President Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Tuesday night that he has no “intention” of meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin or negotiating with Russia over Ukraine.
Biden left open to the possibility of discussing a potential prisoner swap for Britney Griner, the WNBA star that was arrested in Russia for drug possession. “Look, I have no intention of meeting with him. But for example, if he came to me at the G20 and said I want to talk about the release of Griner, I’d meet with him. I mean, it would depend,” Biden said.
But Biden made clear he has no plans to discuss the war in Ukraine with Putin, insisting that negotiations can’t happen without Ukrainian officials. “So I’m not about to, nor is anyone else prepared to, negotiate with Russia about them staying in Ukraine, keeping any part of Ukraine,” he said.
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that US officials have ruled out the idea of encouraging Ukraine to negotiate with Russia even though they don’t think either side could win the war “outright.” The US’s lack of interest in diplomacy comes after President Biden warned the world was closer to nuclear “armageddon” today than at any point since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
When discussing his armageddon comments with Tapper, Biden said he didn’t think Putin would use a nuclear weapon. “Well, I don’t think he will, but it is irresponsible of him to talk about it,” he said.
For their part, Russia has said it’s open to talks with the West over Ukraine. The Kremlin said that Putin will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Kazakhstan on Thursday, and the two leaders are expected to discuss a Turkish proposal for talks between Russia and the West and an idea for a peace deal.
“Now many say that the Turks are ready to come up with other initiatives in the context of the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict,” Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said, according to Reuters.
“There are reports in the press that the Turkish side is putting forward specific considerations in this regard, I do not exclude that Erdogan will actively touch on this topic during the Astana contact. So a very interesting and, I hope, useful discussion awaits us,” Ushakov said.
It’s not up to Ukraine, it’s Biden’s responsibility to decide what US foreign policy is, one he is shirking. Biden severely miscalculated his provocation of Russia in Ukraine and now needs a way out. He’s too proud to talk to get it though, so far. Even he will wisen up eventually.
“Even he will wisen up eventually.” I truly don’t think he is capable of it. If he ever meets with Putin, he’s likely to read him a long speech prepared by Victoria Nuland admonishing Putin for trying to protect Russia from NATO. Since I don’t have his patience, you should be glad I’m not Putin. My eyes would drift to that big red button on his desk, his only off-ramp at this point.
This all implies that Putin wants to see him. With nothing new to talk about — any reason to waste time speculating?
I’m not sure if it’s “pride” or the simple fact that he’s a brain -addled warmonger.
Living in the past…
But more importantly, the infrastructure of money and power decides what Biden “thinks”. Everyone is in sheer fear that he woukd wander off script.
There is nobody holding their feet to the fire. Even though everyone knows that the only time Russia made a statement that IMPLIES use of nuclear power -/ was in reference to DEFENDING Russia. In the light of the information of NATO plans to attack Russia — that was a reasonable warninhmg,
Did Russia ever suggestied using nuclear power in any other context? I do not recall any.
Yet, from Biden on to all sorts of politicians from both sides of Atlantic -/ nukes are not getting off front pages,
Nobody ever contemplated use of nuclear power in Ukraine, So, why incessant drumbeat?
Unless the only way NATO can win is to doba surprise nuclear event — either real or false flag – to justify escallatiion and deny Russia victory,
“It’s not up to Ukraine, it’s Biden’s responsibility to decide what US foreign policy is, one he is shirking.”
Like the directness of your retort – but the last part, “shirking”? Isn’t the government simply lying: the goal of US foreign policy is to extend the war as long as possible by endless Ukrainian/Russian deaths – the arbitrary idea that Ukrainians must decide when/whether/how to negotiate is just an excuse for what the US wants to do anyway.
Right. It’s like with the US ‘diplomat’ on NPR yesterday, saying we were for diplomacy until we weren’t, in blind and total allegiance to ‘including’ Ukraine. Perfectly accurate stenography coverage of official lies from nationalist public radio.
I cringe to think of Biden trying to “talk” to Putin in any case. He is so clearly impaired and damaged. Woe on the American election system that has placed him in this position. Something very rotten is happening.
It seems worth pondering…
Biden.believes killing Russians is better then trying to make.peace.in a war the US started back.in 2014 when they.overthrew a legitimate elected government that favored the Russians.I have.kniwn forn40 years.or so.that Biden is an imbecile who.never has found a war that he does not want.or like.He is simply not the.man.who making decisions.that affect the planet 🌏.
