Joe Biden: The people of Russia are not a common enemy | News from Germany about Europe | DV
US President Joe Biden, speaking on Saturday, March 26, in Warsaw, Russian diplomats distance themselves from the war in Ukraine. “The people of Russia are not an enemy,” the dpa news agency quoted him as saying. As the American leader said, the Russian army on the world population of Ukraine, forcing people to seek refuge, unworthy of the nation. “This is not the future your families deserve,” Biden said, addressing the Russians and recalling that about 200,000 Russian citizens have already left their homeland.
Nothing justifies Russia’s decision to enter the war, to involve Biden. He recalled that NATO is a defensive alliance. The alliance “never sought to dismember or destroy Russia,” appointed by the US president. Moscow, he said, was not interested in negotiations with the West. “The lies were pouring in,” he remarked. Biden noted that the decision, Putin miscalculated. Russia wanted fewer NATO soldiers in Eastern Europe, but there are more of them. There are over 100,000 US troops in Europe today. NATO and its partners are now “more united” than ever before.
Lies about denazification
The US President called “a cynical and obscene lie” Putin’s statement that Russia continues to “denazify” Ukraine. “President Zelensky is a Jew. His father’s family are victims of the Holocaust,” Biden recalled.
According to him, Putin – like all dictators before him – has the audacity to believe that force will prevail. The West needs to prepare for a long struggle for the future world order. It is about “the great battle between democracy and autocracy, between freedom and oppression, between rule-based order and decency, with strict rules we need to be clear that this battle will not be won in the coming days or in the coming months. “. We need to prepare for the long struggle ahead,” the American leader said.
“Putin does not give the desired results”
It is Vladimir Putin who is responsible for the bloodshed in Ukraine. As stated by the United States, the desired results are not recommended to the president-president. “A dictator who leads to the restoration of an empire long gone in history will not achieve his goal.
The American leader firmly believes that “this man should not remain in power” without mentioning the Russian president by name at this point. Biden repeatedly called Putin by his first name or simply referred to him as a “dictator.”
White House clarifies Biden’s words about Putin
Immediately after Biden’s speech, a senior White House official clarified that the president’s statement did not explicitly call for the overthrow of Putin. “The president’s message was that Putin should not be allowed to influence power over his neighbors or regions. He did not talk about Putin’s power in Russia or the overthrow of Russian governments,” a White House spokesman said.
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