LOS ANGELES.–White House and Pentagon officials are up in arms over the fact that North Korean sent 12,000 troops to Russia with the expectation of joining the fight in Ukraine. So, what will 81-year-old President Joe Biden or his 60-year-old Vice President Kamala do if Putin uses North Korean troops to join the fight in Ukraine? Does Joe, who’s slated to leave office Jan. 20, 2025, really think he’d counter such move to deploy U.S. or NATO troops to the Ukrainian theater? Ukraine’s 46-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky would be thrilled if the U.S. and NATO had more skin in the game, committing troops to Ukraine, potentially starting WW III. Zelensky already thinks Ukraine is in WW III, so why not drag the U.S. and NATO into the mix. Inviting North Korean troops to Russia call Biden’s bluff when it comes to escalating the war, knowing Ukraine is losing the war.
Whatever denials by Pyongyang about sending North Korean troops to Russia, it confirmed that the troops have been sent and are ready for deployment. Biden has said since the war began Feb. 24, 2022 that 72-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying seeking to take over the European Union. Zelensky has told the EU that Ukraine defends European democracy and deserves fast-track NATO membership, a deal breaker for Putin. When Biden and Zelensky say that Putin wants to take over Europe, it’s not backed by any facts other than a fabricated story by Zelensky and Biden. Putin has been very clear-and-consistent when interviewed about the Ukraine War. He wants Zelensky to recognize the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk and Russian sovereignty over Crimea. Zelensky opted for war with the Kremlin and has decimated Ukraine and bankrupted the economy. Zelensky expects the U.S. to pay for his war and government.
Whatever North Korea does to support Russia, what does Ukraine think its doing taking support from the U.S. and EU? Because the U.S. and NATO have not committed troops, it doesn’t mean Zelensky has not received $200 billion from the U.S. alone to pay for the bankrupt government and fund the war with the Kremlin. So, when it comes to North Korea supplying any weapons and troops, why does Zelensky think Russia violates international norms when he takes cash-and-weapons from the U.S. and NATO? Kamala already committed to continuing the Ukraine War where 78-year-old President Donald Trump promises to end the war as the first order of business. With Ukraine War possibly escalating into WW III, the next president must protect U.S. national security first.
North Korea has been supplying Russia with artillery shells since June 14, prompting objections from the U.S. and EU. “If there is any such thing that the world media is talking about, I think it will be an act of conforming with the regulations of international law,” said North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jong-Gyu. Jong-Gyu said he was not involved in any Defense Department decisions but sees nothing unusual about supporting an ally. Putin confirmed that North Korea and Russia have a mutual defense treaty, something prompted by Biden-Harris trying to turn the whole world against the Kremlin. Biden once said that he would cripple the Russian economy and break the military with the most punitive sanctions ever administered in post WW II history. Putin has badly outmaneuvered Biden, getting the backing of China, India and other nonaligned nations.
Zelensky warned the White House that Putin planned on deploying North Korean troops to the Ukrainian battlefield starting Oct. 27-28, citing intel reports. Whether that’s true or not, Biden and Zelensky have little recourse other than countering Putin’s move with sending in their own troops. Biden finds his hand tied because he won’t make any moves until after the Nov. 5 election. Sending 12,000 North Korean troops, including 500 officers and three generals shows that Putin means business. Biden and Zelensky completely miscalculated Putin’s resolve after the Feb. 24, 2022 invasion, believing fake Ukrainian intel saying that Putin suffered from a terminal illness and that the Russian army was near collapse. All that fake intel was supplied by Ukraine’s 38-year-old propaganda chief Kyrylo Budanov. Now Ukraine has no choice but to negotiate a way out.
Whatever Putin does with North Korean troops in Ukraine, it’s too late for the U.S. and NATO to react in kind. NATO is in no mood to join Zelensky’s suicide mission, created because of Biden’s incredibly bad judgment. What was Biden thinking funding proxy war in Ukraine, selling Congress on battling the Kremlin? There’s plenty of war hawks in Congress with equally bad judgment as Biden. Now that Kamala committed to continuing the Ukraine war indefinitely, voters have second thoughts about perpetuating a failed war that can only bleed the Treasury dry, while, at the same time continue to destroy Ukraine and its economy. Trump promises to end the Ukraine War in short order, largely to spare lives and destruction on both sides of the conflict. When Trump takes office, it will all make sense what horrible judgment Biden and Congress had going to war with Russia.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
