Posted on 06/13/2022 12:36:53 PM PDT by elpadre
U.S. President Joe Biden said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ignored warnings that Russia would invade his country ahead of the February 24 aggression.
"I know a lot of people thought I was maybe exaggerating, but I knew, and we had data to sustain, he was going in off the border. There was no doubt. And Zelensky did not want to hear it, nor did a lot of people," Biden said on Friday during a political fundraiser in Los Angeles.
The U.S. president acknowledged that the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin launching a full-scale invasion may have seemed far-fetched, saying, "I understand why they didn't want to hear it." Biden accused Putin of "trying to obliterate the culture, not just the nation, but the culture" of Ukraine and said the Russian leader sees the capital of Kyiv as "the seat of mother Russia."
Adviser to the head of the President's Office Mykhailo Podoliak, in a comment circulated on Saturday, said Kyiv was aware of Russia's development of various expansion scenarios. "Volodymyr Zelensky always had relevant analytics on his desk, which was based on high-quality intelligence. The president also carefully reacted to all the words and warnings of our partners. The question has always been just how big will the invasion be? Without a doubt, the scale of the invasion that we saw on February 24 shocked many countries, including our partners," he said.
"Ukraine understood the intentions of the Russians, expected this or that aggressive scenario, prepared for it. This is evidenced, among other things, by the dispersal of ammunition depots and weapons in general, the lightning-fast reaction to multi-level invasions and the restructuring of defensive capabilities, the effective introduction of remote strikes in the first week, which sharply broke the initial Russian plans," he said.
"But what is important, since the speed with which the state administration was rebuilt on a war footing and the almost lightning-fast recovery of our country from shock. And finally, the key thing, it seems to me that it is absurd to blame a country that has been effectively fighting in a full-fledged war against a much more resourceful opponent for more than 100 days, if the key countries have not been able to preemptively stop the militaristic appetites of Russia, knowing them perfectly," he said.
What a contrast in leadership.
Bidet trying to throw Zelensky under the bus.
Diaper Boy needs to let the adults in the room lead.
"Throw Zelensky under the bus and there'll be TWO scoops tonight, Joe!"
if Joe was so convinced why didn’t he get those weapons to Ukraine faster? the man has a strong fantasy life - or his brain is completely scrambled - or both.
Is Biden taking about the Past ? He does have Dementia
There are no adults in the room to begin with.
Communist idiots yes… adults, no.
He let Putin have the gas line to Germany again.
The only thing they have in common is that they are both crooks.
People criticized George W. Bush for never saying anything in public. When asked why he said, approximatly, If I make some offhand comment, people will analyze what I really meant. Foreign countries will think I’m floating a new policy and all it was is an offhand comment. So rather than risk saying something that will upset a lot of people for no reason I default to saying almost nothing.
I think we’d be much better off if Biden said a good deal less. Heck, his scripted comments are bad enough.
Zelensky was elected to President of Ukraine in 2019 (during the Trump time) by over 70% of the vote. An actor yes, but also a businessman who formed his own entertainment company which became a political party opposing the Poroshenko/Biden regime then in power. He supported Trump in the impeachment hearings telling Schiff the phone call in question was “perfect.” Trump thanked him and made a statement that he liked Zelensky. Zelensky had never been in politics but I believe he has done a better job for his country than any of the politicians who preceded him in office. I know this is not an acceptable notion on FR, but I took some time and read about the lead-up to his election and then the war, and that is a short synopses of what I came up with!
if Joe was so convinced why didn’t he get those weapons to Ukraine faster?
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Many are still months away and what has arrived is a drop in the bucket to what is needed.
I’m rooting for Ukraine. F**k the orcs. A bunch of uncultured knuckle draggers that kill rape and rob civilians.
But unfortunately, Ukraine is screwed because Biden has everything covered, just like he did in Afghanistan.
I know this is not an acceptable notion on FR, but I took some time and read about the lead-up to his election and then the war, and that is a short synopses of what I came up with!
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Its not acceptable to the hoards of paid Orc trolls and sycophants who spend their time deriding anything positive about the Ukraine, while supporting Orc genocide which, of course, they deny.
Biden enabled it with his energy policies - both greenlighting Russian energy and ended ours. His disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal only emboldened Putin to take this action. People said at that the time it was an invitation for Putin to invade Ukraine.
Xiden should set up a meet, so he can sniff Zelensky out
on topics like this.
Ukraine is toast. Biden is about to abandon Ukrain like he did our U.S.Citizen’s in Afganistan. Mark the date of my post.
Biden is the one who said it would be ok if it was a “limited incursion”.
And how does Biden explain they survived when he predicted they’d fall in a week?
And remember Biden tried to have Zelensky flee the country early on?
babblin’ biden must have muscular arms from all the patting on his back that he does constantly.
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