Day 859
Lovers at dawn
There is a great temptation to reduce the intrigue of the first debate between Trump and Biden in the US presidential election campaign to Biden's old age and infirmity. We would forgive him these failings if the rest of the story was okay. After all, Reagan was re-elected president when he was 73. He was only semi-coherent when he left office.
The war in Ukraine is only a small part of a gigantic front in the battle between stupidity and greed. We all remember Rudy1. The problem is not that Biden and Trump are running. It’s that Team USA has failed to articulate responses to batshit criticism of lots of things, including Ukraine’s struggle for survival in the 11th year of a genocidal war.
Has U.S. policy toward Russia been inconsistent and wishywashy?
Yes.
Has US assistance to Ukraine been rational and timely?
No.
These reproaches can be blamed on Biden personally. But Trump and prior Republican administrations bear as much responsibility in shaping this trend as …
