Is the president doing too little, too much or just right when it comes to Russia? (Condi Rice, borders)

[Oklazona Bound]

Originally Posted by YourWakeUpCall

Independent - Not a Biden fan at all, but the Ukraine situation is tricky. I think he's doing a decent job. Like Covid, there is no right answer. It's an evolving situation with a plethora of nuances. I don't see where Biden has done anything egregiously wrong yet. It's times like these when the POTUS earns his pay.

I agree. No major missteps by Biden so far. And he and the other world leaders have come together on this much better than expected.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

Notice how Joe Biden is missing in action in this whole situation.

The “Leader of the Free World” is invisible, doesn’t exist, while the world goes up in flames.

The world went up in flames?

Hyperbole much?

[BlakeJones]

poll is bogus, there's nothing that can be done - it's too late

What had to be done was not arming Ukraine and forcing Ukraine to respect the terms of the Minsk 2 accord

Putin is going to take most of Ukraine and there's nothing that anyone can or should do about it, lest we risk nuclear annihilation


Forget Ukraine, focus everything on Taiwan - that situation can still be salvaged

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by ChrisC

You mean in financing the invasion by buying Russian oil and other Russian products, rather than extracting our own? Oh, he's doing a fine job.

Biden does not buy oil. Traders and refineries do. They have been buying Russian petro products for nearly 30 years. This include the Trump years.

Thus far, this year, traders and refineries have not done so.

[ohioaninsc]

Originally Posted by Cruithne

What are you expecting him to be doing?

We can't go to war with Russia.

IMO Biden is handling this exactly right.

Why?

We have a vastly superior military...if we hit them hard enough and quick enough we can knock their nuclear weapons out and destroy them.

We could destroy their nation and end this if we wanted to...and we should destroy these evil bastards.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by Taratova

I am an independent and much too little. We are watching a slaughter of men women and children and sit on our hands. Where are the stinger missiles? I will tell you.....> held up by a vote ... all the while the innocents are being blown to bits, decimated , slaughtered . Putin wants public executions after the take over. Do we get a ring side seat for that atrocity too ? No greater love has man than to lay his life down for another. God is watching .

Russia invaded 2/24.

Reportedly, 200 Stinger Missiles were delivered this week.

I can’t be sure given I was not there to take delivery.

Biden has asked Congress for $ to buy/ send more war toys.

[BlakeJones]

Originally Posted by ohioaninsc

Why?

We have a vastly superior military...if we hit them hard enough and quick enough we can knock their nuclear weapons out and destroy them.

We could destroy their nation and end this if we wanted to...and we should destroy these evil bastards.

FYI, Putin is Mother Theresa compared to what the Saudis are doing to Yemen right now with our military equipment. Literal infant genocide

Nobody ever talks about Yemen because it doesn't fit anybody's agenda

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by mco65

I am an Independent..
I think he is doing too little.
I also think he is more worried about his poll numbers than he is actually doing the right thing. The right thing for him is what ever makes his poll numbers go up, unfortunately. Of course, he is not unique in this stance.. pretty much par for the course with any politician!

How might doing more or less reflect in polls?

What is this “ right thing” you speak of?

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by FordBronco1967

10/10 sanctions, and stop funding the enemy through the purchase of oil... this isn't difficult, yet the President's making it...

The US does not purchase oil. Traders and refiners do. Thus far, this year, they have taken a pass. No one seems to want to be “ that guy”.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by Ferd

When Russia was building up to invade, Biden and NATO members should have put the current level of sanctions in place.

Biden should have given clear indication via the regulatory process, that America will start producing enough fossil fuel to supply NATO members and pushed the industry to ramp up, thus giving Europe the clear indication they can move away from Russian gas.

That should have happened at the beginning of this. Its clear from the intelligence reports that the US Government have declassified that we knew what the plan was long before it happened.

We STILL arent doing the necessary to cut Russia off. STILL.

Beyond that we could have provided planes and drones to Ukraine before the invasion that would have given them a fighting chance. It is just insane that we have sat on our hands like we have.

None of that would be "Boots on the ground" or a direct action against Russia.

You seem to perceive there is a secret spigot somewhere in the US that can magically be turned on to create an immediate surplus of crude to sufficient to supply Germany and other countries.