Biden opposes defeating Putin

It's time for Joe Biden to stop thinking defensively about the Putin-Ukraine war. This morning, Biden said that Putin should be subject to "a war crimes trial." There's no disputing that Putin is a war criminal so that isn't what this it's about. What this is about is that the war crimes trial should be held posthumously.

It's time to permanently deal with Putin. It's time to give President Zelenskiy the weaponry he needs to defeat Russia and permanently drive them from Ukraine. Once that's done, it's time to stock Ukraine with enough weapons to put it off limits to Russia for a couple generations.

Gen. Jack Keane is the founder of the Institute for the Study of War. According to this report, "Russian forces continue to make little to no progress in frontal assaults to capture Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, their current main effort of the war. Russian units in Donbas face growing morale and supply issues."

That sounds like a military in disarray. Not attacking them now is giving the Russian troops time to regroup. At minimum, launching a counteroffensive against depleted Russian forces would put Putin on his heels for the near future. If Biden actually stopped listening to Gen. Milley, who should've gotten fired for Afghanistan alone, he'd see that this war is totally winnable.

President Biden once again called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" and noted the grim scenes emerging as Russian troops pull out of northern areas of Ukraine. He called for gathering more details toward a "war crimes trial." "This guy is brutal, and what’s happening in Bucha is outrageous, and everyone’s seen it," Biden told reporters on Monday, adding: "I think it’s a war crime."

For its part, the Pentagon said Monday that the visuals coming out of Bucha, including images of mass graves and of the dead scattered through the streets, "reinforces" evidence that Russian forces have committed war crimes. A senior U.S. defense official called it "sickening" and said it warrants further investigation.

Calling Putin a war criminal is meaningless. Putin won't stop being ruthless until he stops breathing. In case nobody noticed, Putin's been using this battle plan since he raided Georgia. He's used it in Chechnya, Syria and Crimea, too. This is a great interview that explains where we're at with the war:

The Russian 'system' is what you'd expect: top-down, no flexibility and logistical sloppiness. Troop morale considerations are virtually nonexistent, too. Then there's this:

Efforts by Russian forces advancing from Izyum to capture Slovyansk and threaten Ukrainian forces in Donbas with encirclement will likely prove to be the next pivotal battle of the war in Ukraine. If Russian forces are unable to take Slovyansk, Russia’s campaign to capture the entirety of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts will likely fail.

Then these:

• Russian forces have almost completely withdrawn from Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts and will likely completely vacate these regions in the coming days.
• Russian forces withdrawn from the Kyiv axis are highly unlikely to be effectively deployed elsewhere in Ukraine and are likely a spent force.

A real commander-in-chief would expedite the resupply of the Ukrainians to capitalize on the situation. George H.W. Bush was a perfect example of this during Operation Desert Storm. In fact, he brought in far more troops and supplies than needed before the fighting started. That's why he won such a smashing victory. Unfortunately, Biden isn't that type of commander-in-chief. Bush had a clearly defined mission. Biden doesn't think like that. Bush fought with the goal of annihilating Saddam's forces. Biden's goal is to defend NATO, not Ukraine. As for defeating Putin, it's clear that Biden is pulling his punches.