Morning Jolt: Biden’s Contempt for the ‘Rules-Based Order’

On the menu today: President Biden and his administration have spent the past few months accurately decrying the Russian threat to the "rules-based international order" that they envision. But if Biden finds the American people less than roused by this rallying cry, perhaps the president and his team should reexamine the state of the rules-based order here at home — and recognize how their own actions have undermined that order.

The Rules-Based Order at Home

Throughout the past few months, President Biden has accurately described Vladimir Putin and Russia's aggressive moves toward Ukraine as a destabilizing threat to the "rules-based international order." But as I have tried to emphasize throughout that time, there is no "rules-based international order" in any meaningful sense, and Putin — as well as the rulers of China, Iran, North Korea, the Taliban in Afghanistan, etc. — don't want to preserve Biden's vision of a "rules-based international order"; they want to replace ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 23 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 23 2022 Biden's Contempt for the 'Rules-Based Order' On the menu today: President Biden and his administration have spent the past few months accurately decrying the Russian threat to the "rules-based international order" that they envision. But if Biden finds the American people less than roused by this rallying cry, perhaps the president and his team should reexamine the state of the rules-based order here at home — and recognize how their own actions have undermined that order. The Rules-Based Order at Home Throughout the past few months, President Biden has accurately described Vladimir Putin and Russia's aggressive moves toward Ukraine as a destabilizing threat to the "rules-based international order." But as I have tried to emphasize throughout that time, there is no "rules-based international order" in any meaningful sense, and Putin — as well as the rulers of China, Iran, North Korea, the Taliban in Afghanistan, etc. — don't want to preserve Biden's vision of a "rules-based international order"; they want to replace ...   READ MORE

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