Morning Jolt: The Cost of Biden’s Indecision Mounts

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

June 03 2024

The Cost of Biden's Indecision Mounts

On the menu today: In a headline that sounds like something from the Babylon Bee, the Washington Post informs us that "Biden team hails 'lightning speed' call on strikes in Russia. Meanwhile, Kharkiv burned." The Biden team's idea of "lightning speed" to make a life-and-death decision is 17 days. It's part of a continuing pattern of indecision from this president, a man who wants the popularity and adulation of the job and who often seeks some middle path that ends up satisfying no one. In the realm of national security and foreign policy, the cost of delay and indecision is measured in lives.

For Biden's Team, Taking 17 Days to Decide Is 'Lightning Speed'

In a metaphor that is about as accurate as comparing our 81-and-a-half-year-old president who shuffles his feet on his way to and from Air Force One to Usain Bolt, the Biden administration insists that the commander in chief taking 17 days to decide to allow Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike targets within a limited portion of Russian territory represents "lighting speed" ...

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