Is Biden the most misunderstood President in history?
Biden is quoted saying that he has never said that the purpose of sanctions in deterrence and that sanctions never deter, however, the State department and the Vice President have both said that the purpose of sanctions is deterrence.
There is no contradiction here, Biden is giving us the history. Historically speaking sanctions do not deter and he has never said that they do deter. Both of those statements may very well be true.
However the official position of the White House is that the reason they are using these sanctions is to deter, not to cause hyperinflation, not to cause worldwide famine, not to cause civil unrest and not to cause civil wars around the world. Why would the White House and State department want to claim responsibility for all the death and mayhem that the sanctions are going to cause?
So "let's get it straight" just as Biden said. The sanctions are not designed to deter Putin they are designed to cause famine, hyperinflation, civil war, and mayhem. Biden isn't stupid, he knows that. However, the White House doesn't want to officially be for causing famine and mayhem and hyperinflation. So then the official line is that they are trying to deter the deaths, not provoke them.
Biden is quoted saying that he has never said that the purpose of sanctions in deterrence and that sanctions never deter, however, the State department and the Vice President have both said that the purpose of sanctions is deterrence.
There is no contradiction here, Biden is giving us the history. Historically speaking sanctions do not deter and he has never said that they do deter. Both of those statements may very well be true.
However the official position of the White House is that the reason they are using these sanctions is to deter, not to cause hyperinflation, not to cause worldwide famine, not to cause civil unrest and not to cause civil wars around the world. Why would the White House and State department want to claim responsibility for all the death and mayhem that the sanctions are going to cause?
So "let's get it straight" just as Biden said. The sanctions are not designed to deter Putin they are designed to cause famine, hyperinflation, civil war, and mayhem. Biden isn't stupid, he knows that. However, the White House doesn't want to officially be for causing famine and mayhem and hyperinflation. So then the official line is that they are trying to deter the deaths, not provoke them.
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