Joe Biden's Leadership Has Putin On The Brink

President Joe Biden's response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine was to lead the world in an aggressive support of democracy that was the opposite of containment, and pushed Putin to the brink.

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Russia Invades Ukraine: The Choices For Joe Biden

You know, from the moment I first received the intelligence report in the fall, about a year ago, we were focused on determining: How do we rally the rest of the world? How do I help you with the promise you asked me to make to rally the world?

—President Joe Biden Speaking To President Zelenskyy 2/20/23

When Russia invaded Ukraine, President Joe Biden had many options. Biden could have rested on the Cold War-era policy of containment as a primary option where the motive would have been to provide US aid to assist Ukraine to contain potential Russian aggression.

Biden could have launched a diplomatic effort, and not committed US resources to helping Ukraine.

The President could have done nothing and deemed the situation in Ukraine not vital to US interests. Within the main policy options, there were endless possibilities for mixing…