Biden’s nuclear warning not based on new intelligence but opens a window into real worries inside the White House

[Scott]

 

President Joe Biden’s stark warning Thursday night that the world faces the highest prospect of nuclear war in 60 years was not based on any new intelligence about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions or changes in Russia’s nuclear posture, multiple US officials told CNN.

The US still has seen no evidence that Putin is moving toward using Russia’s nuclear capability, nor is there any intelligence showing he’s decided to do so. But Biden’s comments – laid out in starker terms than other US officials have used to date – reflected heightened concerns inside his administration about the risk of Russia carrying out a nuclear strike in Ukraine, where Russian forces have recently faced a string of defeats.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/joe-biden-nuclear-weapons-russia-vladimir-putin/index.html

[Jerno]

Not based on intelligence.   Exactly...Putin has no little intelligence.

[Pedrogaz]

For the worst nuclear crisis since Cuba, it is sad to have a demented geriatric who has <deleted> advisers at the helm. I'd take JFK to be President any day.

[thaipo7]

If JFK were alive today, he would be a Republican.

[Bluespunk]

I don’t think it’s just the White House that’s worried. 

[wombat]

Biden hustling Lend Lease contracts while the WH worries about a nuclear escalation.

do I really have to post about the elephant in the room that even blind Freddy can see?

[Phoenix Rising]

2 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

For the worst nuclear crisis since Cuba, it is sad to have a demented geriatric who has <deleted> advisers at the helm. I'd take JFK to be President any day.

Look at the bright side; if trump hadn't been absolutely slaughtered in the election the whole of Ukraine would have been in Russian hands by now.

[Bkk Brian]

6 minutes ago, wombat said:

Biden hustling Lend Lease contracts while the WH worries about a nuclear escalation.

do I really have to post about the elephant in the room that even blind Freddy can see?

The only elephant in the room being Putin's illegal invasion into Ukraine

[ThailandRyan]

25 minutes ago, wombat said:

Biden hustling Lend Lease contracts while the WH worries about a nuclear escalation.

do I really have to post about the elephant in the room that even blind Freddy can see?

Are you promoting a Wag the Dog scenario...God forbid.

[Bluespunk]

29 minutes ago, wombat said:

Biden hustling Lend Lease contracts while the WH worries about a nuclear escalation.

do I really have to post about the elephant in the room that even blind Freddy can see?

Yes please, my eyesight must be off kilter today. 

[Chomper Higgot]

3 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

For the worst nuclear crisis since Cuba, it is sad to have a demented geriatric who has <deleted> advisers at the helm. I'd take JFK to be President any day.

JFK wasn’t the other option.

 

Thankfully Americans made the wise choice.

[Rimmer]

Troll post removed

[Tug]

4 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

For the worst nuclear crisis since Cuba, it is sad to have a demented geriatric who has <deleted> advisers at the helm. I'd take JFK to be President any day.

Oh I don’t know about that,I kinda like the vast experience ,teamwork the ability to accept and use advice no sir I think a cautious experienced leader like Joe Biden is exactly the type of person we need rite now as far as stating the risk and danger is extreme is prudent imo 

[billd766]

5 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

For the worst nuclear crisis since Cuba, it is sad to have a demented geriatric who has <deleted> advisers at the helm. I'd take JFK to be President any day.

Do you mean the same JFK that ordered the ill fated invasion of Cuba in 1962?

 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Cuban-missile-crisis

 

 

 

Same countries, swap Ukraine for Cuba, same problem but different leaders.

 

Biden seems to me to be careful and rational.

 

Putin however IMHO is a certifiable homicidal maniac.

[Scott]

Trolling videos reported and removed.

 

[Tropposurfer]

6 hours ago, thaipo7 said:

If JFK were alive today, he would be a Republican.

To quote the great rock sage Wayne from Waynes World; "Are you mental?!"

[CanadaSam]

A man is on a street corner in Moscow yelling "The president is an idiot!"

 

Police surround him and handcuff him. They say, “It is illegal to insult President Putin”

 

He says “You don’t understand! I mean the Ukrainian president, Zelensky. He is the one I was insulting!“

 

The police captain says, “You can’t fool us. Everyone knows who the idiot is.”

[ballpoint]

7 hours ago, thaipo7 said:

If JFK were alive today, he would be a Republican.

If JFK were alive today he'd be 105, so probably would be a Republican.

