(John Ransom, Headline USA) Those who think that the Biden White House has manufactured and misrepresented the crisis in Ukraine to boost his image got powerful proof over the weekend, when Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that a failure of Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade the Ukraine would show that Biden’s foreign policy works.
Pelosi, desperate for some sign of life from Team Biden, said she’s “very proud” of the president and that “if Russia doesn’t invade [Ukraine], it’s not that he never intended to. It’s just that the sanctions worked.”
The United States and our European and NATO allies all support sanctions to deter Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Putin has to know that war is not an answer. pic.twitter.com/D9pNC7YtcB
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) February 13, 2022
The White House has been trumpeting a Russian invasion of Ukraine for several weeks that they have said could come at any time, even as Ukraine denies that an invasion is imminent.
“The US has warned of the ‘very distinct possibility’ of a Russian invasion of Ukraine in the next few days, potentially involving an overwhelming attack on Kyiv, and told all remaining Americans to leave the country in the next 48 hours,” reported the UK’s Guardian.
Buzzfeed’s Christopher Miller reports that he saw an unnamed US Embassy employee come out of the embassy with his bags. While not commenting on a timeline for US evacuations, the appearance of the employee, apparently evacuating, added to the Biden-induced crisis mentality in Kyiv.
“I have all my stuff with me,” the diplomatic employee noted simply, according to Miller’s Twitter account.
Meanwhile Russia has denied that it has any intention of invading Ukraine, but is worried that Ukraine could join NATO, jeopardizing Russian security.
“Kyiv had previously made its ambitions to become a NATO member clear,” said Sky News, “but Moscow says this could make it a launch pad for NATO missiles targeted at Russia, which is why it is amassing troops at the border – although Moscow has denied it is planning to invade.”
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK said that the war fever stoked by Washington over the last several weeks has not added to the security of the borders, but has made Ukraine feel it’s being abandoned.
“But regardless of the intel [about the likelihood of invasion], the problem is that Ukrainians are pushed to panic,” said Vadym Prystaiko, according to CNBC. “Airlines are canceling flights, money is being withdrawn by investors. Ukrainians feel that they have been abandoned.”
It’s similar to how Americans feel about Biden, with empty shelves, high inflation and a winter of death that Biden hyped, but never materialized.
