I am not certain that it is a gaffe even though everyone says it is. I think he wanted that out there. I watched on earlier German news and then later as the German man that is at the White House, and was with Biden in Poland first just said, Biden said this, and he did not have an opinion on it, but he looked upset. In the later news wh…
I am not certain that it is a gaffe even though everyone says it is. I think he wanted that out there. I watched on earlier German news and then later as the German man that is at the White House, and was with Biden in Poland first just said, Biden said this, and he did not have an opinion on it, but he looked upset. In the later news when a different anchor interviewed him he added in that Biden made a big mistake. So, I guess he talked it over with someone and made a decision on how Germany sees this. Full disclosure, I am a duel German and American citizen and my thoughts were, " Biden should have said, for all the European countries who do not want to give up Russian energy sources immediately, how will you feel if Putin drops a nuke on one of your cities right now? Will you then feel it is an immediate priority to give it up?" I say this, because I think that the people who should be worried about Putin getting out his nukes are the other European countries. And as long as they continue to give Putin revenue he has money to pay some people to do his bidding. I just wonder if he personally has the technical know-how to detonate nuclear bombs on his own if no one will do it at his bidding. I am assuming not! That is, the rest of his military knowledge seems to be lacking, so why not this. If it is, then what that means is that someone has to be willing to carry the orders out! Isn't that what we are trying to change?
I agree with you that our European allies are likely the first victims of Putin extremist actions. He doesn't seem to consider nuclear fallout a real danger or health threat as long as he himself is safe. I think creation of a no-fly zone and other escalations will be decisions made by European leaders, not the US, for that reason.
I am not certain that it is a gaffe even though everyone says it is. I think he wanted that out there. I watched on earlier German news and then later as the German man that is at the White House, and was with Biden in Poland first just said, Biden said this, and he did not have an opinion on it, but he looked upset. In the later news when a different anchor interviewed him he added in that Biden made a big mistake. So, I guess he talked it over with someone and made a decision on how Germany sees this. Full disclosure, I am a duel German and American citizen and my thoughts were, " Biden should have said, for all the European countries who do not want to give up Russian energy sources immediately, how will you feel if Putin drops a nuke on one of your cities right now? Will you then feel it is an immediate priority to give it up?" I say this, because I think that the people who should be worried about Putin getting out his nukes are the other European countries. And as long as they continue to give Putin revenue he has money to pay some people to do his bidding. I just wonder if he personally has the technical know-how to detonate nuclear bombs on his own if no one will do it at his bidding. I am assuming not! That is, the rest of his military knowledge seems to be lacking, so why not this. If it is, then what that means is that someone has to be willing to carry the orders out! Isn't that what we are trying to change?
I agree with you that our European allies are likely the first victims of Putin extremist actions. He doesn't seem to consider nuclear fallout a real danger or health threat as long as he himself is safe. I think creation of a no-fly zone and other escalations will be decisions made by European leaders, not the US, for that reason.