You’re too kind. With the possible exception of JFK all US presidents have been toadies, Uriah Heep types, cringing bootlickers to the rich, demagogues and bullies to the rest. It’s the principle qualification for office. Biden is well qualified.
Vivid description, vivid!
I know it’s ageism to blame his decline on mother nature doing to him what she does to everybody but we flat ass need an age limit. Being in your prime should be the number one prerequisite. Or else tell the people this man, who probably would be turned away at Wal Mart if he applied as a greeter, is a figurehead and doesn’t make any decisions on his own and the job is a farce.
GREAT visual, Wars…ByeDone as a Walmart greeter!
Customer: Where would I find motor oil?
ByeDone: In the lingerie department. Have a good day…er, night…wait, which is it?
Or, how about a visual of him getting turned down for the job by some pimply faced teenage assistant manager.
It is ezactly as you said. SOMEBODY placed him in this position. Worked out well last time.
Because Biden is not a statesman or a diplomat… Just a bitter old POS.
Don’t sugar coat it Vic, tell us what you really think…
I’ll add to Vic’s assertion.
ByeDone is a brain-addled senile f*cking Zionazi who never met a war he didn’t love. I’m guessing he’s completely impotent and this is the only way he’s left to get his ya-yas out.
Didn’t serve in Vietnam , either: I believe he had a hangnail.
Your language I can clearly understand… 🙂
I’m here to help, Donna 😉
That is how we got into the war. Biden flatly refused to discuss the matter with Russia.
Blinken has proudly claimed he never even got on the phone to them.
Blinken’ idiot.
Zarsthustra’s “last man”.
“The US’s lack of interest in diplomacy comes…”
Correction: The US’s repudiation of diplomacy….
Agreed. US “diplomats” seem to have only learned from the mafia school of diplomacy.
But you get a nice bottle of Chianti when you graduate…
US diplomats, aren’t.
“Biden Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Meeting With Putin About Ukraine The president left open the possibility of having a discussion about a potential prisoner swap”
Angry senile Joey Biden said he will only discuss Brittney Griner with President Putin.
How about he!! NO you idiot Joey Biden. Commit a crime in another country then be prepared to do the time. She can come back in 10 years.
I for one hope she rots in jail for the entire 10 years.
Individuals should not be made political pawns for misdeeds or disputes of their government,
Where is the fun in that?…
Just because you are an American does not mean you can violate the laws in other countries and walk free. In most of the world any drugs are illegal and possession is a crime!
Wonderful. Someone telling YOU what you can ingest into YOUR body and you’re good with that. Critical thinker my ass.
You ass, not very smart. The US government has many banned substances on it’s list of illegal drugs.
If you flaunt the laws in other countries you pay the price. PERIOD!
Yes, the US government has many banned substances on its list of illegal drugs.
And while I’m against the death penalty on principle, I do have a bit of hard time not justifying summary execution on the spot for anyone attempting to enforce those bans.
In Singapore there is no drug problem since dealers receive a mandatory death penalty.
If there was no “drug problem” in Singapore there would be no dealers to execute.
And yet they’re always executing drug dealers.
Being moderate and merciful, I’d rather see DEA agents resign, confess their wrongdoing, pay restitution to their victims, and get real jobs than see them gunned down like dogs in the street.
Anyone who attempts to sell drugs in Singapore is executed so the is NO drug problem only those that want to start people on drugs. Not happening.
No, the only ones who are executed are the ones who get caught.
Which might be as much as 1-2%.
“Singapore’s anti-drug strategy has worked well. Singapore has one of the lowest rates of drug abuse in the world: 30 opiates abusers per 100,000 people, compared with 600 in the United States. The U.S. opioid crisis has been declared a public-health emergency; 64,000 died from drug overdoses in the United States in 2016. In the 1990s,
Singapore arrested more than 6,000 drug abusers annually. By 2016, this number had gone down to about 3,000.”
“The CNB said the number of abusers arrested last year dropped to 3,014 from 3,526 in 2019.”
About 38 per cent of those arrested last year were new abusers – though new abuser arrests fell to 1,143 from 1,460 in 2019 – with about three in five of them also being under 30 years old.
“MHA study finds most people from countries with drug trafficking problem believe S’pore’s death penalty to be effective”
https://singaporelegaladvice.com/law-articles/what-are-singapores-laws-on-drug-consumption/
And you not understanding what my point was makes you what? Smart? Or just a bigger dick? I go with the latter.
Wars, you know I luv ya. But laws are laws no matter where one resides.
