{"id":454461,"date":"2022-05-29T05:15:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T02:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/joe-bidens-loose-lips-could-sink-ships\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T05:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T02:15:46","slug":"joe-bidens-loose-lips-could-sink-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-loose-lips-could-sink-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"#Joe Biden&#8217;s loose lips could sink ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a28b7df4c0c0\" 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-6a28b7df4c0c0\" 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\/joe-bidens-loose-lips-could-sink-ships\/#%E2%80%9CJoe_Bidens_loose_lips_could_sink_ships%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Joe Biden&#8217;s loose lips could sink ships&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-loose-lips-could-sink-ships\/#More_than_a_feeling\" >More than a feeling\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-loose-lips-could-sink-ships\/#A_new_axis_of_evil\" >A new axis of evil\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-bidens-loose-lips-could-sink-ships\/#A_hawkish_turn\" >A hawkish turn\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJoe_Bidens_loose_lips_could_sink_ships%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Joe Biden&#8217;s loose lips could sink ships&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Goodwin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Is Joe Biden crazy like a fox, or just crazy?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the question careening around the world after the president said last week that the United States would respond militarily if China invades Taiwan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The shocking remark in Tokyo came just two months after Biden, on a visit to Poland, insisted Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot remain in power\u201d because of Russia\u2019s brutal invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both bombshells sent the White House into DEFCON damage control as aides rushed out \u201cclarifications\u201d to insist there was no change in longstanding policies. They said the United States is still only committed to selling Taiwan military equipment to defend itself and claimed Biden was definitely not talking about \u201cregime change\u201d in Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In both cases, their attempts amounted to denials the president said what he clearly said. That set off a round of accusations that the unelected staff was subverting the commander in chief and added fresh impetus to questions of whether Biden is really running the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Given the many walk-backs, cleanups and clarifications during the brief Biden era, these two incidents would be fairly routine \u2014 and almost comical \u2014 except for the serious subject matters and the president\u2019s own additional statements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Tokyo remarks were the third time since he took office that Biden essentially said the same thing about militarily defending Taiwan. Either he means it, or he\u2019s lost it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a video address at the opening session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting.\" class=\"wp-image-22453943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a video address at the opening session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers\u2019 Meeting on May 19, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Li Xueren\/Xinhua\/Sipa USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And on Russia, Biden later insisted he meant what he said about Putin, with this caveat: \u201cI\u2019m not walking anything back \u2026 I want to make it clear, I wasn\u2019t then, nor am I now, articulating a policy change. I was expressing moral outrage that I feel \u2014 I make no apologies for my personal feelings.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_than_a_feeling\"><\/span>More than a feeling\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Presidents are certainly entitled to their feelings, but one would assume they would reflect official policies, not conflict with them, as is the case here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alas, our chief adversaries <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>arently have their personal feelings, too, and Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed theirs in a forceful way. They conducted a joint military exercise where nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan while Biden was in Tokyo meeting with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan. Their topic: countering China\u2019s aggressive expansionism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Military personnel prepare equipment for a joint military drill by the Chinese and Russian armies.\" class=\"wp-image-22453944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Military personnel prepare equipment for a joint military drill by the Chinese and Russian armies on Aug. 5, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CHINE NOUVELLE\/SIPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his book \u201cThe Sleepwalkers,\u201d author Christopher Clark masterfully describes how World War I started despite no European leader wanting war or believing one would happen. As the title suggests, each was lulled into a false sense of security that produced one of history\u2019s greatest calamities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Are we on the verge of sleepwalking into World War III? Nobody claims to want it, but a global conflict involving the great powers nonetheless feels closer than it has at any time since the Cuban missile crisis in October of 1962.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hawkish language and threats are routine, and nations from Japan to Europe are rapidly raising their military spending.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Merely to consider the possibility is distressing, especially on Memorial Day weekend, but there is no escaping the concern now that the idea of nuclear war is a fairly common topic in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> and international organizations. Putin has rattled his nukes repeatedly, including putting his forces on high alert, as the West has rushed to help Ukraine. There is widespread speculation he would not hesitate to use one if he feels cornered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_new_axis_of_evil\"><\/span>A new axis of evil\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Similarly, China is rapidly expanding its nuclear stockpile and has warned the US would pay an \u201cunbearable price\u201d if it aids Taiwan militarily. Last summer, a Chinese Communist Party video was more explicit, warning Japan of \u201cfull-scale war\u201d involving nukes if Japan interferes with China\u2019s control of Taiwan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russia and China are clearly forming a new axis of evil, but Biden\u2019s role is surprisingly provocative. While he is breaking with the habit of recent Democratic presidents of presenting a weak face to the world, there is a difference between securing peace through strength and haphazardly blundering into a major conflict with loose talk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/china-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"China's nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 2019. \" class=\"wp-image-22453982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/china-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/china-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/china-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>China\u2019s nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 2019. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some Biden defenders argue he is deliberately creating \u201cstrategic ambiguity\u201d about his intentions to keep China and Russia guessing, but there is at least an equal chance his veering so far off script is evidence of the mental decline we see elsewhere in his behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Still others insist the ambiguity is valuable even if Biden didn\u2019t mean what he said about Putin and Taiwan. That\u2019s nonsense because Biden\u2019s belligerent words could lead to an accidental Armageddon if Russia and China assume America is preparing for war when it is not.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s recent aggressiveness also contrasts with positions he held just recently. Despite the months of Russian buildup on Ukraine\u2019s border, he did nothing except talk until the actual invasion in February. Even then, he was content to issue wrist-slap sanctions, openly fearful of provoking Putin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After European leaders, themselves shamed by Europe\u2019s public, started sending military and humanitarian aid, Biden vetoed a plan for Poland to send MiG fighters to Ukraine, saying it would be \u201cescalatory.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_hawkish_turn\"><\/span>A hawkish turn\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>More recently, he flipped his posture and went all-in, sending an unending flow of billions of dollars and top-line military equipment. And although he promised there would never be American boots on the ground, there is now talk he will send special forces to guard the reopened embassy in Kyiv, a duty normally assigned to Marines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If those troops come under fire, Americans forces could quickly be fighting Russian forces \u2014 the very situation Biden said for months had to be avoided.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates military and civilian personnel and veterans of the Border Guards Service on Border Guard's Day\" class=\"wp-image-22453942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/biden-taiwan-russia-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates military and civilian personnel and veterans of the Border Guards Service on Border Guard\u2019s Day on May 28.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MIKHAIL METZEL\/Sputnik\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The president is following a similarly hawkish evolution on China. Campaigning in 2019, he scoffed at Donald Trump\u2019s tough stance, saying, \u201cChina is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man. I mean, you know, they\u2019re not bad folks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Yet now we\u2019re seemingly ready to go to war over Taiwan. I say seemingly because Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2019s major address on China last Thursday was more mush than muscular.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So perhaps our China policy is to speak loudly and carry a small stick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The growing global tensions and doubts about the president\u2019s ability to manage them recall Robert Gates\u2019 infamous assertion that Biden \u201chas been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national-security issue over the past four decades.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gates made the stinging comment in a 2014 memoir, and last year cited Biden\u2019s botched, chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan as current evidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That history, coupled with the rampant domestic disasters defining Biden\u2019s term, means we are witnessing him at a later stage of life in a bigger job making bigger, more dangerous mistakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it is fair but not very comforting to recall Barack Obama\u2019s warning about his former vice president: \u201cDon\u2019t underestimate Joe\u2019s ability to f-\u200a-k things up.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/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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