On Monday, the White House issued a lovely statement about a phone call between Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom invited to Washington. The statement was careful to omit the fact that Biden will be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin first, in a "summit" next week.
This is just the latest act of appeasement from Biden toward Russia. Since taking office, he has:
- Renewed the one-sided New START treaty
- Failed to stop Russian hackers to attack American infrastructure
- Given the green light to Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline
- Rewarded Putin with a "summit"
Biden has never stood up to Russia, and played along with the appeasement posture of the Obama Administration. The idea that Trump was too soft on Russia, or Putin's puppet, was a Hillary Clinton invention, as was the toxic "Russia collusion" conspiracy theory. Democrats never intended to get tough on Russia; they just liked the idea as a political ploy.
Meanwhile, it is dawning on Zelenskyy, and other critics of Russia, that they have been fooled -- or fooled themselves. Russian opposition figure and former international chess champion Garry Kasparov wrote last week (https://www.wsj.com/articles/has-biden-lost-his-nerve-with-putin-11622566741) that Biden seemed to have "lost his nerve" with Putin.
Biden never had a nerve to lose. Kasparov was taken in by Biden's bluff.
Today's episode is devoted to the second anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks. It was produced before the announcement of a ceasefire deal, yet remains current & relevant.
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This week's portion is a beautiful poem, containing the Covenant between God and the people of Israel. But given the breaking news that Hamas may actually have agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages, I will devote my remarks to that.
One hopes it is true; if so, it makes this week's additional reading, from II Samuel 22, even more relevant: David's song of praise to the Lord for delivering him from the hand of his enemies.
"18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support."
So much to focus on this week -- and much breaking news. A peace deal in the Middle East, perhaps? Eric Adams dropping out of the mayor's race? And a looming shutdown as Democrats push their demands beyond absurdity.
Special guests:
- Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on the shutdown
- John Carney - Breitbart News financial editor, on the upcoming jobs report
- Jerome Hudson - Breitbart News entertainment editor, on the Kimmel fallout
- Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on the UN and Gaza talks
- Matisyahu - award-winning reggae artist, on his new album, "Ancient Child"
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