Joe Biden last week said the American response in Ukraine would be proportional to Vladimir Putin’s actions. “It depends,” the president posited, thoughts drifting like blobs in a lava lamp. “It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion…” Alarms sounded all over Washington. The rip in the national political illusion was so severe, Republicans and Democrats were forced to come out agreeing, leaping into each other’s arms in panic. Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who increasingly looks like a man about to miss a historically important free throw, said of a potential Russian invasion, “We can make crystal clear the stark consequences of that choice.” Republican Senator Ted Cruz said Biden “shocked the world by giving Putin a green light to invade Ukraine.” The National Security Council issued a statement through Jen Psaki that any Russian move into Ukraine would be “met with a swift, severe, and united response…
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2 years ago · 870 likes · 857 comments · Matt Taibbi
Listen to This Article: Let’s Not Have a War
Could not agree with you more. In my little country dacha, I sometimes wonder if I've become detached from humanity, or that humanity is simply, incontrovertibly detached from reason. The latter wins...and these political wingnuts best remember that Vladimir Putin is far more liked in his homeland than Joey B. is here stateside. Thanks, Matt!
Excellent piece. To paraphrase a headline I saw on ZH, war in the Ukraine would amount to big costs with no benefits. In truth isn't that the prevailing model, the quintessential US conflict at least since 9/11? As always, thanks Matt.