-
suggested to US troops that they are going into Ukraine
Interesting take on this. I interpreted his words as telling youmg soldiers that they'd see with their own eyes when they go to a war zone, rather than specifically Ukraine. Most of the clips and quotes online miss Biden talking about his family experiences with going to war just before the quote, context is everything. I agree with you though, its really poor and vague messaging that is not appropriate and easily accidentally or deliberately misunderstood. The fact they have to issue a correction or explanation says it all
I think we can all agree that being POTUS and accidentally seeming to call for a regime change is quite a howler though.
Stonehedge-
Read the transcript here. The preceding remarks are about Ukrainian citizens.
And you’re going to see when you’re there. And you — some — some of you have been there. You’re going to see — you’re going to see women, young people standing — standing the middle of — in front of a damn tank, just saying, “I’m not leaving. I’m holding my ground.” They’re incredible. But they take a lot of inspiration from us.
deleted
I think NATO should leave some doubt in Putin's mind about their response, but they need to do it in a considered way.
In the last couple of days Biden has compared the situation in Ukraine to Tiananmen Square (an odd analogy and likely to alienate the CCP who are needed to resolve this); suggested to US troops that they are going into Ukraine (they aren't); and called for regime change in Russia (which was then reversed by a white house statement). It looks like blundering rather than a considered 'mad man' strategy, but it is very hard to tell the difference these days.