FRIDAY PDB – Is Biden listening to any of his military or intelligence advisers? According to these two authors, there is a pattern to the series of bad decisions coming from Joe Biden's Oval Office.
They are increasingly putting America's security at risk by naively playing into the hands of Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping, and Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (the Three Horsemen).
Obama-era Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in 2014: “I think he [then-Vice President Biden] has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”
Fast-forward to today, and Biden has created a permissive environment for our adversaries to operate in.
Military setbacks in Ukraine, Chinese provocations in the Indo-Pacific and placating of Iran with the release of billions in frozen and sanctioned funds are combining to put Americans and our allies in grave danger.
Given the totality of these unforced errors, it is difficult to believe that Biden is listening to the advice of his top military and intelligence advisers.
The Three Horsemen are coming for the U.S. and our allies. Yet Biden seems to be crassly making his national security decisions based on 2024 election-year politics.
That may work in peacetime, but we are in global war right now against totalitarian regimes that reject our way of life and are intent on destroying our democratic institutions.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
US joins Austria, Bahrain, Canada, & Portugal to co-lead global push for safer military AI. The new international “working groups” are the next step in Washington's campaign for ethical and safety standards for military AI and automation – without prohibiting their use entirely.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Biden OKs $60M in aid after Baltimore bridge collapse as Dem governor warns of ‘very long road ahead.' Meanwhile the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was moving the largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard to help remove the wreckage of the bridge and help clear the channel and reopen the key shipping route. The machine can lift up to 1,000 tons.
Citadel cadet arrested in Jan. 6 Capitol riot files for SC House seat as Republican. Elias Irizarry will run against a veteran S.C. House of Representatives member.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Marines back in Australia during six months of training across South Pacific. They have returned to northern Australia to train as an air-ground task force for six months across the continent and in the Philippines and Indonesia.
On the ice with Marines preparing for war in the Arctic. We're in a Norwegian valley, high above the Arctic Circle. It's late afternoon in early March and a group of more than a dozen infantry Marines are standing around two chaplains, one American and the other Norwegian. It's windy, cold. The Marines hold laminated prayer cards.
IRAN THREAT
Houthi drones target Navy, coalition ships in Red Sea a second day. For a second day in a row, the Navy downed four unmanned aerial drones Thursday over the Red Sea
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
US leaders promise security for Gaza dock mission amid threat concerns. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown said he is confident that U.S. troops working to provide humanitarian aid to residents of Gaza will be protected.
DOD in early talks to fund a peacekeeping force in Gaza. U.S. officials have been clear the plan would not include American boots on the ground.
CHINA THREAT
Advancing in space, Communist China poses growing threat, USSF leaders warn. China's rapid military advances in space mean the People's Liberation Army (PLA) no longer merely threatens American assets in orbit, but now has the space-based sensing and targeting capabilities to better enable its joint forces to threaten the U.S. on Earth.
New Air Force combat wings could deploy in two years. The service recently announced a major shakeup to prep for war with China.
Congress funds Taiwan military support as foreign aid bill stalls. Congress funded cash assistance for Taipei's military while directing the State Department and Pentagon to “prioritize the delivery of defense articles and services for Taiwan.”
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Putin threatens striking Western air bases hosting Ukrainian F-16s. Vladimir Putin scoffed at the possibility of his country launching an attack on a NATO member, calling it “sheer nonsense,” but warned that any Western air base hosting U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets that are slated for deployment in Ukraine would be a “legitimate target” for the Kremlin's forces.
Russia's air force is hollowing itself out. More air defense for Ukraine can help. The Russian Aerospace Forces, or VKS, continues to burn through the life span of its fighter aircraft in the war against Ukraine. After two years of air war, its total force is slightly less than 75% of its prewar strength.
Zelensky makes fresh plea for Ukraine aid: ‘We don't know what will be tomorrow.' Volodymyr Zelensky renewed his petition for more U.S. aid, arguing his embattled nation is not prepared to defend against a “major” Russian offensive anticipated in the months ahead.
BUT NEEDS MORE WEAPONS AND AMMO – Kyiv's top general says Ukraine needs fewer troops than expected. Ukraine's military will need to mobilize fewer people than initially expected to fend off Russia's two-year-old invasion.
Giving ATACMS to Ukraine no longer as risky, says Joint Chiefs chairman. The U.S. is becoming more comfortable giving Ukraine the long-sought weapons.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
Russia shuts down UN watchdog tracking North Korea sanctions. The panel of UN experts have monitored sanctions against North Korea for years.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Central and Eastern European countries mark 20 years in NATO with focus on war in Ukraine. The largest expansion of the NATO military alliance occurred when formerly socialist countries became members of the bloc.
Japanese sailors begin Tomahawk training ahead of missile delivery. U.S. sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell coached their Japanese counterparts as Japan prepares to receive its first Tomahawk cruise missiles sometime next year.
In Mali, Russian Wagner mercenaries are helping the army kill civilians, rights groups say. Russians in central and northern Mali are helping carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians.
US MILITARY
Here's why shooting ‘expert' may get harder for Marines. The work to prove out just how effective Marines are at shooting is ramping up right now.
The Army doesn't have enough PSYOP soldiers to fight the information war, IG says. Soldiers pointed to the “divorce” between active and reserve PSYOP units as a root cause of the issues.
END of PDB
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