Lame duck Biden perhaps inches us closer to WWIII

Why now? Why is Biden and/or his handler[s] giving Ukraine the go-ahead to use US-made long-range missiles against Russia especially weeks before Donald Trump will be sworn in? Is he trying to hamstring Trump and make it impossible for him to live up to his promise to end the Ukraine-Russia war?

These long-range ballistic weapons known as Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMs) have a range of almost 200 miles and can penetrate deep within Russia, which is likely to make the Russians retaliate in kind, and perhaps escalate the war significantly.

Biden is a lame duck. He dropped out of the presidential race, Harris lost the election, and this administration will be leaving the White House on January 20th. It's crazy for him to announce such a significant, and probably escalatory shift, toward Ukraine. But on Sunday, Biden, 81, revealed the decision to give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to blow stuff up deep inside Russia and with North Korean troops there as well.

What does Biden, et al, expect Russia to do--grin and bear it? Hardly.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously warned that the use of such missiles would constitute an act of war. 

Speaking in September, he said:

“This [the missiles) will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia. And if this is the case, then, bearing in mind the change in the essence of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions in response to the threats that will be posed to us,” Putin told reporters on Thursday [September 12].

He explained some of the reasons why:

"Flight assignments for these missile systems can, in fact, only be entered by military personnel from NATO countries. Ukrainian servicemen cannot do this. And therefore, it is not a question of allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not. It is a question of making a decision whether NATO countries directly participate in the military conflict or not..."

"If this decision is made, it will mean nothing less than the direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, and European countries, in the war in Ukraine," he added.

Russia has accused Biden of recklessly taking a “very big step” towards starting World War III by allowing Ukraine to deploy the long-range missiles. 

Ukraine has already said it plans to use these weapons within days of getting the 'green light.'

Other Russian officials also warned that the move would spark an immediate response, but Biden was resolute in his or his handler[s] decision to escalate the war.

“The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning,” Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper chamber of parliament, said on the Telegram messaging app.

The Biden White House declined to comment on the move, which was first reported on by the New York Times.

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Obama tries to put the screws to GOP

Lame Duck President Obama is ending a long held immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who made it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident. But now, in a statement, he said the so-called "wet foot, dry foot" policy was "designed for a different era" of U.S.-Cuba relations.

The new policy will send back to Cuba those who attempt to enter the U.S. illegally without qualifying for humanitarian relief. 

"By taking this step," the outgoing failure of a POTUS said, "we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants from other countries" [but where they aren't tortured when we return them like they will probably be once they're back in the Cuban Communist dictatorship].

The Lame Duck Obama said that the Havana government has agreed to accept Cubans ordered to leave the U.S., a concession that was an ongoing dialog between us and Cuba for several months. 

But a senior administration official said the Cuban government gave no guarantees that the returned Cubans would be treated fairly [without torture, and being allowed to keep various body parts]. The official said, however, that political asylum is still an option for those concerned about persecution if they are sent back.

Homeland Security Secretary and Obama sock puppet, Jeh Johnson, said the move "goes a long way to putting our relationship with Cuba on equal terms with our relationship with other neighbors."

And besides, the majority of Cubans who sought asylum here tend to vote Republican.

Obama's administrative rule change can easily be changed by Donald Trump once he's in office. A lot of Obama's "pen and phone" garbage can easily be undone because he circumvented the Constitution by making executive orders rather than law, and executive orders can be undone with new executive orders. 

Trump has criticized Obama's groveling to cozy up to Castro and Cuba but there is a conundrum because Trump has made a commitment to get tough on immigration and this is what Obama has done.

In the past, the U.S. has been averse to sending people back to Cuba, but Fidel Castro has been a hero of Obama because, like his parents, grandparents and mentor, Frank Marshall (he called him "Uncle Frank") Fidel Castro was also a communist. Also, the Cuban government didn't usually take back those we tried to return, or when they did, they were never heard from again.

One wonders if Obama would be doing this if Cubans voted Democratic, like Mexicans.

What do you think?



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Trump on sanctions: "It's time to move on"

President-elect Donald J. Trump in discussing the sanctions against Russia for their alleged hacking our 2016 election said that "it's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things."

He made that comment in a written response four hours after the sanctions announcement was made. "Nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, I will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation."

The Obama amateur administration announced sanctions against Russia's intelligence services. They will be ejecting around 35 intelligence operatives from the U.S. as part of a response to the election influencing allegations.

It seems a bit worrisome that Trump believes we should "move on" before getting an intelligence update on the facts. 

Lame duck President Obama used an executive order to sanction the GRU and FSB, both Russian intelligence services.

Putin, on the other hand, said that he will wait until Trump is in office before he retaliates with sanctions of his own.

Let's hope the Donald Trump doesn't cozy up to Putin and maintains fierce vigilance over Russia's actions. But to be clear, what Russia did was to hack into the DNC and Podesta's emails, not into the actual election as the Democrats would like us to believe.




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