r/neoliberal • u/Broad_Procedure • Oct 08 '24

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u/captmonkey Henry George Oct 08 '24

This whole article makes Biden and his administration sound cool as fuck. Why isn't this the stuff we're seeing in the news? When Russia was considering using tactical nukes in Ukraine:

The book recounts a tense phone call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart in October 2022.

“If you did this, all the restraints that we have been operating under in Ukraine would be reconsidered,” Austin said to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, according to Woodward. “This would isolate Russia on the world stage to a degree you Russians cannot fully appreciate.”

“I don’t take kindly to being threatened,” Shoigu responded.

“Mr. Minister,” Austin said, according to Woodward, “I am the leader of the most powerful military in the history of the world. I don’t make threats.”

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u/Hounds_of_war Austan Goolsbee Oct 08 '24

Why isn't this the stuff we're seeing in the news?

Because most of the public has forgotten Biden is still President.

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u/Petrichordates Oct 08 '24

That and good Biden news doesn't draw clicks.

That holds true here as well, this sub has had a bigger 180 on Biden than probably any other sub on reddit.

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u/DrunkenBriefcases Jerome Powell Oct 08 '24

Yup. The flip has been really cringe. Then again, I too was once that young. And cringe.