{"id":1412259,"date":"2022-03-31T08:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412259"},"modified":"2022-03-31T08:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:29:40","slug":"head-of-u-s-european-command-admits-bidens-plan-to-stop-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-was-worthless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/head-of-u-s-european-command-admits-bidens-plan-to-stop-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-was-worthless\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of U.S. European Command Admits Biden\u2019s Plan to Stop Russia\u2019s Invasion of Ukraine Was Worthless"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhead-of-u-s-european-command-admits-bidens-plan-to-stop-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-was-worthless%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t argue with your conclusions.\u201d So said Gen. Tod Wolters, head of U.S. European Command and NATO\u2019s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), in agreement that Joe Biden\u2019s threat of sanctions to \u201cdeter\u201d Vladimir Putin from launching an invasion against Ukraine was a failure. (Joe begs to differ.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gen. Tod Wolters, the head of U.S. European Command, admitted that the Biden administration&#8217;s attempts to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine did not work.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KmvZMt4Yw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KmvZMt4Yw8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1509265856391520256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wolters made the admission on Wednesday during testimony before the House Armed Services Committee on the continuing war in Ukraine and its \u201coverarching effect on the United States and NATO,\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/us-commander-acknowledges-biden-failed-to-deter-russia-from-invading-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> by the Washington Examiner. Joining Gen. Wolters in testimony was Dr. Celeste Wallander, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs.<\/p>\n<p>During questioning from Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, Wolters said he was part of the effort to deter Russia, as well. Gallagher asked, as transcribed by WE: \u201cWould it be fair to say that deterrence failed in Ukraine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolters began to give a typical non-answer to Gallagher\u2019s question: \u201cNumber one, I would say that NATO\u2019s solidarity remained\u201d \u2014 prompting the lawmaker to cut him off and demand a direct answer.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing stuff; made even more amazing by Wolters\u2019s admission:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I can\u2019t argue with your conclusions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden\u2019s <i>threat<\/i>\u00a0of sanctions dragged on for weeks, as Russia continued to amass troops and equipment on its border with Ukraine and Putin continued to make bellicose threats. Still, Biden did zero. Even worse, as RedState <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/mike_miller\/2022\/02\/24\/white-house-incredibly-insists-bidens-russia-sanctions-strategy-has-worked-n527246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on February 24, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki incredibly and <em>incredulously<\/em> declared Biden\u2019s sanctions strategy had \u201cworked\u201d \u2014 despite Russia having <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/mike_miller\/2022\/02\/24\/bidens-meaningless-pledge-prior-to-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-becomes-a-cruel-joke-n527056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invaded Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wolters continued, saying the U.S. would likely deploy additional troops to Europe as a result.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think what we need to do from a U.S. force perspective is look at what takes place in Europe following the completion of the Ukraine-Russia scenario and examine the European contributions, and based on the breadth and depth of the European contributions, be prepared to adjust the U.S. contributions. And my suspicion is we\u2019re going to still need more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCompletion of the Ukraine-Russia scenario\u201d? That\u2019s a rather antiseptic way to describe the day and night horror being indiscriminately visited on the men, women, and children of Ukraine, is it not?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not George Patton, but additional U.S. forces to do what? Shore up the defense of NATO countries against a Russian attack that won\u2019t happen? Strut U.S. tail feathers to demonstrate resolve after the invasion ship has already sailed? And for whom? NATO countries, Vladimir Putin, or voters in November?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as we <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/streiff\/2022\/03\/29\/russia-calling-100000-reservists-to-active-duty-and-moving-wagner-group-from-syria-to-deal-with-ukraine-manpower-crunch-n542494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Tuesday, Putin\u2019s invasion continues to bog down, leading Russia to draft 100,000 reservists with combat experience \u2014 to send to fight in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest Russia has now committed 70-75 percent of its entire military to the war, after failing to achieve its original invasion objectives. Call me cynical, but Biden will somehow try to twist this little factoid into a win, based entirely on something <em>he<\/em> did \u2014 or <em>didn\u2019t do.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Joe, after weeks of threatened sanctions \u2014 which, when they finally came, critics slammed, in effect, as too little, too late \u2014 the most inept president in modern history got a bit testy (I know, right?) and <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/02\/25\/wh-tries-to-clean-up-after-bidens-addled-sanctions-comments-but-only-make-it-worse-n527784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snapped<\/a>, last Thursday: \u201cNo one expected the sanctions to keep anything from happening.\u201d Oops.<\/p>\n<p>In response, in one of her near-daily \u201cclean-up on aisle 46\u201d responses, Jen Psaki proclaimed \u201cThat\u2019s not exactly what he meant\u201d \u2014 a perfect analogy between Biden\u2019s failed Ukraine policy and his disastrous presidency to date as a whole: Pay no attention to what I <em>did;<\/em> focus only on what I <em>meant<\/em> <em>to do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With reports suggesting Putin has been <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/streiff\/2022\/03\/30\/putin-clueless-and-misinformed-about-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-says-u-s-intelligence-n543122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kept in the dark<\/a> about the failures of his army in Ukraine \u2014 a claim about which I\u2019m skeptical, at best \u2014 one thing is certain:<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden and his White House will continue to claim \u201cmission accomplished\u201d where there is yet to be one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI can\u2019t argue with your conclusions.\u201d So said Gen. Tod Wolters, head of U.S. European Command and NATO\u2019s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), in agreement that Joe Biden\u2019s threat of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}