While the military support provided by the US, though limited in number, range and the timing of availability has helped Ukraine, and while additional help with increased range, effectiveness and capabilities may ultimately be made available and may be a factor in the ultimate outcome, Biden’s leadership has been questionable.
In 2014 Russia takes Crimea and occupies Eastern Ukraine and Biden and Obama do nothing.
In mid-2021, as Putin starts massing troops on Ukraine border. Biden stops providing javelin anti tank missiles to Ukraine because he doesn’t want to provoke Putin.
In late 2021, as Putin increases the numbers of troops on Ukraine’s border and claims that Ukraine belongs to Russia, Zelenskyy requests large numbers of antitank, anti-air and anti-ship missiles. Biden only provides a small number of anti-take missiles because he doesn’t want to provoke Putin.
Ukraine requests that the US impose the threatened sanctions to prevent Putin from invading. Biden refuses because he doesn’t want to provoke Putin.
When Russia invades Ukraine with a massive military force with modern aircraft and modern armor, it is only after Europe begins providing significant numbers anti-tank and anti-air weapons. That Biden decides to increase the numbers of antitank missiles and to start providing anti-air missiles.
When Russia begins using artillery and high altitude bombing to start reducing Ukrainian cities to ruble, killing thousands of civilians, forcing millions to become refugees and destroying the Ukrainian infrastructure, Ukraine asks for no-fly zone, jets, longer-range anti-tank and anti-air weapons, and anti-ship missiles. Biden says no no-fly zone because he doesn’t want to provoke Putin. Biden won’t transfer Polish jets because it doesn’t want to provoke Putin. Biden doesn’t supply longer-range antitank and anti-air weapons because he doesn’t want to provoke Putin. Biden doesn’t supply anti-ship missiles because he doesn’t want to provoke Putin.
Today Zelenkyy addressed Congress and begged the leader of the free world to lead, to provide better anti-air weapons, jets, no-fly zone and more sanctions. We will see if Biden continues to lead from behind or assumes the moral role of leader and defender of democracy.
If Ukraine prevails it will be Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians that should get all the credit and Biden should be ashamed that his dithering and weakness resulted in the most death and destruction seen in Europe since the end of WWII.
Defending Ukraine is not attacking Russia.
#StopRussia
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