Joe Biden is incompetent and leading the world to disaster
The master of misstep and misstatement is making the world a more dangerous place
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I have always wondered why Barack Obama chose Joe Biden to be his running mate. It was simply inexplicable why he would choose the dimwit from Delaware to take over in the event he was unable to complete his tenure as president.
Obama himself seemed to later regret the selection, stating to an aide “Never underestimate Joe’s ability to f things up.”
Whatever one thinks of the 44th president, most people of a sound mind would now agree wholeheartedly with his assessment of the 46th. Biden has been an unmitigated disaster as the chief executive, stumbling out of the gate in a manner unprecedented in the annals of the American presidency. From domestic to foreign policy, it’s been one f up after another.
But how dangerous can he really be? His incompetence hasn’t gotten us into a shooting conflict or anything. Is he really that bad?
In a word, yes. His chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan humiliated the United States on the world stage, and gave the Russians, always the masters of chess, a big opening when it came to Eastern Europe.
And so naturally Putin, the Kasparov of geopolitics, began to move his pieces on the chessboard. He placed a hundred thousand soldiers on border of Ukraine.
The president’s handling of the situation was all too predictable. In what was a Biden blunder for the ages, he said that a “minor incursion” by Russia into Ukraine wouldn’t be a major deal.
All hell broke loose, and the US diplomatic core spent the better part of a week trying to clean up the consequences of the president’s idiotic murmuring.
The statement was justifiably regarded by the Ukrainians as a greenlight for Putin to enter their country. Something had to be done. The president had to show that he was tough, and he meant business with the Russians.
And so now he is weighing US troop deployments to Poland and Romania. Additionally, Joe “Never underestimate his ability to f things up” Biden may place naval assets in the Black Sea.
It’s worth pointing out this entire situation escalated because of missteps and misstatements by the Delaware dimwit. He seems incapable of long-term, strategic thinking or planning. He simply reacts in the moment and does what he thinks he must do to get himself out of whatever jam he created. All the man ever really does is posture. He never really thinks things through. This reactionary approach to problem solving would explain a lot of his incredible hypocrisy on things like the filibuster, accepting election results, the role of the federal government in “shutting down” the virus, etc.
Incoherence on domestic policy is one thing. Bumbling about on the world stage is quite another. It already got 13 US service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. And the Russians aren’t medieval tribesman riding around on ATVs in suicide vests.
Biden’s blunders have brought us to this moment. Now we are just a couple of missteps away from a genuine catastrophe.
Surely I’m exaggerating, you say?
Not at all. Never underestimate Joe’s ability to f things up.