Biden v. Putin

Joe Biden has been huffing and puffing about the terrible consequences if Russia invades Ukraine. Apparently, Vladimir Putin isn't getting the message. U.S. intelligence says that since Biden's speech Tuesday, Russia has added an additional 7,000 elite combat forces to the 150,000 already encircling Ukraine.

There's something else that Biden may want to think more carefully about. Administration officials keep saying that an invasion could happen at any moment. 

Indeed, the Russian invasion may already be underway. 

• Ukraine was hit yesterday with a massive cyberattack
• Russia expelled a top U.S. diplomat from Moscow.
• Putin is also ratcheting up his demands against the U.S. and NATO.
• There has reportedly been an exchange of artillery fire this morning that struck a kindergarten.

Meanwhile, we're having a hard time keeping our allies in line about what to do if Russia actually does invade Ukraine. This would be a good time for Biden to go to London, Paris or Berlin to get them all on the same page. The Ukrainian president reportedly suggested that Biden send a really powerful message by going to Kiev. 

But Biden evidently doesn't want to get anywhere near the Black Sea. He's spending the day near the Black River, which runs through Lorain, Ohio, where he's promoting the infrastructure bill and pushing his Build Back Better agenda.

Yes, that's right. Just as we're on the brink of war with Russia, Biden's campaigning in Ohio to make us more socialist, just like Russia.

But, surely, he sent someone capable to Europe, someone we all have confidence in to carry the flag for America and to whip our allies into shape, right? 

Well, he sent Kamala Harris. You may recall that when she got into trouble last year for not going to the border as the new "Border Czar," Harris quipped, "And I haven't been to Europe." Well, she can check Europe off of her bucket list now. 

I can only hope and pray that she does a much better job there than she has on our southern border!