Last week, US President Joe Biden made multiple unwritten remarks. His remarks have raised tensions between the United States and Russia.
Biden made an explosive remark about Russian President Vladimir Putin at a rally last Saturday in the Polish capital, Warsaw, after visiting a Ukrainian refugee camp. “For God’s sake, this man (Putin) can no longer stay in power,” Biden said publicly.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Biden’s remarks appear to be a call for Putin to step down. Biden’s remarks are considered highly dangerous. But why? The BBC’s North America correspondent Anthony Zurker has tried to find an answer to this question. According to him, Biden’s remarks probably made the situation the most difficult.
In a speech to Polish government officials and dignitaries gathered at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Biden again warned that the world was currently in a conflict between democracy and dictatorship.
Biden pledged to defend every inch of the territory of NATO member states, led by the United States. He also promised to continue supporting Ukraine. However he acknowledged that their numbers were not enough to defeat Russia’s forces in Ukraine.
The United States has said in a statement that it would not allow US troops to enter Ukraine to fight Russian troops. But Biden’s comments about Putin during his visit to Poland contradict Washington’s previous position.
In response to the US president’s remarks, the Kremlin said Biden would not decide whether Putin would remain in power in Russia. The Russian people have elected Putin president.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Biden’s remarks on Russia were “surprising.” He does not understand that the world is not limited to the United States and Europe.
Biden’s remarks were quickly followed by an explanation from the White House. The White House said in a statement that Biden had not spoken of Putin’s change of government in Russia. Putin should not be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region, Biden said.
Later, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken also spoke on Biden’s remarks. He denies that the United States has any plans to change the regime in Russia or elsewhere.
Blinken said President Biden simply said Putin could not be allowed to fight against Ukraine.
The White House and the Secretary of State’s swift explanation of the US President’s remarks indicate that the United States is aware of the dangers posed by Biden’s unwritten remarks.
Biden’s remarks have provoked criticism in his own country. Richard Haas, the country’s senior diplomat, said in a tweet that Biden’s remarks made a difficult situation more difficult, a more dangerous one.
Richard Hass, president of the New York-based think tank Council on Foreign Relations, advised top advisers to the U.S. president to establish contact with Russian officials. He says US officials should make it clear that the United States is ready to negotiate with the current Russian government.
On the dangerous side of the US president’s remarks, Richard Haas said he would consider Biden’s remarks as confirmation of what Putin has always believed to be true. The issue could create a risk of increasing the scope and duration of the war.
On the same day (Saturday) in Poland, Biden called Putin a “butcher.” Last week, he accused the Russian leader of war crimes.
In both cases, Moscow condemned Biden’s remarks. At the same time, Moscow has warned Washington that diplomatic relations between the United States and Russia are on the verge of breaking down.
It is one thing to condemn the leader of a country. And the call to remove him from power is another matter. The first of these two is sometimes noticed in the heated rhetoric of diplomacy. But the latter apparently amounts to overstepping the bounds.
At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union did not publicly announce the removal of any party leader. But Biden clearly crossed the line by commenting on Putin’s removal.
‘Change of government’ is an issue that is often blamed on the weak by the powerful. But it is not uncommon for another nuclear-armed country to say the same thing about a nuclear-armed country.
Biden’s remarks did not go unnoticed by some US allies. They did not hesitate to comment on Biden’s remarks.
Commenting on Biden’s remarks, French President Emmanuel Macho directly said that the US President was jeopardizing the ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“We want to stop the war that Russia has started in Ukraine, we don’t want to escalate it,” Makho said. And if we want to end the war, we must not escalate the situation — neither by words nor by deeds. ‘
Leaders of the US Congress have also expressed concern over Biden’s remarks. Jim Rich, a Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Biden’s remarks “terribly reckless.”
Jim Rish said, “God, I want them (officials) to include him (Biden) in the written speech.”
The Republican senator said Biden’s remarks, which hinted at a change of government in Russia, would create a major problem.
Tom Nichols of the American magazine The Atlantic writes that in the current moment of diplomatic crisis, the consequences of poor word choice can be bad.
According to Tom Nichols, every world leader is important now. Biden may think that US-Russian relations have deteriorated in such a way that it is not possible to rebuild them while Putin is in power. To put it bluntly, with the end of the war in Ukraine, the immediate US goal of maintaining the country’s territorial integrity could become even more difficult.
According to the BBC’s North America correspondent Anthony Zurker, the situation could make Putin even more desperate. If the Russian leader believes that his power is at stake, that the United States is openly working to remove him from power, then the current crisis may not turn to peace.
According to BBC Online
