Russian tanks, accompanied by so-called ‘peacemakers,’ have rolled into Ukraine just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway regions in the eastern region of the country.
We’ll see what economic sanctions the United States and European Union ultimately decide to deploy against the Kremlin, but at this point it appears that Biden is getting the ‘minor incursion’ that he invited.
‘I think what you’re going to see is that Russia will be held accountable if it invades,’ said Biden during a disastrous question and answer session after his prepared remarks on January 19th.
When the president goes off-script, he usually gets in trouble, and he really got in trouble this time.
‘And it depends on what it does,’ Biden continued. ‘It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, et cetera.’
A reporter followed up – giving the president an opportunity to walk back this blunder.
‘Are you effectively giving Putin permission to make a small incursion into the country?’ she asked.
The president laughed and said, ‘Good question. That’s how it did sound like, didn’t it?’