Biden Says in a Brazen Challenge to Putin: 'This Man Cannot Remain in Power’

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 2:11pm |

In an impassioned speech in Warsaw, President Biden insisted that the Russian people are not the enemy, but described Vladimir V. Putin as a tyrant.

@ NYTimes.com/Ukraine War live updates, March 26

WARSAW — President Biden delivered a forceful denunciation of Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on Saturday as he wrapped up a three-day trip to Europe intended to bolster unity among U.S. allies against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Mr. Biden said of Mr. Putin as he concluded a fiery address in Poland that drew a stark line between liberty and oppression in the world.

Mr. Biden called the military clash in the heart of Europe the “test of all time” in a decades-long battle against the forces designed to crush democratic uprisings.

His speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw came amid reports that the Ukrainian city of Lviv just across the Polish border was hit by at least two missiles. The missiles hit targets in the eastern part of the Lviv, at or near what is believed to be an oil storage facility, and thick black smoke billowed over the city [....]

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Biden begins his speech in Warsaw by quoting Pope John Paul II pic.twitter.com/acTJ0s4o5N
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

Biden on the battle between democracy and autocracy: "This battle will not be won in days or months ... we need to steel ourselves for a long fight ahead." pic.twitter.com/kLhoegrg5r
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

"My message to the people of Ukraine ... we stand with you. Period." -- Biden pic.twitter.com/M1Qr012OMK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

"Today, Russia has strangled democracy" -- Biden pic.twitter.com/MLFJJqbb37
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

"A criminal wants to portray NATO enlargement as an imperial project aimed at destabilizing Russia. Nothing is further from the truth. NATO is a defensive alliance." -- Biden pic.twitter.com/x26qLC1bA0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

"It's Putin, it's Vladimir Putin who is to blame. Period." -- Biden on the sanctions that are hurting the Russian economy pic.twitter.com/26GEJyZjSv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

"Americans forces are not in Europe to engage in conflict with Russian forces. Americans forces are here to defend NATO allies" -- Biden pic.twitter.com/CwCVOcHGPt
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

Biden thanks @chefjoseandres pic.twitter.com/sttcpDRXNO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

"Let there be no doubt that this war has already been a strategic failure for Russia. Having lost children myself, I know that's no solace to the people who have lost family" -- Biden pic.twitter.com/LB2Axmc2Vo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

"You, the Russian people, are not our enemy" -- Biden addresses Russians pic.twitter.com/ugl0G8PQXi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

"Europe must end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels, and we the United States will help" -- BIden pic.twitter.com/flOfObkglT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

Biden winds down his speech by saying of Putin, "for God's sake, this man can not remain in power." pic.twitter.com/atNZtCPvAM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 2:19pm

Cleanup…but we heard what we heard. https://t.co/AbNHKJjnDY
— Boris Zilberman (@rolltidebmz) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 2:28pm

Alexander Vindman:

This was an historical speech for @POTUS. Like Kennedy’s Berlin Speech, this is the one Biden will be remembered for. Biden laid down a marker that the US will defend its allies & democracy. I’m proud of my POTUS & his powerful leadership during a climactic battle for democracy.
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:02pm

How the fuck does this help the chances of a negotiated settlement? https://t.co/5rcZKBSLPp
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:58pm

WaPo's White House reporter

Biden's line tonight saying Putin "cannot remain in power" was NOT planned and a surprise to U.S. officials, per people familiar.

Still, officials say no change in policy. Instead, the line was an example of Biden's sometimes inarticulate rhetoric.https://t.co/EiGsMTjDUo
— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 6:11pm

Biden tweet 45 min. ago:

Putin — like all autocrats before him — believes that might makes right.

President Abraham Lincoln voiced an opposing spirit to save our Union: “Let us have faith that right makes might.”

Today, let us have that faith again.
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 6:16pm

Kasparov doesn't think Biden needs to make any excuses:

No free world leader should hesitate to state plainly that the world would be a far better place if Putin were no longer in power in Russia. A good way to make that come about is to say exactly that. Russia will be pariah until Putin is gone.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 6:18pm

Gaddafi part 2

by Orion on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 7:03pm

We overestimated Russia: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-overestimated-ukraine-putin-military-169...

by Orion on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 9:29pm

President Biden called Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya from Air Force One. Recall, she’d likely be president of Belarus right now if it weren’t for Lukashenko rigging the August 2020 election. https://t.co/V6B7uS6ZPt
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 26, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 11:22pm

Took you a while. It was obvious the moment he said it. https://t.co/vGuHNqFfLA
— KT CounterIntelligence (@KremlinTrolls) March 27, 2022

Biden has really shitty advisors https://t.co/adqD2gAl5e
— I’m NotDevinsMom Moron (@NotDevinsMom) March 27, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 6:57pm

current #1 most read op-ed at WaPo:

Opinion: Biden’s support for Ukraine and opposition to Putin were no ‘gaffe’

By Max Boot Columnist Today at 1:27 p.m. EDT

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 9:08pm

I think you're about to see the opposite scenario of a Soviet Union. Rather, you will see a Eurasia that is dominated by the former satellite republics instead of the Kremlin.

by Orion on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 8:04am

The Pentagon is looking for ways to accelerate the production of the weapons that have proven incredibly effective for Ukrainian forces in their fight against Russia.https://t.co/vGxQdVlF8h
— Oren Liebermann (@OrenCNN) March 28, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 03/29/2022 - 6:40pm

the question is: why did the DOD tweet this?

.@SecDef: I can honestly say that I have never seen the @NATO alliance more relevant and more united and more resolute than I see it today. pic.twitter.com/mzmD0oDqbW
— Department of Defense (@DeptofDefense) March 29, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 6:32pm

I'd guess for a non-white audience abroad - not your grandfather's US military, not just a white European club

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 7:29pm

hoping you'd come up with an explanation just like that

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 8:27pm

Note the fact we are talking about NATO and even a European military so much. The 2003 days of America going it alone in the world are long over.

And Putin's failure - If Russia wasn't even able to move through Ukraine like that, you have to wonder how it got to the level that they were able to compromise American politics. Maybe America is not as capable as it once was either.

by Orion on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 8:03pm

The days of America going it alone are over til the next Republican president (George HW Bush being an exception)

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 04/01/2022 - 12:32am

Ted Lieu with similar talking point:

I attended a classified briefing on Ukraine today. I commend @POTUS for assembling a worldwide coalition of allies who have delivered massive military aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia. I’ll keep pushing for more, but want to acknowledge the great work of the Administration.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 31, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 9:05pm

to quote Sally Field, they know he likes them, he really likes them:

This really says it all. pic.twitter.com/MO7fuYObN2
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 30, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 10:43pm

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