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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Robert Gates:  "Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”

I am certain he would say the same thing if asked today.

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Obviously, you disagree, but I think this was a good move by Biden.  By playing it very slow and cool, so far, I think Biden has done the best job that could be done by the US right now.  While we will back up and support, this is Europe's war right now, to escalate or soften, as they need to.  The longer that Russia bleeds, the better, for everyone.[/quote]

I strongly disagree.  Putin views Biden as weak.  Because he is.  And, this move reinforces that.  
Biden is letting Putin call the shots.  
Biden has done a piss poor job.  And, [b]deciding not to send the planes that Ukraine needs i[/b]s a cowardly move by Biden.

And, remember.... when Russia bleeds, so do innocent Ukrainians.  That is NOT better for them.  [/quote]

This is debatable. Ukraine can't use the planes it already has because Russia has better anit-aircraft weapons. Those Polish planes would sit on the ground in Ukraine.

What Ukraine really needs is a no-fly zone, but that would involve NATO in direct conflict with Russia. NATO planes would have to shoot down Russian planes.

There are no good options for the US in Ukraine. I think Biden made the best decision he could about the Polish planes.

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Ukraine is fighting the war.... not the US.  But, the US seems to be deciding what they "need" and don't need. 
If we want to give them a fighting chance, why don't we let the people who are actually fighting the war decide what they need? 
And, there was a brief point in time when our govt. was supportive of providing planes to them.  Then we weren't.  What happened there?
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I would imagine this was because Putin has his nukes in high apart and could easily have used this as justification to start a nuclear war.

It is hard to be rational with a psychopathic, paranoid, war criminal … [/quote]

In case you haven't noticed...... Putin doesn't need justification for ANY actions he has taken. 
He invaded a sovereign country without justification.  He has bombed hospitals and apartments without justification.  Everything he has done is without justification.  
Biden and crew are allowing Putin to set the terms for this war.  Putin knows they are weak.  Putin will continue to push the limits because he knows he is dealing with a cowardly administration.  [/quote]

The administration is not weak, they have taken increasingly punitive actions, some very severe ones. They know we are at war and this is just the opening act. Maybe they are trying to slowly walk Americans to the realization we are at war, a global war.[/quote]

I think they are slow walking, because the truth is that we are nog ready for full scale war.  First job is to shovel as much weapons, ammunition and defensive systems as possible into Ukraine before Russia starts bombing supply convoys (as they first threatened to do today).  It’s better to try to stop the Russian advance through Ukraine and destroy as much as possible there now.

Second job(on a simultaneous track) is to start moving US and NATO troop much closer to the Eastern flank.  We do not have sufficient manpower and weapons there yet to stop additional Russian forces.  It’s preferable to stop Russia in Eastern Poland and Baltics and prevent closure of Suwalki Gap, but I’m not sure we are sufficiently positioned to do so right now. [/quote]

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