A Total Train Wreck

Biden's press conference was a total train wreck.  Unfortunately, the biggest casualty of his wreck is the United States of America.  Biden's permission slip to Vladimir Putin yesterday was the worst mistake by an American leader since Dean Acheson inadvertently set off the Korean war. 

Responding to a questions about Ukraine, Biden suggested that if Putin only launches a minor incursion (translation: a limited invasion of Ukraine) then our response would be limited. 

Ukrainian officials told CNN they were "shocked" and "stunned" when they heard Biden's remarks.  Some fear he has already cut a deal with Putin.  If true, that would be real "Russian collusion."

I'm sure Nancy Pelosi is drafting articles of impeachment right now.  After all, she impeached Donald Trump over Ukrainian policy after a simple phone call. 

Keep in mind that Biden's big claim to fame is that he's supposedly some great foreign policy genius.  That was a major reason why Obama chose Biden to be his vice president. 

But as Robert Gates, Obama's defense secretary, correctly observed, Biden has "been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."

Biden's "green light" to Putin said was terrible.  But some GOP senators, unfortunately, sound like they are ready to go to war if Putin goes into Ukraine. 

The American people do not want to go to war over Ukraine.  The American people are more worried about America's borders than Ukraine's borders. 

What the American people would support is supplying the Ukrainians with the necessary weapons to defend themselves and to ensure that Putin pays a very high price for any aggression. 

That was Donald Trump's policy.  Biden has had a year to better equip the Ukrainian defense forces, yet now his administration is scrambling to make up for his failure to do so.

Biden's weak performance in yesterday's press conference and his failure to adequately help Ukraine to defend itself will make a European war more likely.