June 17, 2021
Joe Biden hands Putin a target list
By Monica Showalter
As Barack Obama once said of Joe Biden: "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f--- things up."
That brings us to yesterday's Russia-U.S. bilateral summit in Geneva, and Biden doing what comes natural.
According to the Washington Examiner:
President Joe Biden told reporters Wednesday he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a list of 16 critical infrastructure "entities" that must be "off-limits" to cyberattacks and hinted at major retaliation from the United States should Russia allow continued malign activity in the sphere.
Biden, speaking ahead of his press conference following a slate of bilateral meetings with Putin and Russian officials, claimed the topic of cybersecurity was included in a discussion on establishing a "mechanism" for "strategic stability."
"I talked about the proposition that certain critical infrastructure should be off-limits to attack, period, by cyber or any other means," the president stated. "I gave them a list, and I don't have it in front of me, if I am not mistaken, of 16 entities — 16 defined as critical infrastructure, from the energy sector to our water systems."
It was lunacy. Who hands a "killer" as Joe said earlier, or even a "worthy adversary" as our commander-in-chief said later, a "do not attack list," as if Putin would heed it with only the best of intentions?
Problems galore stand out with that approach, and they're all doozies.
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