If a Russian citizen would do the same amount of time for possession of cannabis products, it’s only fair that Griner receive the same sentence. That being said, ten years is pretty damn excessive for anyone.
Does anyone recall the case where an Amerikkkan kid keyed a car in, I believe it was, Singapore? The sentence was caning, according to the law of that country. The US argued ad nauseum about it, but in the end, the kid received the caning.
The man said he hoped she’d “rot in jail the entire 10 years and then he justified draconian laws because others have draconian laws. Those are what I took issue with. He’s a dick. I didn’t say Russia didn’t have the right to enforce those draconian laws or that people should think they should skate because they are Americans.
something tells me CT would feel slightly differently if she were white.
No doubt about that.
Plus she’s gay. Something tells me his intolerance includes “the gays”.
Not very smart are you?
Obviously smarter than you if you didn’t understand my comment.
Yes , ByeDone is focusing on ONE INDIVIDUAL instead of thousands, tens of thousands, and perhaps eventually millions.
Truce, CT.
Nine years for a legally prescribed substance-come on.If she had morphine by prescription for legitimate injuries or bone cancer,would you put her away for 50 years?
Nine years for any substance is ridiculous. Infringement on others’ rights should be the basis of laws and not what someone might do.
Pro-war-on-drugs is pro-war.
Illegal in Russia is illegal in Russia, period. Just because America wants drugs and even uses doctors and prescriptions to push the use of drugs banned in other countries it is not a smart action.
My dog also chases a round ball but he is smarter than this woman. He doesn’t use drugs or smuggle them into or out of Russia.
If you flaunt the law in other countries you pay the price!
“Flout.” The word you’re looking for is “flout.”
As for “smuggling,” Griner’s defense was that she accidentally forgot to unpack the medical marijuana vape cartridges from her luggage before going to Russia. Maybe true, maybe not. No one, including the prosecution, accused her of planning to sell them or anything like that. She got ten years (indeed, she got arrested) because she was an American and the Russians wanted to show the US who’s boss. If it hadn’t been her with vape cartridges, it would have been someone else for something else. The US regime pulls the same sh*t on a regular basis with Russians, Iranians, etc. It’s just a game to them.
Have drugs in your possession and go to jail, simple!
Simple, don’t travel to any country where the drugs she had are illegal. Problem solved!
That’s good advice. But you cheering on her 10 year sentence and wanting her to rot in jail those entire 10 years is what makes you such a dick. Do you understand that now?
There are sentences past down for crimes in every country. Just because someone is an American does not mean that their passport is a get out of jail free card. There is no “cheering on” a sentence for a stupid athlete.
If someone or anyone commits a crime then they should serve the sentience without excuses. In this case, the amount of time and effort by an American senile angry old politician spent on her release is absurd.
“There is no “cheering on” a sentence for a stupid athlete.”
Sure there is.
“I for one hope she rots in jail for the entire 10 years.”
That is not cheering it is a hope that she is not released early at the expense of the US taxpayers or an unequal trade for a Russian spy. So yes I hope she rots in jail until her sentence is complete.
And then right back to hoping she “rots” in jail. Nice try dick.
May I say that my feeling is that you are a consummate A$$ and a D!CK as well.
If you can’t do the time don’t do the crime! Stupidity is no excuse before the law.
You just don’t get it. It’s the fact that you think it’s ok that bothers me, not that it’s a draconian law. You even advocate for drug dealers to be executed. You truly are a dick.
Yep, hope she serves her full sentence. Does that sound nicer for you Mr. Woke.
Yes I’m Woke because I don’t want humans put in cages. I don’t even want redneck a$$holes to be put in cages. well, most of them.
Yep a dickish A$$ such as yourself can live in a lord of the flies ghetto. I get it, you are from the bottom of the Bell Shaped Curve. Enjoy your drug haze addled minds and the trash around you.
Having empathy isn’t a sign of lacking intelligence, your comments would be an example of that. Plus, you have the bonus of being mindf*cked since you’ve told us you are a retired military officer. So, you had at least 20 years with oxygen being cut off from your brain since your nose was buried up the a$$ of anyone who outranked you.
Once again showing your ignorance and lack of IQ. We now have your number and know you as a dickish a$$.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life but you have mastered those traits.
How is life on the bottom of the bell shaped curve anyway? Your lord of the flies ghetto must be lovely!
The only one showing ignorance is you. You can’t even think of any new insults, so you just repeat what you already said.
