{"id":417448,"date":"2022-03-17T03:33:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T00:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bidens-sad-response-isnt-enough-to-help-ukraine-beat-russia\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T03:33:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T00:33:41","slug":"bidens-sad-response-isnt-enough-to-help-ukraine-beat-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-sad-response-isnt-enough-to-help-ukraine-beat-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden&#8217;s sad response isn&#8217;t enough to help Ukraine beat Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a417a4ed4dce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a417a4ed4dce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-sad-response-isnt-enough-to-help-ukraine-beat-russia\/#%E2%80%9CBidens_sad_response_isnt_enough_to_help_Ukraine_beat_Russia%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Biden&#8217;s sad response isn&#8217;t enough to help Ukraine beat Russia&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBidens_sad_response_isnt_enough_to_help_Ukraine_beat_Russia%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Biden&#8217;s sad response isn&#8217;t enough to help Ukraine beat Russia&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>With Russian forces intensifying their atrocities against Ukraine\u2019s civilian population, including by deliberately bombing Mariupol\u2019s Drama Theater with hundreds of people hiding inside, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s impassioned plea to Congress for stronger US support, the Biden administration finds itself in a bind.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, the White House seeks to prevent escalation that could prompt a reckless reaction from the cornered Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin. On the other, standing with Ukraine \u2014 and on the side of freedom, as President Joe Biden put it in his address Wednesday \u2014 requires doing far more than it has.<\/p>\n<p>There was a dramatic contrast between the substance, the tone and the sense of urgency behind Zelensky\u2019s speech and Biden\u2019s droning, unimaginative remarks a few hours later. The latter, announcing an added $800 million worth of military aid to Ukraine, hardly rose to the occasion, either in style and delivery or in substance.<\/p>\n<p>Style-wise, Biden regurgitated expressions of rhetorical support and solidarity with Ukraine, which may ring increasingly hollow to Ukrainian ears. Substantively, he added to the $1 billion commitment made last week by providing Ukrainians with more Stinger anti-aircraft systems, additional Javelins and other anti-armor weapons, 100 tactical drones, handguns and grenade launchers, ammunition, body armor and helmets and other equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Yet this \u201cnew\u201d package is simply a response to Congress\u2019 authorization last week of up to $6.5 billion in military aid, leaving a question mark on the structure and timeline for the delivery of the remainder of the authorized assistance \u2014 and on whether it\u2019s going to be enough for the purposes of <em>winning <\/em>this war.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AFP_326B2HU.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the nation following a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.\" class=\"wp-image-21553797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AFP_326B2HU.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AFP_326B2HU.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AFP_326B2HU.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/AFP_326B2HU.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an impassioned plea to Congress for stronger US support in the war with Russia.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">UKRAINE PRESIDENCY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The conflict is far from over and its outcome far from a foregone conclusion, notwithstanding Russian tactical and logistical failures and poor planning and the increased reports of successful counterattacks by Ukrainian forces. Especially if Mariupol falls, as seems likely, the most effective Russian forces out of Crimea will enjoy considerable freedom of action in southern Ukraine, either consolidating territorial gains along the coast of the Sea of Azov or strengthening the now-stalled offensive toward Odessa, a key Black Sea port.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Even if the anecdotal information suggesting some progress on the diplomatic front prove correct, it remains in the West\u2019s interest that Zelensky\u2019s hand in the negotiations is as strong as possible. Ukraine\u2019s clout in the ceasefire talks grows in direct proportion to its dominance on the battlefield. As a result, any conciliatory noises from Moscow should be met in the West with a doubling down on our military support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>If the conflict is indeed a protracted one, the West must ensure that the flow of military basics included in the White House\u2019s package Wednesday \u2014 handguns, ammunition, helmets and so forth \u2014 is a steady one. Both sides are burning quickly through their supplies; if we want Ukrainians to win, we must ensure their supplies are larger than the Russians\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there is a tension between the overarching policy goal of defeating Putin and Biden\u2019s efforts to avoid further Russian escalation, driven in part surely by understandable concerns over Russia\u2019s tactical nuclear arsenal. Yet we are not really helping Ukraine unless we\u2019re hurting the Kremlin and Russian forces \u2014 the two are opposite sides of the same coin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-BIDEN.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden arrives, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L), to sign a delegation authority for 800 million US dollars of military assistance to Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-21553799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-BIDEN.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-BIDEN.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-BIDEN.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/USA-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-BIDEN.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Biden announced the US would supply Ukraine with anti-aircraft systems, Javelins and other anti-armor weapons, tactical drones, handguns and more.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/SHAWN THEW<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attempt to provide Ukraine with Polish MiG fighter jets, scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed by the administration in spite of the idea\u2019s embrace by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, shows the perils of preemptively surrendering to the diktats of what we believe will upset the Russians. Though no one wants a nuclear confrontation with Russia, most forms of military aid to Ukraine that would be effective would also constitute a form of escalation.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the promise of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/16\/europe\/slovakia-s-300s-ukraine\/index.html\">government of Slovakia<\/a>, a country of 5 million, to supply Ukraine with its own long-range S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems \u2014 a bold but still prudent, calculated risk. The Pentagon should be scrambling similar Soviet-made weaponry across our Eastern European allies while offering our own capacities as a backstop to countries stepping forward. When such systems are unavailable, more creativity is needed to help Ukrainians operate state-of-the-art Western systems, either through training programs or by facilitating the use of Western contractors in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Will it upset Putin? For sure. Will it trigger a nuclear showdown in Eastern Europe? Unlikely.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ukraine.WARMAP.MARCH16-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A map of Russian attacks on Ukraine as of March 16, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21553803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ukraine.WARMAP.MARCH16-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ukraine.WARMAP.MARCH16-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ukraine.WARMAP.MARCH16-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A map of Russian attacks on Ukraine as of March 16, 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In short, whether the president likes it or not, wars tend to upend domestic political dynamics. The administration will be judged both in the midterms and in 2024 not by whether it did the minimum necessary to help Ukraine and its embattled people while sticking with Biden\u2019s campaign promise to keep the United States out of \u201cforever wars\u201d but whether it fully rose to the challenge of confronting Putin\u2019s revanchism, which unchecked puts our entire system of alliances \u2014 and by extension our long-term ambition to contain China \u2014 at risk. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s hoping Team Biden can choose wisely.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dalibor Rohac is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>: @DaliborRohac.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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