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Rep. Michael Waltz Says Joe Biden Is Not Projecting Strength but Choses Appeasement Despite Threat Serious Sanctions to Russia
Republican representative from Florida Michael Waltz tore into Joe Biden for what he calls not a position of strength that is a disadvantage for the US. This appeasement did not stop Vladimir Putin from rolling into pro-Russian provinces recently.
The GOP representative called the response of Joe Biden not enough as the Russians are not even concerned over the sanctions imposed on them.
Russian Advances
Last Tuesday, Waltz spoke to Newsmax, saying how the president dealt with Russian aggression, with Russian forces occupying friendly regions with power and internet backout that followed.
He said the following statements on Spicer & Co. last Tuesday when he went to Ukraine several months back. The kind of aid given was for fighting in Afghanistan but not for Russian armor.
The proper equipment was given because the White House was unwilling to provoke the Kremlin or anything that would make President Putin order an attack.
US officials have reported that Moscow will support two pro-Russian provinces that had been under attack by Ukrainian forces, per TASS. They were called independent and peacekeepers with heavy weapons, catching the west like in Crimea.
When Crimea was annexed by Russian forces in 2014, it was Obama and then vice-president Biden when it happened, as history repeats itself.
Biden Chooses Appeasement
Last Tuesday, President Joe Biden said the alleged swift and severe sanctions would be heaped on Moscow if Ukraine territory was invaded.
He said that Vladimir Putin acknowledged two regions as independent states that he declared free from Kyiv. Stating support for their quest for independence noted Rep. Waltz, who scoured Joe Biden for the miscalculation.
Remarked that Russia has carved out parts of the country; he forgot to add that they want to secede and be part of Russia,
The Democrat president's s administration called a serious response to the Russian rollout consisting of shutting the Nord Stream 2 and freezing assets and accounts of two major Russian banks.
These Russian banks that were targets of penalties are V.E.B. and the Military bank; next would be affecting the status of Russian sovereign debt.
It is declared that it will cut off the Russian government from financial institutions in the west, but the question is whether western banking will stay steadfast on what Biden says will go.
Biden just hurt Europe and America more. The White House has been struggling to contain Putin has not been practical because deterrence failed.
GOP Rep. Waltz said the closing of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would not faze the Russian leader; it would make it harder for Americans to deal with higher oil prices.
Moscow has made sure that if the Nord Stream 2 is stopped, the bloc will be paying more than the US, and there will be another strike for the Joe Biden White House dearly.
A position of weakness is what the US government has for allegedly not acting earlier and reportedly hampering energy independence that Putin saw from day one and the fall of Afghanistan.
Instead of continuing the Keystone XL pipeline in Alaska, he stopped it and no more drilling on federal land. The Democrats are pushing their Green New Deal that prevents oil and gas companies from operating profitably.
Rep. Waltz criticizes Joe Biden for all these missteps in energy independence and foreign policy that has not been beneficial; his people are patting their backs for an alleged good job. But the tanks rolled, and the EU could be facing a more severe energy crunch via wrong decisions.
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