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(5,676 posts)The interviewer was so biased I had to turn it off. Joe is firm and sure of himself.
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)Hekate
(90,837 posts)a kennedy
(29,711 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,467 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,641 posts)Quakerfriend
(5,455 posts)negative angle of many of the questions.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)2. Running in 24?
3. Pandemic is over.
former9thward
(32,082 posts)We don't recognize it as a country and have not had diplomatic relations with Taiwan since 1979.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)former9thward
(32,082 posts)Not a good assumption?
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)former9thward
(32,082 posts)Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)Biden's warning to China made his point.
former9thward
(32,082 posts)We have lost every land war in Asia since WW II and we can't win one against China. China knows that so the warning means what?
Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)No one is discussing a land war, in any case.
An attempted invasion of Taiwan would happen by sea.
The cost of an invasion against a territory that has been planning its armed resistance for many decades, in waters that are treacherous most of the year, and with active resistance from the US fleet (along with the naval forces of our allies), should give China serious pause.
They see what's happened to Putin's forces.
dsp3000
(489 posts)fuck china
former9thward
(32,082 posts)A president can't commit troops to war on his own.
Calculating
(2,957 posts)You stop a bully by showing strength, not weakness.
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)I won't be able to watch it tonight.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Then it was walked back. Guess we'll see.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)former9thward
(32,082 posts)White House walks back Biden remarks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-joe-biden-taiwan-60-minutes-2022-09-18/
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)An anonymous white house advisor can't walk back anything and in this case did not contradict the president.
Link to tweet
former9thward
(32,082 posts)This is the fourth time the White House has walked back Biden's remarks on Taiwan over the last couple years. I am sure you will be the first to go over there though. Good Luck!
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)elected government from an autocracy bent on conquest.
Good thing our President isn't influenced by your opinions.
By the way: how many times have presidents exercised unilateral military power in the last 60 years?
Don't bother to reply. You are blocked.
former9thward
(32,082 posts)When Presidents have acted on their own it has ended badly. See Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,503 posts)It was pretty good. Tough questions, good answers and the humanity and compassion of the man shined through as usual.
badhair77
(4,221 posts)I think Scott Pelley is too old to be asking questions. They were all predictable, and aimed at getting a gotcha answer or making news. Send him to the home. Joe did well, though.
Shrek
(3,984 posts)Very good news.
blueknight73
(295 posts)Lots of people still sick and dying here
spanone
(135,886 posts)All that got reported is The Pandemic is Over
former9thward
(32,082 posts)How is it over?
Shrek
(3,984 posts)On 60 Minutes.
Zeitghost
(3,871 posts)does not mean no cases or no deaths.
former9thward
(32,082 posts)Two years ago, in Sept. 2020, when the same number of people were dying each day, people said it was a pandemic and a crime it was not being stopped.
Zeitghost
(3,871 posts)You are missing a critical point, we have not seen the development of another spike/wave since Nov '21. Pandemics/Epidemics are based on the rate of the spread/growth of a disease. Our cases and deaths have been on the downward trend or flat for 9 months. The cycle of out of control waves of infections has subsided as almost everyone has been infected, vaccinated and in many cases both. We are now in a more stable endemic stage.
As our wonderful President exclaimed, the pandemic is over!
former9thward
(32,082 posts)President Biden sampled cherries at a Michigan orchard, then went for pie and ice cream. He went to church, spent an afternoon golfing and hosted a massive cookout on the South Lawn of the White House. Then in a Sunday evening speech, he declared the country's near independence from covid-19.
We are emerging from the darkness of .?.?. a year of pandemic and isolation, a year of pain, fear and heartbreaking loss, Biden said during a 15-minute speech to a jubilant crowd at the White House. Silent streets have become filled, he said, and empty stadiums are now full.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-04/biden-to-appeal-for-vaccinations-after-u-s-missed-july-4-target
Zeitghost
(3,871 posts)Were not the pandemic was over but that progress had been made and there was a light at the end of the tunnel.
obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)Pandemic has a specific medical meaning.
former9thward
(32,082 posts)Since about the same number of people were dying each day two years ago in Sept. 2020.
Zeitghost
(3,871 posts)That said, your claim that deaths in Sep. of 2020 were the same as they are today is simply not true. Average daily deaths at that point was ~700-800, almost double the ~400/day we have now.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,448 posts)JanMichael
(24,893 posts)I wish people would simply say, I don't know.