On Saturday March 26th, Biden held a conference in Poland where he voiced his opinion on the actions of Putin and also the conclusions of several conferences with foreign leaders. Biden’s words towards Putin were extreme and the White House later clarified Biden’s statement regarding “this man should not be in power” saying that the president was not calling for regime change in Russia but rather bringing attention to the harm Putin has caused and the propaganda induced reasoning for this war. Whatever the case may be, remarks like this are potentially dangerous as it could trigger Putin and have negative consequences for both Ukraine and surrounding European countries. Today Biden spoke about his Saturday remarks and that he stands by them fully, while at the same time explaining he would never want to engage in a land war or nuclear war with Russia. Nonetheless, if he continues to be outspoken with his opinions on Putin he could potentially anger him and there would be negative consequences in the form of nuclear war.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/28/world/ukraine-russia-war
In my opinion, Putin is very unlikely to react with a nuclear war in this instance due to nuclear power of the U.S. It would be very bad for both parties if a nuclear war were to occur. I wonder why Biden did not call for a regime change though. I feel as though the attention is already there about the problems with Putin and the war, so I would think that a call to action would be the best option for Biden in this instance.
ReplyDeleteThe idea that he would never want to engage in a land or nuclear war with Russia is very pleasant, but dealing with Putin you never know what could be coming. Seeing Putin not care about his economy, country, and so on, is frightening. He may not care for the destruction a nuclear war would bring.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with the sentiment that the current administration seems to lack tact in delicate matters of diplomatic importance, a brash trend that started with the 2016 presidential elections, in my opinion. It is but the duty of someone in a post of such great importance to measure his words whilst speaking, or order to not create a diplomatic incident. Having said that, I do not believe in the childish notion that this conflict will escalate into nuclear war, due to the far reaching and devastating consequences of such a foolish action that would undoubtedly lead to MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction), causing an unfathomable impact on the Economy of all relevant nations, and the international markets as a whole (and the human casualties, of course, which would decimate the Labor force of all relevant nations, whilst causing a massive regression in the level of production hitherto unseen.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe the recent words of President Biden will really have any implications on what is happening with Russia in Ukraine. The likelihood of an all out nuclear warfare is a losing situation for all, so it will most likely take direct action from the United States for anything like that to be even thought about in my opinion.Yet, I will say that if anyone were to start a nuclear war, it would definitely be Putin.
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