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(2,843 posts)....further talks and diplomatic efforts to avoid war. Biden knew the invasion was coming and that's all he talked about, knowing that it really made no difference. This must have just driven Putin batshit crazy as it kept the focus on Russia as the bad actor, him in particular.
I think that's why his demeanor now seems so unhinged.
brush
(61,033 posts)as opposed to trump in Helsinki in 2018 siding with Putin against our own intel agencies.
MontanaMama
(24,721 posts)I hope this is a turning point for Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. Out the crazy.
relayerbob
(7,428 posts)it certainly seemed as if they had broken the Russian's encrypted communications links. The details and timing were often way too precise to be coincidence or conjecture.
MarineCombatEngineer
(18,060 posts)has a high placed mole in Putin's inner circle who's feeding intelligence back to us.
relayerbob
(7,428 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(18,060 posts)and this mole could be whispering in other's ears about the massive damage being done by this maniac, hoping to foment a coup.
relayerbob
(7,428 posts)Putin's days are seriously numbered, and threatening nukes is not going to help him in the least.
MarineCombatEngineer
(18,060 posts)BigmanPigman
(55,137 posts)Fucking fanstastic move!!!
Meanwhile all the GQP assholes are chasing their tails. They backed the wrong horse and are still at it. I love it! Keep it up tRump, Fucker Carlson, Fux Noise, Josh Hawley, CPAC, etc. Dig your own graves for the midterms.
liberalla
(11,088 posts)(not bad for someone with dementia)
UTUSN
(77,795 posts)liberalla
(11,088 posts)UTUSN
(77,795 posts)liberalla
(11,088 posts)Not a big difference. That was my point.
Potato... Potato
JudyM
(29,785 posts)He thought he was clever. Now his character is all the more transparent.
calimary
(90,010 posts)I find I've underestimated him yet again.
DAYUM but he's a great President.
True Blue American
(18,579 posts)Yaaay
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,822 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,697 posts)True Blue American
(18,579 posts)I never want to hear that puss bag of wind ever again!
L. Coyote
(51,134 posts)just woke up to no more Facebook and Twitter. Isn't that the digital age's first real sign of regime collapse?

True Blue American
(18,579 posts)TomDaisy
(2,120 posts)not fooled
(6,678 posts)appreciate the difference between a real president and a puppet installed by a foreign malign actor.
ffr
(23,398 posts)Maybe five, but brilliant and clever as a fox he certain is!
Hekate
(100,133 posts)🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
Cha
(319,067 posts)too.. how would the repub there feel about THAT?
💙
Irish_Dem
(81,248 posts)Biden is like FDR, showing tremendous leadership.
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)... are coming and they mean great harm
Irish_Dem
(81,248 posts)I don't know if people really understand and appreciate what Biden is doing.
shrike3
(5,370 posts)Americans don't understand or appreciate it.
uponit7771
(93,532 posts)... for what he has done
Irish_Dem
(81,248 posts)yardwork
(69,360 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,248 posts)The side that hates bullies.
shrike3
(5,370 posts)It'll be up to presidential historians to do that.
Hav
(5,969 posts)with the focus on preventing the war and with less regard for how he would look in this.
By coming out early and exposing that Putin had already made the decision to invade Ukraine, Biden denied Putin the possibility to come up with any lie to justify the war after the fact. There was no way for Putin to win the international PR war anymore. The decision had already been made and Biden made sure that everyone knew that Putin was the aggressor.
The only way Putin could have come out on top would be if he hadn't invaded Ukraine or if he had at least stopped after entering those regions in the east. Then he could have made Biden eat his words. But taking that small loss would have been fine for Biden if it had prevented a war and saved Ukraine's independence.
tavernier
(14,443 posts)was more about how disappointed they were that Biden didnt give Ukraine more weapons and help before it started, especially since he knew what was going to happen. I dont argue with people who seem to know everything.
ymetca
(1,182 posts)slammed a meat cleaver into the Fox Propaganda Network and their allies, and brought the whole festering pustule of white nationalism into broader view.
Makes their whole "okay, yeah Putin's not a great guy, but, but.. White Jesus!" bullshit ring as hollow as it is.