Biden ‘playing our very strong hand in a very weak way,’ Russia expert warns

An knowledgeable on Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that President Biden is “taking part in our very robust hand in a really weak manner” by squandering the ability of america to discourage Russian aggression.

Rebekah Koffler, who’s a former DIA intelligence officer and creator of “Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America,” informed Fox Information Digital that the Russians perceive the battle in Ukraine as a proxy conflict between Russia and america.

RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES

“We’re on a geopolitical collision course with Russia,” she mentioned. “Our nationwide pursuits are irreconcilable, the way in which that each nations outline them.”

Explaining how the Russians wish to reconstitute the U.S.-like alliance and collect former Soviet states below the management of Moscow, Koffler mentioned it has been the long-term, bipartisan coverage of the U.S. to stop Russia from rising once more because the dominant energy in Eurasia.

BIDEN WARNS OF ‘EVOLVING INTELLIGENCE’ SUGGESTING POSSIBLE RUSSIAN CYBERATTACKS AGAINST THE US

“So, in the end, the Russian Common Employees, which is the strategic planning authority, the mind belief of the Russian army, has concluded by way of their present evaluation {that a} conflict is inevitable between Russia and the U.S.,” she mentioned.

By not threatening to make use of the means at his disposal, Koffler mentioned Biden did not challenge energy in opposition to Russian adversaries.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about Russia’s “unprovoked and unjustified” army invasion of neighboring Ukraine within the East Room of the White Home on Feb. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
(Drew Angerer/Getty Pictures)

“The cardinal rule of deterrence is to persuade your opponent that the price of his hostile motion will by far outweigh the advantages, and Biden has completed the precise reverse,” she mentioned, saying Biden “telegraphed weak spot” by permitting Putin to assemble a battle-ready drive of 190,000 troops.

Putin has 5 main devices in his playbook, Koffler mentioned, which embody house warfare, cyber warfare, army choices comparable to escalation and the nuclear possibility, in addition to espionage and one thing referred to as “energetic measures,” which incorporates election interference and assassinations.

Biden may have warned throughout his conferences with Putin that the U.S. has the identical choices, she defined, and contrasted Biden’s response to that of former President Trump, who informed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un that his nuclear button is “a lot larger” and “it really works.”

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy obtained a stand ovation from members of Congress earlier than he addressed lawmakers Wednesday, March 16, 2022. 
(Fox Information)

Describing the continuing battle as “a three-dimensional battle of the wills” between Putin, Zelenskyy, and Biden, Koffler mentioned, “Out of all of them, we, america, have essentially the most superior may: financial, geopolitical affect, army. Mixed we simply trump each of them.”

BIDEN GOES FOR BIKE RIDE AT THE BEACH AS UKRAINE PRESIDENT WARNS OF ‘THIRD WORLD WAR’

“And but, Zelenskyy appears to be successful, even though the Ukrainian army is a lot inferior to Russia. However his will to struggle and his management fashion inspiring the Ukrainian individuals is principally placing Putin on the heels. By the identical token, Putin, regardless of having weaker army, a lot weaker financial system, has been in a position to outmaneuver Biden.

“And so that is the three-dimensional battle that, sadly, we’re dropping solely due to the weak spot of our president,” she added.