BTRTN: Ukraine Stands Tall, With US-Led Global Backing
Born To Run The Numbers assesses the Biden administration's handling of the Ukraine crisis as the central element of its "February in Review." Between its brilliant tactic of publicly anticipating Russian moves, rallying the global community to isolate Russia, fulfilling a key campaign promise, and a sharp decline in Covid cases, the Biden White House had a very strong February indeed:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2022/03/btrtn-ukraine-stands-tall-with-us-led.html
Excerpts: "Biden has demonstrated not only resolve but creativity in addressing the challenge and, for an administration that has demonstrated a decided lack of communication savvy, he has performed brilliantly on that crucial front. Biden seems to have taken a page from the NFL game analyst Tony Romo, a former Dallas quarterback, who made a name for himself by predicting from the broadcast booth, with stunning accuracy, the next play being called in the huddle. Biden and his team...have essentially done the exact same thing, with unprecedented near-daily real-time predictions of likely Russian action, with what turned out to be pinpoint precision. In so doing, they pre-empted and thus undercut the baseless claims upon which Putin would justify his invasion..."
"Furthermore, the conflict is extremely complicated for the Republican Party, which is completely split on the proper response... the MAGA wing, which is led less by Trump and more by Tucker Carlson of FOX News...essentially dismissed Ukraine as being unworthy of any attention whatsoever, a classic isolationist position..."
"The Biden comeback thus has several strong pillars in place – kudos on the Ukraine front, for now, COVID receding with no new dangerous variants in sight (while keeping a close eye on the Omicron BA.2 strain), and continued economic growth. But Biden surely needs an easing from inflation somehow..."