Biden s Ukraine Ambivalence – WSJ

The Pentagon has been leaking that the U.S. may soon provide some medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, but Mr. Biden said on Sunday that we are not going to send to Ukraine rocket systems that strike into Russia. Once again Mr. Biden is reassuring Vladimir Putin about what the U.S. won t do.

The President didn t elaborate, but presumably he s afraid that sending rockets might provoke Mr. Putin. Ukraine has already struck weapons depots inside Russia so the Kremlin has a harder time reinforcing its troops in the Donbas. But if the U.S. wants Ukraine to fire rockets only at targets inside Ukraine, surely it can make that clear.

The rocket-system reluctance reflects the White House attitude before and throughout this war. Another example is the refusal to rally a coalition of the willing to break Russia s blockade of Ukrainian grain exports in the Black Sea. Ukraine supplies much of the world s wheat and oil seeds, and world leaders are warning of shortages and price spikes. Food riots are possible in many countries.

via www.wsj.com

I would say I hope Biden knows what he’s doing, until I realize how stupid that would sound.