally stern, Francois Heisbourg of the International Institute for Strategic Studies said American leaders would do better not to "shoot off their mouths."
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I remember when libs used to scream bloody murder about Trump having the nuclear codes.
This horses ass is actually dangerous
When the Council of Foreign Relations disses a Western leftist politician that is real news.
It is like a dog owner talking trash about their pet.
It’s like Biden has Nothing to lose and will say absolutely anything his owners want, with no connection to his sworn role as representative of the American people.
Look who’s talking, the most incompetent leader in the world! But he’s doing his handlers bidding 100% to destroy America.
Projection.
Was it on the teleprompter? If yes, someone put it there. If no, Gropin’ Joe needs to step down.
Yeah he takes every opportunity to screw things up with a gaffe. But I no longer believe it’s a gaffe. They know what they are doing. Now biden is a idiot that goes off script and says the wrong thing at the wrong time. Even obama said that at one point..
Understatement of the week.
With Biden, a ‘gaffe’ is him getting something right.
The problem is that they’re INFORMING Biden of their plans, but Biden is no longer capable (if he ever was) of keeping those plans SECRET as intended.
They really need to start limiting what he’s told.
Oh c’mon, didn’t Biden vault well over “gaffe” with THAT this ne?
This type of problem can easily be avoided. Just before Biden starts a speech, one of his handlers should come out and make the following announcement:
“President Biden’s remarks here will be a mixture of half-truths, exaggerations, and outright gibberish. Please ignore everything he says, and clap politely when he finishes.”
This way Biden can babble on to his heart’s content without anyone getting the wrong idea.
The message hasn’t been scrambled on Putin. Plus the message of planting the 31 nation NATO behemoth on his border, 300 miles from Moscow, offers a very clear cut message to Russia.
Yup the left said Reagan was a crazed war monger hence his epic trolling of them “The bombing will begin in 5 minutes”.
I’d rather have Biden removed
It is absurd when handlers say Biden is NOT calling for regime change when that is EXACTLY what he called for.
These morons think we don’t know or remember what President Poopy Pants just said.
This is exactly what happens when somebody who should be in an Alzhiemer’s lockdown unit is made President of the U.S. via a stolen election.
Forest Gump would make a MUCH better President than Joe Biden.
There was no gaffe. Everything this administration does is intended to lengthen this war.
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