President Biden escalated his criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, a day after calling Putin a “war criminal” as Russia continues its unprovoked war on Ukraine.
Flashback to 2017
President Donald Trump said “it would be great if we could get along with Russia,” as he contrasted his willingness to be friendly with Moscow to the policies of his presidential predecessors.
“Tomorrow, you’ll say, ‘Donald Trump wants to get along with Russia, that’s terrible,’ ” Trump said sarcastically to reporters at a White House press conference Thursday.
“It’s not terrible. It’s good,” Trump said.
“If we could get along with Russia, that’s a positive thing.”
Clearly much tougher on Putin than President Biden. /s
It’s refreshing to hear Biden speaking the truth about putin in no uncertain terms. Probably piss off some members of our domestic putin party, which is another benefit.
I don’t know about this. I remember Reagan saying something like, “Mr. Gorbachov, tear down this wall.”
Given where things are, why not tell Putin to "stop this war’? Calling him names, however true, would seem to me to make Putin more entrenched. At the least, also say what needs to be done, such as respect the Ukrainian people, let them live and govern as they wish, stop the killing of both Ukrainians and Russians, etc. Appeal to some iota of what might be a non-existent better nature, but worth a try.
Maybe Biden and his advisors think it’s best to perhaps push Putin so he’ll split a gasket and have a stroke or something, or otherwise be replaced. Or that it doesn’t matter what Biden says, so he might as well sound as critical and tough as possible, to help rally our troops. Who knows?
FYI
</scripCEO of @Nestle Mark Schneider says the company will not exit Russian markets or suspend business with the Putin regime.
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) March 17, 2022
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Biden Describes Putin: ‘War Criminal,’ ‘Pure Thug’ And ‘Murderous Dictator’…and those are his good points!
A post of mine from another thread:
["So…we are in the situation of:
How do we stop this, after having secured victory?
(hint: over a person who cares so little for his soldiers)"]
How many individuals must perish in order for the perpetrators to save face…to spin a victory. We know that this dictator cares little for his civilian Ukrainian victims–does he care at all for the young men he is sending to their deaths?
WTF? But fellow war criminal Shrubya looked into Putin’s eyes and saw his soul. Granted that for him it was no doubt akin to looking into a mirror, but still.
Plus, Putin called Toadglans a “genius,” albeit that’s according to Dr. Cadet Cockholster mit der Bone Spurs von Queens himself.
Following those two sterling endorsements where does Biden get off disparaging Tsar Vladimir’s reputation like that?
Meanwhile, the number of Russian oligarch’s estates seized in Londongrad is still zero.
Go get 'em, Joe! Now, about that no-fly zone . . .
Yes, I realize that instituting a no-fly zone would likely require a commitment of US aircraft
Remember when shrub took painting lessons and marvelled that he’d never noticed shadows before?
Good for Biden. So much for how deeply we care about Peskov’s complaints. Take that, Dmitry!
I don’t. But being as genetically two-dimensional as he is, I’m not surprised.
Oh, dear, no love letters from Pootie to Uncle Joe.
Of course, no pee tapes either, so Joe doesn’t have to dance to his tune…
You seriously believe that Biden has not urged Putin to stop this war? He has said and done all those things you suggest; not just call him names as you put it. Putin doesn’t have a better nature.
Reagan was giving Gorbachev a nudge in the direction in which Gorbachev was already leaning.
Putin is laying waste to a sovereign nation to satisfy his own personal agenda. I think efforts to appeal to any sense of right and wrong have been exhausted.
No.
War Criminal,’ ‘Pure Thug’ And ‘Murderous Dictator
@Dave48 beat me to it.
No. It’s all about Putin. He has the neurophysiological temperament of the demonic ‘leader’. Until the whole of humanity can unite against this brand of genetic variant, it’ll go on…until the ongoing violations of the physical earth stop it.
I agree. It’s totally self interest with this individual. Which calls for some seriously dedicated people on our end quite cognizant and skilled on the subject of motivation
