Did Biden avert a war?

[edhopper]

And if so, will we find out what happen behind the scenes?
And if so, will he get the credit he deserves.

[cilla4progress]

1. Mastermind -

I'm betting on him.

And credit? Only for those with an ounce of intelligence, awareness, and conscience.

[edhopper]

4. So that is a no

for most Americans.

[Hoyt]

2. If in fact it's averted, he darn sure deserves credit.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. +1

[relayerbob]

3. #1 - probably yes

#2 - Likely not, but only a little, since they'll want to do it again
#3 - Of course not

[Tetrachloride]

5. Don't count any chickens yet. The White House said the threat is still there

[edhopper]

7. Why I posed it

as a question.

[Demsrule86]

21. Of course they did...but I do think and really hope that they fixed Putin's ass. Biden has years

of experience. And we all know the FMG would have let Putin have Ukraine.

[Joinfortmill]

6. 👍

[Deuxcents]

8. Biden deserves a lot of credit..

He was instrumental in getting NATO to trust us after tfg damn near destroyed our reputation. He helped to form a strong n United alliance against an evil foe. This was on his terms n I hope Putin goes home n realizes tfg is no longer relevant.

[Brainfodder]

9. Last I read looks like cyber attacks have begun and troops getting into battle positions.

Biden gets to look good once Putin is a pile of hard to recognize mush?

[BGBD]

10. Bob Woodward

will probably write a book about it that'll come out in like a year and a half or something.

Whatever happened, it'll eventually come out.

[stopdiggin]

11. whether averted or not - Biden played the best hand he could

with a fire hose of sustained alarms, warning and media attention - insisting on very blunt terms and assessments (as opposed to soft pedaling diplomacy favored elsewhere) - releasing intelligence with strategic intent - and stoking a fire underneath both allies and the global community.

I'm not sure what else was available, beyond direct actions against Russia.

[qazplm135]

12. No one knows yet

ultimately Putin could back down, or attack, or keep the pressure on and then back down or attack a week, month or year from now.

Biden has done all he can, which is all he can do. Unfortunately, the gun is in Putin's hands, he gets to decide whether to shoot or not.

What Biden has done is make sure that if he does shoot, it's going to hurt him as much as possible.

[cstanleytech]

13. More like delayed it as Putin is unlikely to give up on the money he stands to earn

for himself by running oil and gas pipelines through the Ukraine.

[Raine]

14. Too soon to say IMO.

[ms liberty]

16. I told someone yesterday, Biden's a pro at this

He was on the Foreign Relations committee, and was a Senator forever and VP for 8. He's not going to panic or freak out at Putin maneuvering, he's been watching Soviets play games for 50 years. Remember that this is the guy who at one time wanted to be Sec State.

[Emile]

17. Did something happen while I slept?

[edhopper]

19. Russia annonced

it was withdrawing some troops. Hopeful signal they will not invade. Still a tense situation,

[Deminpenn]

18. There was a discussion of this on MSNBC

yesterday. One of the guests noted how well Biden's played a bad hand. The guest thought that the decision to declassify and announce everything Putin was going to do ahead of time really threw Putin off-guard and "took control of the narrative" away from Russia. When you think about it, it's quite a clever strategy.

[Wounded Bear]

20. Still depends on Putin. It's still his choice to go in or back off...nt