President Biden’s Lose-Lose Strategy
But the leaders of the world’s most advanced countries - who are deep in the economic pocket of China - chickened out.
Instead of ripping into China for unleashing a virus that killed 3.5 million people around the world, they meekly urged its Communist rulers to be more transparent and show more respect for human rights.
The G7, which was more interested in showing how progressive it is, pledged to vaccinate poorer countries, create a global tax for corporations and spend many billions to fight climate change.
The G7 was a useless three-day publicity stunt for mediocre prime ministers and presidents, but Biden’s meeting with Putin in Geneva was the diplomatic disaster it was predicted to be.
Russia and Putin got everything they wanted - and paid nothing for it. Plus, they got it all before Biden even left the ground in Washington.
We - i.e., Biden - had already shut off our oil pipeline, begun destroying our booming energy sector and okayed Russia’s natural gas pipeline to Germany.
What did Biden get from Putin - whose military is closing in on Ukraine and playing war games off the coast of Hawaii?
Nothing.
President Biden let Putin off the hook about Ukraine.
Okaying the natural gas pipeline to Germany has already given Russia enormous economic and political leverage over the European Union.
...continued
Copyright 2021 Michael Reagan, All Rights Reserved. Credit: Cagle.com
