Joe Biden’s recent press conference is the gift that keeps on giving if you are a conservative commentator, and his remarks on Ukraine didn’t fail to deliver. As RedState reported, the president essentially green-lit a Russian invasion, noting that he wouldn’t respond as harshly if it were only a “minor incursion.”
Jen Psaki, along with others, rushed to tidy up the mess. There were many yesterday, which she needed to address this morning. We are being given outright lies regarding what Biden stated, which is far from a rational explanation.
For his part, Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, isn’t buying them. He jabbed at Joe Biden this morning in a way you don’t often see from lesser allies.
We remind the world’s great power that they do not tolerate small invasions or minor nations. As there is little to no grief for the death of beloved ones, so too are there not minor casualties. This is what I have to say as President of a great country.🇺🇦
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 20, 2022
I won’t go so far as to suggest Biden has made a deal with Putin to allow him to take just a small bite of Ukraine, but Biden’s remarks felt awfully similar to the passiveness shown by Barack Obama that led to Russia taking over the Crimea region. But clearly, no matter what is behind Biden’s “minor incursion” commentary, Zelensky is not amused. He’s got a country to protect, after all, and there’s no excuse for the United States to be enabling Russia to lash out “just enough” to not bring down the hammer.
Where is all the care that was given to Ukraine during Trump’s administration? One would be forgiven for believing that the foreign policy establishment’s machinations were all for show, and there is no larger piece of evidence suggesting that than Alexander Vindman’s silence.
You’ll likely remember Vindman as the driving force behind Donald Trump’s first impeachment. Vindman, a retired Army Colonel who put on quite a spectacle for Congress almost certainly played the role of the illegal leaker. He kept insisting during his show that he did what he had to do because he worried about the safety of Ukraine. Vindman is silent about Joe Biden’s comments about Russia, which seems strange considering that they are about to invade.
I checked his Twitter feed to see his reaction, but as of this writing, he hasn’t even commented at all on Biden’s remarks. The only tweet he’s sent is one about his home decor.
Thanks. It’s great to have you back at the cash! https://t.co/809TEmTIwp
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) January 20, 2022
So, the highly principled guy who couldn’t shut up about the threat to Ukraine under Donald Trump and wrote a book called “Here, Right Matters” suddenly has nothing to say about Joe Biden welcoming Putin to take another piece of his home country? It’s very strange, isn’t it? It’s almost as if Vindman was always a partisan flack who had no business working in the Trump White House and that our foreign policy establishment isn’t filled with ultra-principled freedom fighters.
By the way, to further show his selectiveness, Vindman did manage to take a shot at Ukraine’s president minutes before Biden spoke for…projecting too much confidence?
Unhelpful. It’s not helpful. It’s far more important to prepare his people for what is coming than downplaying it and giving false assurances. https://t.co/tYqGbM5N4T
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) January 19, 2022
But when it comes to Biden, he can’t pull out his phone to muster even one complaint?
Regardless, the reality is that Russia didn’t try to invade Ukraine under Trump. Vindman’s ranting aside, Ukraine faces an even greater threat now that Joe Biden has failed to lead. Why isn’t Vindman throwing down on cable news, levying harsh criticism of the White House? The answer is obvious to all.
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