Biden is actually doing a pretty good job with this. We went through a long lull without NATO having to flex its muscles and a lot of people here in America took it for granted. But Biden has been effective at bringing the alliance together. Now we will see what the post invasion looks like, if Putin goes in, and we can judge Biden on that. Also, in the off chance Putin doesn’t go in then that is also a version of victory depending on what was negotiated- for the record I don’t like the French leading these last minute talks because they are surrender prone.
Another thing Biden has done, that has broken with tradition, is putting the intelligence out in the open and identifying Russian plans. Has this thwarted an invasion, probably not but it certainly has frustrated the Russians.
The truth is that the United States on its own does not have much sway in Eastern Europe and we rely on NATO push our interests there. Once you realize the importance of NATO and recognize American and western interests are in opposition to Russian interests, you’ll better understand and be able to judge Biden’s performance in this matter.
I will tell you something else we have even less influence in the matter between Taiwan and China. The major failure there was we did not bring the Trans Pacific Partnership to fruition. We are playing with a bum hand in that matter.
