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Cont: The Biden Presidency Part II

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Aridas said:
To poke at a not Russia/Ukraine subject -

Tucker Carlson Says Biden Chose Ketanji Brown Jackson to 'Destroy' and 'Defile' the Supreme Court

I'm just going to say that Carlson's just projecting, after what he's pushed. To address the selection, herself, I don't have any current immediate objections, but I'm willing to admit that my knowledge is far from enough to make any definitive statements, given that it's based on information like MSNBC's article. To compare a little to the last couple, with Kavanaugh, I had objections that were especially based on his previous perjury, brazen history of problematic forms of partisanship, and the way that Republicans happily engaged in dirty tricks to provide cover to confirm him and, well, Barrett was rammed down our throats at the last second and had a rather problematic history, too. With that said, Republicans are, of course, struggling to find any pretext to oppose Jackson. Much like Garland, though, there doesn't seem to be pretty much anything of actual note to attack.
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To "destroy and defile". That's precious. Exactly, how does Tucker support that? It is very hard to argue that Jackson isn't qualified. She has been a judge for a decade. She clerked for Justice Breyer. She has a JD from Harvard and graduated with honors.

Yes, they are struggling to find any pretext.
 
acbytesla said:
To "destroy and defile". That's precious. Exactly, how does Tucker support that? It is very hard to argue that Jackson isn't qualified. She has been a judge for a decade. She clerked for Justice Breyer. She has a JD from Harvard and graduated with honors.

Yes, they are struggling to find any pretext.
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That's easy: because Biden nominated her. All it takes for TC to attack something is for Biden to approve of it. Par for the course.
 
Stacyhs said:
Then shame on China.
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I agree, but I thikn BIden was being a bit nieve in thinking that China would not do that.
Hopefully Biden now gets that we have enemies, and CHina and Russia are at the top of list, and should be regarded as hostile.
 
dudalb said:
I agree, but I thikn BIden was being a bit nieve in thinking that China would not do that.
Hopefully Biden now gets that we have enemies, and CHina and Russia are at the top of list, and should be regarded as hostile.
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Biden had to try. I seriously doubt he revealed any information the Chinese didn't already have and/or that put the Ukrainians at a disadvantage. It's not like the Chinese don't have their own satellites and intelligence agencies.
 
Stacyhs said:
Biden had to try. I seriously doubt he revealed any information the Chinese didn't already have and/or that put the Ukrainians at a disadvantage. It's not like the Chinese don't have their own satellites and intelligence agencies.
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I think it gave the Russians a better idea of what we knew and were thinking at the time of the exchange. Kind of like if an opposing team got a hold of your playbook. They don't know what you're going to do, but they are now aware of what your options are, and where potential weaknesses are than may be exploited. While it may not have been overtly damaging, it did have a plus side, a warning not to be so forthcoming with them in the future.
 
acbytesla said:
To "destroy and defile". That's precious. Exactly, how does Tucker support that? It is very hard to argue that Jackson isn't qualified. She has been a judge for a decade. She clerked for Justice Breyer. She has a JD from Harvard and graduated with honors.

Yes, they are struggling to find any pretext.
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Carlson is indisputably a white nationalist. He would consider his view self-evident.
 
Mike! said:
I think it gave the Russians a better idea of what we knew and were thinking at the time of the exchange. Kind of like if an opposing team got a hold of your playbook. They don't know what you're going to do, but they are now aware of what your options are, and where potential weaknesses are than may be exploited. While it may not have been overtly damaging, it did have a plus side, a warning not to be so forthcoming with them in the future.
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I don't think it gave the Russians any better idea of what we knew and were thinking...that's been made pretty transparent and public by the WH. The 'playbook' analogy is way off. I highly doubt Biden and his advisors were not well aware that Xi could, and would likely, share what he was told with Putin. I think it's just another attempt at trying to discredit Biden.
 
Putin did not wait until Trump was out of office, Putin thought Trump would still be in office.

Do people actually think Putin has anything whatsoever to fear from Trump? It's the other way around, if anything. Trump is his puppet.

These "men" are both insane and corrupt so let's not assume that they would behave like a normal person might.
 
mgidm86 said:
Putin did not wait until Trump was out of office, Putin thought Trump would still be in office.

Do people actually think Putin has anything whatsoever to fear from Trump? It's the other way around, if anything. Trump is his puppet.

These "men" are both insane and corrupt so let's not assume that they would behave like a normal person might.
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Putin may well have moved up his plans because Trump is out of office, but that's a huge if. Given the situation at hand, it's pretty certain that Putin was rather set on attacking before Ukraine formally joined NATO, but if Trump had managed to continue to weaken NATO or even potentially either break it or get the US out of it, that would be reason for him keep delaying for the sake of having a much more advantageous position. With Biden as President, the damage that Trump did to NATO was being undone, though, which did create some incentive for Putin to try to take Ukraine before it was completely too late for him to try to do so. So... it's actually plausible that some of people that claimed that Putin wouldn't have done this while Trump was President actually do have some basis - it's just that it's for practically the opposite of the reasons that they're trying to claim and the damage caused in the end would likely be much worse. It's also worthy of note that Trump and co repeatedly denigrated Ukraine and would have been very likely to try to give Putin cover, just like happened with Putin attacking our elections.
 
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The one thing US Intelligence seems to have been wrong about is giving the Russian Military way too much credit. They have proven to be incredibly incompetent. Front line troops are running out of ammo, gad and food.
 
dudalb said:
The one thing US Intelligence seems to have been wrong about is giving the Russian Military way too much credit. They have proven to be incredibly incompetent. Front line troops are running out of ammo, gad and food.
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Hmm I am wondering how much of it is that the US does not really comprehend how much corruption is a way of life in Russia, like it did not comprehend how it was a way of life in the Afghan army.
 
dudalb said:
The one thing US Intelligence seems to have been wrong about is giving the Russian Military way too much credit. They have proven to be incredibly incompetent. Front line troops are running out of ammo, gad and food.
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According to captured Russian soldiers, they weren't even told they were going to war. They were told it was a war game.
 
ZiprHead said:
According to captured Russian soldiers, they weren't even told they were going to war. They were told it was a war game.
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I keep wondering if everything we're seeing is some sort of elaborate screening operation out in front of the actual Russian military operations. Maybe they're just spamming low-quality troops out front to keep the militias busy while they do whatever it is they came to do behind that screen.
 
Aridas said:
With Biden as President, the damage that Trump did to NATO was being undone, though,
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I think this was the biggest factor in Putin's choice of timing. When Trump was still President, there was a decent chance that he'd actually end up destroying NATO, either as a deliberate choice, or just via being a ham-handed idiot who finally pissed off one too many allies.

Once Trump was out of office, though, that option was off the table, so it was do it the hard way, or not at all.


theprestige said:
I keep wondering if everything we're seeing is some sort of elaborate screening operation out in front of the actual Russian military operations. Maybe they're just spamming low-quality troops out front to keep the militias busy while they do whatever it is they came to do behind that screen.
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I can't see anyone thinking that losing a few hundred military vehicles is a good opening gambit. Even old tanks and APCs are expensive, and blowing the **** out of a few hundred of them has done nothing but bolster Ukrainian morale. A week ago, they thought they'd be dead or conquered within days. Now, they think they have a real shot at winning.

If this was Putin's plan, he's facepalming himself pretty hard right now at how poorly he played it.
 
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