intel get them into a war. jon: right. president zelensky has all but begged the biden administration to stop beating the drum about this imminent invasion. you, charlie, were on fox business recently with christian whiton, former state department official in the bush 43 and trump administrations. he put out an online piece today that i thought was interesting. he says even if russia eventually makes a move, biden and his helpers have already squandered more of the precious little credibility the usa possessed after the debacle in afghanistan. even the ukrainian government has publicly disagreed with the white house hype. however, looking through its actives progressive political lens, the white house doesn t care about this cost to our credibility, they ve success seven chaited in this crisis because they want biden to get the credit for preventing a big european war if it doesn t happen. it s looking increasingly likely biden hyped it, and he and his vice president have lied to
sanctions. plus, the biden administration worried it could impede western europe from receiving natural gas from the controversial nord stream 2 pipeline. a european energy crisis could wreck the world economy. that s why some lawmakers are okay letting the biden administration do the dirty work. work. i m not concerned because the white house has all the sanctions tools that it needs. reporter: that means congress is reduced to what are so far empty threats. as the ukrainian crisis deepens, republicans are quick to cite president biden s foreign policy debacle last summer. not a doubt in my mind that the russians wouldn t be on the border if ukraine of ukraine with 100,000 or more troops had we not indicated to the rest of the world we were pulling the plug on afghanistan and going home. reporter: in the end, the senate did passing something, a feeble resolution saying lawmakers stand by the people of ukraine. on capitol hill, chad pergram, fox news. jon: fox has obtained ne
know, christian is exactly right. we have lost so much credibility with the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. and let s just say, let s just give it to people that they want to sort of this left-wing idea today in the biden administration that we want to be the policemen of the world. well, if we want to be the policemen of the world, the most important thing is for us to be very powerful domestically. and so as long as owl of all of that is being undercut, we re in no position to be the policemen of the world. so why don t we sort of get back to the basics and take care of those things so that at least we can make a sober choice about whether we want to be the policemen of the world. jon: as if to prove christian s point, i think i i just have time to read the head lauren, but the medline is with how without war, ukraine gives biden a new lease on leadership. charlie hurt, real quick thought on that. one of the rare, true things written mt. washington post
at night with the forces moving at first daylight. now, they can change that, obviously, but this is the normal pattern for conventional operations that on a scale were seeing here which is really quite significant. so our audience understands, when we went into iraq in 2003, we had about 177,000 ground troops, obviously, with pretty sophisticated air power in support of it. and if this is comparable to what we did in 2003 in terms of at least the number of ground troops. a lot of other conditions are very different, of course. jon: do the ukrainians have enough hardware that they can make this invasion, if it comes, very painful for the russians? to be honest about it, no. the fact is they have the will to fight, jon, and and we saw what it s like when you don t have the will to fight just recently in afghanistan jon
merry christmas. so refreshing to see mr. manchin coming out and being the voice of reason. we need oning in covid. the biden administration has been a disaster. when he cancelled the pipeline, that contributed to rising gas prices. he opened the borders so we had a record surge of illegal immigration. the embarrassing and dangerous surrender in afghanistan. and,ing you know, the only solution is spending more money. that s a double whammy. not only do you create way more dollars chasing too few goods, so that s the definition of inflation, but you re spending those dollars to make it possible for people not to re-engage in the workforce. you don t have the manufacturers to hire more people, so that exacerbates the supply of goods. so the policies of the democrats, this is what we are seeing the results of, but it is their policy.