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Diamars 29 maart 2022

Biden says remark on Putin’s power was about ‘moral outrage’

that “the last thing I want to “wouldn’t use those terms, conclusion.
do is engage in a land war or a because I continue to speak
nuclear war with Russia.” to President Putin, because Republicans questioned why
what do we want to do col- Biden decided to go off-script
He said he was expressing an lectively? We want to stop the in Warsaw when dealing with
“aspiration” rather than a goal war that Russia launched in a combustible conflict.
of American foreign policy. Ukraine, without waging war
and without escalation.” Some said his provocative
“People like this shouldn’t rhetoric was strange given his
be ruling countries. But they Secretary of State Antony otherwise cautious approach,
do,” he said. “The fact they Blinken was forced to contin- such as refusing to facilitate
do doesn’t mean I can’t ex- ue clarifying Biden’s speech the transfer of Polish fighter
press my outrage about it.” during a trip through the jets to Ukraine’s military.
Middle East, where he had
Biden’s remark in Warsaw intended to focus on solidi- “If we’re so worried about
ricocheted around the globe fying American partnerships provoking him that we
despite the White House’s as the administration seeks a couldn’t even send MiGs
(AP) — President Joe articulating a policy change.” swift attempts to clarify that renewed nuclear agreement into Ukraine, how is this any
Biden said Monday that the president only meant that with Iran. different?” Rep. Michael Mc-
he would make “no apolo- The president’s jarring re- Putin “cannot be allowed Caul, R-Texas, told CNN’s
gies” and wasn’t “walking mark about Putin, which to exercise power over his Speaking at a news confer- “State of the Union” on Sun-
anything back” after his came at the end of a Saturday neighbors or the region.” ence in Jerusalem, Blinken day. “In fact, I would say it’s
weekend comment that speech in Warsaw that was said Biden meant that “Pu- more provocative than send-
Russian President Vladi- intended to rally democra- On Monday, United Na- tin cannot be empowered to ing MiGs into Ukraine.”
mir Putin “cannot remain cies for a long global struggle tions Secretary General An- wage war or engage in aggres-
in power,” attempting to against autocracy, drew criti- tonio Guterres responded to sion against Ukraine or any- The U.S. has been rushing
turn the page on a contro- cism in the United States and Biden’s speech by saying that one else.” weapons like anti-tank mis-
versy that clouded his re- rattled some allies in Western “we need de-escalation. We siles into Ukraine, and is con-
cent trip to Europe. Europe. need military de-escalation Biden has previously gone sidering providing anti-ship
and rhetoric de-escalation.” further than expected when missiles to make it harder for
The president also insisted Biden on Monday rejected speaking about Putin, de- Russia to mount an amphibi-
he’s not calling for regime the idea that his comment Although Biden has fre- scribing him as a “war crimi- ous offensive along the Black
change in Moscow, which could escalate tensions over quently touted American nal” at a time when adminis- Sea coast.
would have represented a the war in Ukraine or that it unity with European allies tration officials were saying
dramatic shift toward direct would fuel Russian propa- since the invasion of Ukraine they were still conducting a Ukrainian President Volody-
confrontation with another ganda about Western aggres- began, he appears to have review of the matter. myr Zelenskyy remains ex-
nuclear-armed country. sion. caused some discomfort by asperated with the pace of
targeting Putin in Warsaw. White House press secretary military assistance, accusing
“I was expressing the moral “Nobody believes ... I was Jen Psaki said then that Biden Western leaders of cowardice
outrage that I felt toward this talking about taking down French President Emanu- was “speaking from the heart” and repeating his request for
man,” Biden said. “I wasn’t Putin,” Biden said, adding el Macron said Sunday he rather than articulating a legal tanks and fighter jets.

3 dead in pileup of dozens of vehicles in Pennsylvania

(AP) — A collision involv- the emergency manage- where.” the shoulder of the highway duce the visibility to under
ing dozens of vehicles on ment agency and state police The highway was snow-cov- shrouded in snow and fog. one-half of a mile and coat
Interstate 81 in Pennsyl- ranged between 40 and 60, ered when the snow squall the roads with snow,” fore-
vania killed at least three including multiple tractor came through, Boehm said. The person who posted the casters said, urging drivers
people and sent more than trailers. Blickley said emer- video did not immediately to get off the road if possible
a dozen others to area gency personnel from four “All it takes is one person to respond to requests seek- or turn on hazard lights “and
hospitals on Monday, au- different counties took about crash into something and you ing additional information. gradually slow down to avoid
thorities said. 20 patients to area hospitals have to pull off the road, but People off camera can be a chain reaction vehicular ac-
for treatment. Three tractor when you continue to drive heard yelling as the cascade cident.”
Dr. David J. Moylan, the trailers carrying unknown at highway speed, this is what of crashes unfolds with mul-
Schuylkill County coroner, cargo were on fire when happens,” he said. tiple vehicles colliding in less Mike Colbert, a forecaster
said three fatalities had been emergency personnel arrived than a minute. with the National Weather
confirmed by late afternoon. and some smaller vehicles People whose vehicles were Service office in State Col-
He said the search of the were also on fire, he said. in the crash and the “walking The National Weather Ser- lege, said the weather service
scene hadn’t been completed wounded” were taken to the vice had warned of “numer- started issuing warnings for
because of vehicles still burn- Pennsylvania State Police Wegman’s distribution center ous brief heavy snow squalls snow squalls a few years ago,
ing. “I suspect it could run Trooper David Beohm said in an industrial park near the with very poor visibility.” and pileups of the kind be-
higher,” he said. Monday afternoon that po- crash, he said, and a reunifi- ing reported were the reason
lice hadn’t been able to in- cation center had been set up “The squalls will quickly re- they began doing so.
The Schuylkill County Of- vestigate yet because a fire at the Goodwill Fire Com-
fice of Emergency Manage- was still burning among a pany in Minersville.
ment said the crash in north- number of crashed cars and
east Pennsylvania happened trucks. Footage uploaded to social
around 10:30 a.m. Monday. media on Monday showed
John Blickley, the agency’s “We can’t do anything while a tractor-trailer smash into a
deputy emergency manage- there’s still an active fire go- large dump truck, turning it
ment coordinator, said of- ing,” he said. Fire units on nearly 180 degrees. Another
ficials believe a snow squall the scene included a steady large truck spewed black
clouded visibility and likely stream of water tankers be- smoke and orange flames into
contributed to the accident. cause “in the middle of no- the air and an SUV struck a
where, you have to bring passenger car sending the se-
Estimates of the number your own water ... there’s not dan spinning, narrowly miss-
of vehicles involved from a fire hydrant out here any- ing its driver who stood on