Joe Biden has said a lot of dumb things, but his apparent clarion call to oust the sitting leader of one of the world’s preeminent nuclear and economic superpowers might top the list.
Now we sit back and watch how Vladimir Putin will respond to the unveiled threat to both his position atop Russia’s hierarchy and life – because does anyone think Biden would just expect him to resign and walk away quietly?
And this is why dementia is dangerous when it affects the so-called leader of the free world. He is neither a leader of the world nor an exemplar for freedom, so there’s that. The full delivery can be seen below:
This is no doubt the biggest story of the weekend. In short, Joe Biden’s unscripted quote to end his speech in Warsaw, Poland has set the stage for major military escalation. Breitbart covered it this way:
“Biden began his speech in Poland recalling Pope John Paul II’s famous 1979 speech during his visit to his native Poland, which sparked the solidarity movement in the country. which ultimately defeated communism…
“We stand with you. Period,” he said in a message to the Ukrainian people…
“It’s Vladimir Putin who is to blame,” Biden said. “Don’t even think about moving onto one single inch of NATO territory. We have a sacred obligation under Article 5 to defend each and every inch of NATO territory.””
Fox News then addressed the blunder with this report:
“President Biden’s speech Saturday in Poland affirmed to Russian President Vladimir Putin what he already long suspected – the U.S. wants him out of power, a Russia expert told Fox News Digital.
“Putin heard loud and clear a call for regime change,” Rebekah Koffler, a Russian-born former Defense Intelligence Agency officer, said.
Putin has long suspected that Washington was working on regime change, possibly through a “color revolution” to orchestrate a civil society uprising (continued)
This post originally appeared on The Blue State Conservative.
