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applegrove

(118,651 posts)
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 07:40 PM Sep 2021

The Boldness of Biden and Boris

The Boldness of Biden and Boris

September 17, 2021 at 7:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 32 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/17/the-boldness-of-biden-and-boris/

"SNIP.......

Andrew Sullivan: “If the definition of political courage is making big calls crisply and effectively, despite obvious risks and unknowable consequences, then it seems to me that President Biden and Prime Minister Johnson qualify right now. They’ve made calls recently that go beyond the usual mush of compromise and calculation and might even merit being called bold.”

“Biden braved the Blob and got out of Afghanistan. We will debate how he did so, and with what consequences, for quite some time. But he still did it. Obama tried and failed. Trump made a big song and dance and signed a surrender deal. But Biden actually got us out…”

“Equally this week, the sudden and surprise announcement that the UK, the US and Australia would form a new military and intelligence alliance in the Pacific, including new nuclear-powered submarines for Australia, was a bold signal to China that the US is not about to abandon that region, or its allies there. It came seemingly out of the blue, but had been in the works, apparently initiated by Australia, for some months.”

.......SNIP"

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roamer65

(36,745 posts)
3. I would bet the nuclear subs for Australia will also have ICBM bays.
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 08:43 PM
Sep 2021

Whether they get loaded with American or British ICBM’s is up to China’s reaction.

Bev54

(10,052 posts)
4. I don't usually agree or even pay attention to anything Andrew Sullivan has to say
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 09:09 PM
Sep 2021

so I was a bit surprised by this.

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