I don’t drink and I’m not fat. In fact, I still compete in the sport of Powerlifting. That would be the Squat, the Bench Press and the Deadlift for the uniformed and that obviously includes you. As for the “stupid” part, that would be you since your brain is the equivalent of mashed potatoes after all those years in the military.
Nice so you have a muscle where most people have a brain. Hilarious that you admitted to that.
That doesn’t even make sense. Hilarious that you think you made an insult.
The fact that you do not see the insult speaks volumes about your low IQ and lack of education.
It speaks volumes of what you know about powerlifting. Which would be nothing. Powerlifting isn’t bodybuilding. I lift in the 148lb class. Hardly enough mass to be a musclehead. But carry on with your ignorance.
Lack of brains and also a little dweeb with a little man complex. I am done with you retard!
A little dweeb that can outlift your redneck a$$. What does that make you?
Nicely stated.
“Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time”…
Hmmm, wonder what her sentence would have been in Saudi Arabia…
Oye vey!
“I for one hope she rots in jail for the entire 10 years.”
You truly are a dick.
You must be one of those druggies pushing for the use of marijuana and all drugs beyond it.
If you travel to another country obey the law in that country.
I push for people to be left alone unless they are infringing on others’ rights. And I didn’t say anything about people being allowed to break laws in other countries and get away with it. My comment was about you being a dick for wishing that she “rots” for the “entire” 10 years. That’s why you’re a dick.
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Time for the 25th amendment.
When Trump debated Hillary,he stated he would try to speak to Putin about ending the Syria war. He has promptly denounced by the MSM for being soft on Russia. We now have someone infinitely worse, but the MSM is silent.
I recently watched a video about how Catherine the Great defeated the Crimean Khanate, which was an ally of the Ottomans. The Khanate had captured two million White people from Poland-Lithuania and Russia and sold them to the Ottomans, with the women and boys used as sex slaves.
And now the Turks are intermediaries for peace in a war that includes Crimea, between Russia and a country on a continent they didn’t even know existed back then. How history changes.
I can understand why Biden refuses to talk to Putin, and why, more broadly, the USA refuses to engage in negotiations at all. The USA is simply in the wrong, and talks and negotiations would only highlight that fact. Siginificant chunks of what was formerly Ukrainian territory are populated by people who clearly favor either independence or becoming part of Russia. Any plebiscite would show that. Crimea is long since a done deal. As are the Donbas oblasts. Perhaps more, maybe several more, oblasts would go the same way. So, Biden can’t agree to self determination on an oblast by oblast basis, without clearly capitulating on his central claim: the allegedly sacred territorial integrity of the Ukraine, its international borders, etc. Similarly, there is simply no excuse for the Natoization, militarization, and possible nuclearization of whatever remains of the Ukraine. So, US policy, which for decades has called for at least the first two of those things, again, as a matter of right, is also wrong.
The US was in much the same position in Vietnam. A free election would have given the Communists the win, North and South, way back in 1954. So, the USA couldn’t allow that. Just like it can’t allow plebiscites in the former Ukrainian territories. The USA, as it almost always does, creates or backs a government that has limited political support in country. Being politically weak, it must be militarily strong to survive. As well as be a police state towards its own citizens. Such states also tend to be corrupt, as they depend on US financing not merely for their military and police apperati, but for their economic survival as well.
Given all that, what would negotiations yield? Biden, Blinken and the US State Dept can hardly go into negotiations and insist on what their puppet Zelensky is insisting on, which is the total capitulation of Russia, return of Crimea and the Donbas and everthing else to the Ukraine, reparations, “war crime” trials, NATOization, etc, etc. If the USA agrees to negotiations, the implication would be that there is something to negotiate. At a minimum, one would think, that would be de jure recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and plebiscites in at least the Donbas oblasts,and perhaps also the other two that Russia recently annexed. Hard to see how neutralization and deNatoization would not be at least on the agenda as well.
The problem with negotiations here and now, just as the problem with the Paris Talks was back during the Vietnam War, is that the enemy of the USA is clearly in the right, and clearly reasonable in its demands, whereas the only thing the USA has to offer is to cease interfering, and demanding that a price be paid for that. Which is more or less open, mafioso-style “protection money,” blackmail. Do what we say, and we will perhaps refrain from continuing to burn down your stores!
Very good summary based on facts well known to the posters here.
Yes, in a negotiated settlement the only trump Washington holds is the power to hurt you and
seduce your children with consumerism. And, as always, cloaked in the most high-minded and fulsome sententiousness.