President Zelensky

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

You really don't know Biden. Seriously, you are giving that career hack way to much credit.

No I donbt, I know that he made the U-turn several times in his career.

But the alternative to Biden was and is Trump.

The choice, with all flaws Biden has, nevertheless is easy.

Try to understand this, I am no Biden fan. Not at all, you cannot find many post of me, if any, where I applaude and celebrate him. I mostly leave your political national affairs alone since last year's elections. But so far I rate his handling of this Ukraine drama as the much lesser evil, compared to what the Donald could have done with his "strange" ways. I also think the chaotic withdrawel from Afghanistan is consistent with what Biden thinks and what I agree with: he put America first, no matter the cost for others, he left the sh!t because there was nothing but costs and no gains and the war was unwinnable since years and he did not care for the reputation cost and in then end he saved quite some Americans' interests and lives that way, did not care for the fallout. One could have planned for that earlier, and doing it in a more controlled way, but he said: nuff is enough, and got you out. I think it could have been done earlier and better managed, but in principle agree.

Or would you have stayed ten more years in which you carefully deesign the process of withdrawing? The French went out of Mali now, the Germans still are there, being practically ineffective. and they only stay because in germany politicians want to avoid discussions about the failure the Mali mission is. So they leave the troops where they are, to not have that discussion. Thats what American politicians did with Afganistan, and way too long.

Better a dirty end than dirt without an end.


That Republicans put theri perposnal and pöarty power itnerst above the naiutons interewsst and thus block Bidne to detah in evertyhing, is something you cannot hold him accountable for. The pest causing this, is a generally derailed political system, and Trump.