WTF?

It seems that over last week the president set about apologizing to Zelensky for cash outlays delays….

Again I ask….’WTF?’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked President Biden for America’s support in his country’s fight against Russia—and Biden apologized for the six-month delay to the latest military aid package. “I apologize for the weeks of not knowing what’s going to pass in terms of funding because we had trouble getting the bill that we had to pass,” he said during their meeting in Paris on Friday. “Some of our very conservative members were holding it up. But we got it done finally.” Russia launched an offensive and gained territory in parts of Ukraine during the gap in funding from the US, the Hill reports.

• “We’re not going to walk away.” “We’re still in,” Biden told Zelensky. “Completely. Thoroughly.” He added: “You haven’t bowed down. You haven’t yielded at all. You’ve continued to fight in a way that’s really remarkable,” per the Washington Post. “We’re not going to walk away from you.”
• Zelensky pleads for WWII-style unity. Zelensky thanked US lawmakers for passing the aid package and called for unity, the AP reports. “It’s very important that in this unity, United States of America, all American people stay with Ukraine like it was during World War II,” he said. “How the United States helped to save human lives, to save Europe. And we count on your continuing support in standing with us shoulder to shoulder.”
• Pointe du Hoc speech. Biden drew a parallel to Ukraine in remarks at a D-Day commemoration ceremony Thursday. He will make another speech in Normandy on Friday, at Pointe du Hoc, where Army Rangers scaled 100-foot cliffs on D-Day, the New York Times reports. Ronald Reagan delivered what was considered one of his most powerful speeches at the same spot 40 years ago. He praised the “boys of Pointe du Hoc” as the “champions who helped free a continent.” In remarks Biden is expected to echo on Friday, Reagan denounced isolationism, saying it “never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent.”

Personally I do not see why an American president had anything to apologize for…..I mean Ukraine has gotten countless millions in cash and equipment….and the president apologizes?

There are countless programs in this country that would love to get uncountable millions….but it is far more important to keep some god awful war going.

Zelensky should be thankful for the assistance but instead he bitches that we and our allies have not done enough.

Personally I am disappointed that Biden felt he had to apologize for anything…..maybe using American ordinance to kill civilians if he must apologize for anything.

Then there was Biden’s Pointe du-Hoc speech where he invokes the words of Reagan on isolationism.

President Biden invoked the Army Rangers who scaled the cliffs on Pointe du Hoc on D-Day as he delivered a speech at the Normandy site on Friday, saying they’re “asking us to do our job, to protect freedom in our time, to defend democracy.” He described how the 225 Rangers ran toward Nazi gunfire and clawed their way up the precipice after Nazis cut their ladders and ropes. The heroes of that day, Biden said, would want Americans to fight Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Europe. In 1984, Ronald Reagan delivered a speech in the same spot in Normandy, warning against American isolationism.

• “As we gather here today, it’s not just to honor those who showed such remarkable bravery that day, June 6, 1944,” Biden said. “It’s to listen to the echo of their voices. To hear them. Because they are summoning us.”
• “They’re not asking us to scale these cliffs,” the president said, per CBS News. “But they’re asking us to stay true to what America stands for. They’re not asking us to give or risk our lives. But they are asking us to care for others in our country more than ourselves.”

(Seriously?  Care more for our country?  Is that why Ukraine and Israel get whatever they want and children go hungry in America?  Seriously?)

He threw out the hint of how bad isolationism is for our country…..while echoing Reagan….

Isolationism is the political and economic policy of avoiding involvement in international affairs. It is a strategy of protectionism which generally seeks to avoid economic entanglements with other nations. It is often used to protect a nation’s resources, economy, and citizens from the perceived dangers of international relations.

Isolationism is not synonymous with xenophobia, but rather a rejection of the idea that a nation must rely on foreign influence or support to remain strong. Examples of successful isolationist nations in modern history include North Korea and Cuba.

Wanting our money to remain here is not isolationism…for if you think that multi-national corporations will withdraw from the world economy then you are smoking crack.

Most opponents just want the US to stop or at least slow down the forever spending on forever wars….is that too much to ask?

On a side note:  Pres. Biden looks old and frail in his speeches….not a good look for his re-election push.

I have had enough of the tough talk….I want to see some action that illustrates the Congress and the president actually cares about the people of this country more that others.

So far I have not seen this at all.

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