Opinion | Biden isn't escalating the war in Ukraine — he's doing the right thing
Opinion | Biden isn't escalating the war in Ukraine — he's doing the right thing
The president's justified, overdue, but probably too-late authorization to Ukraine isn't pushing us toward World War 3.
Summary
President Biden recently authorized Ukraine to use longer-range U.S. missiles to strike inside Russia, marking a small but overdue escalation in the conflict.
This decision aims to disrupt Russia’s military operations and bolster Ukraine’s position, especially with the potential Trump administration favoring pro-Russian policies.
Russia’s retaliatory missile strike on Ukraine, though deadly, represents more of the same tactics.
Analysts argue Biden’s earlier caution was excessive, and calling Russia’s nuclear bluffs is strategically necessary to counter further extortion.
Biden isn't escalating the war, he is slow-walking the aid. Too much to die, too little to live, as the Ukrainians say. If you give Russia 9 months to pull critical assests out of range and only allow strikes deep into Russia after a whole nother nations enters the war on the side of Russia, you can't frame that as escalatory, no matter how much Putin bitches and moans.
62Hmmm. My idea of the process is a little different. Embedded CIA reports to the DOD on daily to and fro of the war. What the Ukrainians needed yesterday isn't necessarily what they will need tomorrow. Wars evolve. The DOD takes this information and projects future needs leading to a budget recommendation to Congress. Congress creates a budget bill and passes it. Johnson sitting on that bill, BTW, put Ukraine behind the 8 ball. Biden uses that allocation to buy weapons per the DOD recommendations. Rules placed on weapons use, such as not using US missiles on Russian ground, are meant to stop escalation into NATO entering into the conflict. In fact when that rule ochanged there was an escalation, but not involving NATO, yet.
15I think it's pretty clearly the goal of NATO to keep Russia stuck in a prolonged war in Ukraine, which it's been very successful so far.
2I think they've given them far too little for that. Russians keep gaining territory which will eventually break the Ukrainian morale. If the line doesn't move or moves back a bit that's a whole other perspective.
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The right thing, done far too late.
15Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted - Winston Churchill
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Meanwhile, several thousand miles to the south...
-16Well that’s a shit opinion not supported by foreign policy experts. And the US puppet government he’s running in Ukraine is largely made up of Nazis.
-40Source: my Russian propaganda, bro.
5With a jewish comedian at the top
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This decision is leading to another 90K NK troops and possible Yemen might send troops as well. The perpetual agitation of escalation cant be anymore clear. Yeah Russia deserves this but in no way is this not escalation.
-44Triggering WWIII with other nuclear powers is the right thing to do?
It gets easier by the day to manufacture consent
-49You consistently have the most brain dead takes on Lemmy, bravo
21Because I won't contribute to your echo chamber?
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TIL triggering ww3 is when you don't allow one nation to invade and conquer another.
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