- Wars often arise from uncertainty. When strong countries appear weak, truly weaker ones take risks they otherwise would not.
- Sloppy braggadocio and serial promises of restraint can trigger wars, too. Empty tough talk can needlessly egg on aggressors.
...Every new American president is tested to determine whether the United States can still protect friends such as Europe, Japan, South Korea and Israel. And will the new commander in chief deter U.S. enemies Iran and North Korea -- and keep China and Russia from absorbing their neighbors?
...Soon after Donald Trump left office, Vladimir Putin began massing troops on the Ukrainian border and threatening to attack.
Putin earlier had concluded that Trump was dangerously unpredictable, and perhaps best not provoked.
...In contrast, Biden often talks provocatively -- while carrying a twig.
He has gratuitously called Putin "a killer."
And he warned that the Russian dictator "will pay a price" for supposedly interfering in the 2020 election...Read all.
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