Global Danger Makes Biden the Most Necessary Man on Earth
Experience, Trust, Wisdom, Intimidation
I doubt many people in the United States have enough time in their busy lives to fully appreciate the increasing danger around the globe. In short, Trump is right for the wrong reasons. We likely are closer to WWIII, or at least widespread warfare on a global scale, than at any point since the Cold War. Given that reality, it is more important than ever that Joe Biden retain the presidency, even over a Democratic challenger. As I put in the subtitle, the world needs Biden’s experience, trust, wisdom, intimidation, and a steady hand. He is the most necessary man on Earth.
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From The New York Times:
Administration officials are now expressing concern that China could further aid Russia’s incursion by providing Moscow with lethal weapons. While there is no clear evidence that China has given weapons and ammunition to Russia, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned in recent days that China may be preparing to do so.
President Biden, speaking in Kyiv on Monday, said the United States and its partners would announce new measures targeting sanctions evasion this week. He did not specify whether those actions would be directed at Moscow or its trading partners.
One of the primary reasons that there is optimism that Ukraine can go on the offensive this spring is that Russia is running out of equipment. Additionally, compared to the U.S., NATO, and China, Russia’s weapons are antiquated. Greatly expanding Russian access to weapons based on better technology would put Ukraine in peril. The United States and NATO have continued to emphasize that losing Ukraine to Russia is not an option.
As noted above, severe sanctions await China if they choose to make the deal. It brings up a logical question, why would China make such a move? It is not based on communist kinship.
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There is a logical reason that China would supply Russia with weapons and it will likely make far too much sense to you.
From NBC News:
A four-star Air Force general sent a memo on Friday to the officers he commands that predicts the U.S. will be at war with China in two years and tells them to get ready to prep by firing "a clip" at a target, and "aim for the head."
In the memo sent Friday and obtained by NBC News, Gen. Mike Minihan, head of Air Mobility Command, said, “I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025.”
His gut may be right, and his gut may be late. It could start earlier than 2015 because the prediction is based on impending chaos in the United States.
Minihan said in the memo that because both Taiwan and the U.S. will have presidential elections in 2024, the U.S. will be “distracted,” and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have an opportunity to move on Taiwan.
I have written extensively on the terrifying future we face starting November 10, 2024 (About five days after the election, when the winner is settled, at least according to certifications by the Sec. of States). Anyone interested in my earlier articles can check HERE, HERE, HERE, and the one that terrified people the most, HERE.
Yes, if China wants to invade Taiwan, it would likely be prudent to wait until 2025. After all, Trump could be president, DeSantis could be president, some MAGA could be president, and these are all “America First” folks. Many Republicans are already tired of supporting democracy’s frontline in Ukraine. Do you think they would want to protect democracy in Taiwan? Or do you think that an increasingly fascist GOP would prefer to make the world safer for countries that are losing their democratic character?
And here is where Biden comes in.
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From the New York Times in June of 2022:
President Biden vowed on Thursday to speed Finland and Sweden to NATO membership, seeking to redraw the map of Europe to the West’s advantage less than three months after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia began his invasion of Ukraine.
From ITEmbassy.com in July of 2022:
The United States and its trans-Atlantic allies have agreed to a bold vision for NATO’s future to ensure a strong NATO alliance. The White House called the June 29–30 NATO Summit in Madrid “an historic moment for the Transatlantic Alliance.” For the first time, leaders from partner nations in Asia, including Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, attended the event.
“We’re sending an unmistakable message,” Biden said: “that NATO is strong, united.” He said the steps taken during this summit would “further augment our collective strength.”
We all remember that according to John Bolton, Trump planned to pull the U.S. out of NATO as one of his first acts in a second term. There is no reason to think that Trump or any of the other isolationists wouldn’t do the same.
Additionally, the U.S. and Russia aren’t the only countries with intelligence agencies. Every NATO country has an intelligence community, and every single one knows that Trump had some sort of conflict with Russia, which limited Trump’s ability to confront Russia. The strongest thing Trump has said against Putin is that he made a “mistake” in invading Ukraine. Recently, however, Trump and much of the MAGA wing have been blaming BIDEN for the war!
From Trump’s Truth Social account:
This is the most dangerous time in the history of our Country. World War III is looming, like never before, in the very dark and murky background. “Leadership” is solely responsible for this unprecedented danger to the USA, and likewise, the World. HOPELESS JOE BIDEN IS LEADING US INTO OBLIVION!!!
And his acolytes follow suit:
Even Don Jr. is in on it:
Zelensky is basically an ungrateful international welfare queen.
I can’t let that go. Fck you, Jr. Want to talk about “welfare queens”? I apologize, but that is so deeply offensive that it just brings it out of me.
NATO countries AND China see this shift from what had been a fairly unified response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The fact that there are MAGAs openly associating with a war criminal in Putin is deeply foreboding and dark.
Back to Joe for a summary. You can probably write yourself after reading the above.
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It is difficult to convey the importance of Biden’s visit to Ukraine. Democracies across the world now see that Joe Biden is committed to keeping the world safe for democracies. It wasn’t “just” the trip to Ukraine itself. It was the wisdom and experience to form the idea to go to Ukraine as a symbol of trust and intimidation.
Let’s say that China resupplies Russia. China’s motivation would surely be, in part, to get the United States and NATO bogged down in defending Ukraine, sending more money and weapons to defeat Russia. Is there anyone on Earth more able to convince the globe that the democratic and enlightened countries around the world, from South Korea, Japan, and Australia, to Western Europe, to Canada and the U.S., to dig in and avoid the isolationism that was so disastrous in the mid-1930s?
Two increasingly aggressive nations will have invaded peaceful democracies. True, China has always claimed Taiwan in a “One China” policy, but Russia always claimed Ukraine as part of the Russian motherland. It would be a stress test for the democratic world, each one of which also has a burgeoning far-right populist group. See Italy. Uniting the world would not be easy, even with Biden as president.
Uniting the world under an “American First” president would be impossible. Does anyone believe that any current leader in the Republican party (Save for perhaps McConnell and Lindsey Graham) would feel the moral obligation to protect Taiwan? Or continue to protect Ukraine at a far greater level if the Russians suddenly have a weapon infusion, high-tech weapons?
No. Biden has nearly rid himself of the “age” issue by taking 12-hour plane trips and ten-hour train trips to walk under air sirens in Ukraine and then spend four days in meetings. But, damn, he is going to have a hard time rallying a country after a close election, one that the MAGAs believe is “owed” to them, whether they win or not. But if anyone can do it… Do you think the MAGAs would hate any winning Democrat less? Pffft.
Add it all up. The world truly is in the most dangerous dynamic since the Cold War. Trump is correct in that. But rather than leading us into “oblivion,” Biden is keeping the democracies of the world committed to ensuring democracy is a “21st Century thing.” And that’s why he is the world’s most essential person.
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