[HappyinNE]

11 hours ago, Jerno said:

Not based on intelligence.   Exactly...Putin has no little intelligence.

And Biden is way up there in the intelligence scale.  BS

[Credo]

I tend to think that Biden and his remarks are made out of an abundance of caution, but there is no doubt that the risk is exceedingly high.   Should <deleted> get heavy, it's a good idea to be prepared:
 

US buys $290 million in anti-radiation drugs amid Putin’s nuke threats

The Biden administration bought $290 million of anti-radiation drugs this week as the president warned of “the prospect of Armageddon” being sparked by warmongering Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed that the major supply of Nplate was part of “ongoing efforts to be better prepared to save lives following radiological and nuclear emergencies.”

The drug — which can be used on kids as well as adults — is “approved to treat blood cell injuries that accompany acute radiation syndrome [ARS] in adult and pediatric patients,” the department said in Tuesday’s announcement.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/10/07/us-buys-290m-in-anti-radiation-drugs-amid-nuke-fears/

 

Although the White House says it's a normal purchase, the timing is suspicious.

 

[Scott]

Troll post removed.  Some members are confusing us with FaceBook.

 

[bendejo]

Biden’s nuclear warning not based on new intelligence

 

So Big Man Vlad is rattling the nuclear sabre, and Ol' Joe puts out the word the US defenses are going back to Cuban Missile Crisis alert.  Perhaps Vlad was expecting panic in the US, and this is Joe's way of saying "we're not going to be hiding under our beds."

Perhaps the looming threat this time is that a certain former president of the US (the orange one) has supplied the Russians with what was supposed to be confidential military information that will compromise the country's defenses.  Putin has an "America First" plan that is quite different than the GOP one. 

I'm curious if DT has some sort of fallout shelter (bunker) somewhere.  It's pretty obvious DT will not stand up to Vlad.

 

 

 

[SunnyinBangrak]

14 hours ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Look at the bright side; if trump hadn't been absolutely slaughtered in the election the whole of Ukraine would have been in Russian hands by now.

So under Obama, Putin seizes the Crimean peninsula. Under Trump we have a reasonably stable and respectful relationship with Russia and 4 years of unprecedented world peace, then under Biden everything comes crashing down and Russia flat out invades the Ukraine and we are on the brink of nuclear annihilation and you blame....TRUMP?!?!?

[Chomper Higgot]

50 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

So under Obama, Putin seizes the Crimean peninsula. Under Trump we have a reasonably stable and respectful relationship with Russia and 4 years of unprecedented world peace, then under Biden everything comes crashing down and Russia flat out invades the Ukraine and we are on the brink of nuclear annihilation and you blame....TRUMP?!?!?

I think you forgot Putin’s excursion into Syria while busying himself weaponizing the resultant refugees in an attempt to destabilize Europe.

 

And all the while your fellow extorting the Ukrainians to drum up false charges against his political opponent.

 

Putin was given a green light, his hopes for a WH favorable to his ambitions were removed by the US election 

 

Unfortunately he was running out of plunder to feed the people who keep him in power.

 

Putin’s invasion of the Ukrainian was not a product of any policies of the Biden administration, it’s all on Putin.

 

[vandeventer]

 

If we had more satellite's and drones in the air, that knew where Putin was at all times, maybe he would not be talking about nukes.

[Bkk Brian]

The crazies are out in Russia again, this time in Moscow demonstrating outside the US Embassy demanding a nuclear bomb be dropped on Washington

 

Twitter video here

[AndyFoxy]

The main worry is Biden is just a freakin demented old man with no clue what is going on.

[DezLez]

18 minutes ago, AndyFoxy said:

The main worry is Biden is just a freakin demented old man with no clue what is going on.

And you will of course now post his Docter's report to substantiate that scurrilous remark!

[Phoenix Rising]

10 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

So under Obama, Putin seizes the Crimean peninsula. Under Trump we have a reasonably stable and respectful relationship with Russia and 4 years of unprecedented world peace, then under Biden everything comes crashing down and Russia flat out invades the Ukraine and we are on the brink of nuclear annihilation and you blame....TRUMP?!?!?

You really need to work on your reading comprehension.....really.

[Phoenix Rising]

32 minutes ago, AndyFoxy said:

The main worry is Biden is just a freakin demented old man with no clue what is going on.

You mean he flunked the ‘person, woman, man, camera, TV' test trump bragged about passing??