How many times do Neocons get to be wrong before we stop listening ?
Youre still listening to this shitbum?
Inapt comparison.
Biden’s offhand comment at the end of a scripted and rehearsed speech was just another example of unfiltered Joe demonstrating precisely what Obama said about him (even before his senility set in): “Do not underestimate Joe’s capacity to screw things up.”
He said only part of the quiet part out loud: Putin is a dangerous man in control of forces armed with fearsome weapons and he needs to be removed from power to direct their use. The unsaid part was that it is up to the Russian people and political classes to realize this and act since Western efforts to subvert the government would trigger the lashing out everyone rightly fears.
By contrast, Reagan’s call to “tear down this wall” was an appeal for the leader of a very powerful but financially struggling nation state to a more peaceful and prosperous future through cooperation and integration with the West. To be sure, it was a call for a fundamental change. But it was not a call for the overthrow of the Soviet government or the replacement of Gorbachev. It was an appeal to turn away from confrontation and nuclear brinksmanship to something everyone should desire: peace and prosperity.
That the effort was disastrous because of its clumsy and corrupt implementation does not negate the necessity of making the needed change or the worthiness of honestly trying to make the effort.