Biden's List

The Biden/Putin summit was a disaster. Foreign policy experts, national defense professionals and many Americans were scratching their heads yesterday when President Biden said he gave Vladimir Putin a list of 16 critical infrastructure entities that Putin cannot hack. 

Biden told reporters that he looked at Putin and said, "How would you feel if ransomware took on the pipelines from your oil fields?" 

I'm glad Biden is in touch with his feelings, but I don't think that holds much weight with Vladimir Putin, a former KGB colonel. This isn't kindergarten! 

What immediately came to mind was a quote by that famous philosopher, Forrest Gump, "Stupid is as stupid does."

Does anyone think that Putin is confused about whether it was okay to hack our food industry or our energy industry? 

If we heard that Biden gave Putin a list of 16 cities he better not nuke, would anyone in any of the cities not on the list sleep comfortably tonight?  

And the very idea of a list of things that are off limits immediately suggests that some things are okay to hack. It's like saying to a robber, "If you break into my house, you can take the couch but not the TV."   

Of course, the mind runs wild with slightly humorous possibilities.  Maybe these were some of things on Biden's list:

• Don't hack the DNC. (The RNC is okay.) 
• Don't hack Hunter's laptop. (Whoops, too late.)
• You can hack MAGA, but don't hack BLM. 
• And whatever you do, DO NOT find Hillary's emails!

If I were at Mar-a-Lago, I'd be putting extra security on all the computers now.