Biden’s Comments About Putin Were an Unforced Error
The words of every world leader matter right now, and none more than those of the president of the United States.
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Joe Biden has been a model of restraint during the most serious global crisis in nearly 60 years, and thank goodness for that. He has provided assistance to Ukraine while keeping NATO together against the possibility of a Russian attack against the alliance. He has resisted calls to engage in high-risk escalatory moves—such as —while on the Russian economy and making clear the depth of America’s outrage at Vladimir Putin’s war of conquest.
