The Case Against Biden

The Case Against Biden

Executive Summary

The Biden Administration has been incontrovertibly wrong about the two biggest issues during his time as president.

1. COVID-19

2. War in Ukraine

Moreover, he has advanced false narratives in each of these matters to attack his political opponents, severely damaging democratic discourse and global civilization in general.

COVID-19

Covid-19 emerged from a US-funded lab in Wuhan China.  Rather than trying to deal with this constructively, the Biden Administration, in concert with the media and political establishment, has continued to deal with this as a partisan issue.  Jeffrey Sachs looks at the big picture in What Might the US Owe the World for Covid-19?:

A US-funded laboratory origin of Covid-19 would certainly constitute the most significant case of governmental gross negligence in history. The people of the world deserve transparency and factual answers on vital questions.  

The US government (USG) funded and supported a program of dangerous laboratory research that may have resulted in the creation and accidental laboratory release of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic. Following the outbreak, the USG lied in order to cover up its possible role. The US Government should correct the lies, find the facts, and make amends with the rest of the world.

The Biden Administration inherited the highly partisan covid-19 situation.  However, he was elected as a highly partisan standard bearer, and so can not plausibly distance himself from responsibility.  Now that the worst of the pandemic has passed, the president needs to step up and lead an adult conversation about what happened and how to do better in the future.  If he cannot do this, then we should look for a leader who can and will.

War in Ukraine

The NATO war against Russia has had the exact opposite of its intended effect as advertised by the Biden Adminstration.  The purpose of the war was to weaken Russia and, especially, the administration of Vladimir Putin.  Putin just got reelected with support that western leaders can only dream of.  The moribund Russian military has been revitalizized. Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops have been mobilized and the industrial base of the Russian economy is churning out both high tech and low tech weapons at an unparalled pace.  Russia now has the taste of military success.  The Biden Administration led us into a losing war and now openly panic at the prospect of defeat.

Again, Biden was elected as the highly partisan standard bearer of the party that falsely blamed Putin and Russia for our domestic political dysfunciton.  We need leaders who are willing and able to confront of the truths surrounding our misbegotten adventure in Ukraine.

Additional Considerations?

There are other issues of course.  But none compare to global pandemic and global war.  Antitrust, minority rights, and environmental stewardship, for example, can not be dealt with constructively in the current social climate.  The establishment must stop demonizing Putin and Trump and instead must admit to its own mistakes.  We're seeing what happens when they double down on misinformation masquerading as "intelligence".