US Concerned About Escalation From Russia but Not Changing Nuclear Posture: White House

From The Epoch Times By Katabella Roberts March 14, 2022

Natalie’s Commentary: It’s hard to believe how quickly Russia’s invasion into Ukraine has escalated from bad to worse.

What Putin is doing is almost as if he has lost his mind and could very well be suffering from a significant mental illness deteriorating his thinking process.

He has established his reputation as a Communist regime dictator who has committed atrocities in Crimea and Syria and now horrifically in Ukraine. Putin is now under Xi Jinping’s spell. Xi Jinping is undoubtedly responsible for encouraging Putin to go ahead and launch this war as a deliberate attack on Ukraine.

It’s quite possible Pelosi and Biden have encouraged such an atrocity behind the scenes to pivot Americans witnessing all the crime and corruption sinister Democrats and the deep state have committed for money, power, and control. With the election of the midterm’s coming this fall it could very well be another reason to interfere with another election process once to commit another massive election fraud with the GOP leading by 11 points ahead of the corrupted Democrats.

Ukrainians continue to display extraordinary courage, strength and resolve each passing day for their lives and their families. What choice do they have but to fight back and protect themselves and quite possibly win this battle.

The United States was once the leader of the free world, with that came responsibility and leadership that courageous President’s in the past during World War I and World War II demonstrated to help those in desperate need on the world stage. Now the people in Ukraine are literally crying out to heaven above for help. President Putin is a behemoth bully and he might very well not stop in Ukraine. He alone is isolating  himself with the catastrophic demonstrations of war crimes on Ukraine. Killing innocent civilians of an entire country should not be an option but with Xi Jinping looming behind the curtain we really can’t predict where and when this mayhem will end.  Everything the Ukrainian people are experiencing is as devastating that occurred in World War II. To witness this carnage and do nothing is hopeless for them and perhaps reckless for us if we involve ourselves and to what degree. God’s almighty power is within our reach and willingness to defend the innocent but never without a cost. 

It was said Russia has about 10 days of ammunition and fight in them. It could even be less since Putin has called Xi Jinping for help.

Meanwhile, Xi Jinping has started saber rattling flying jet planes over Taiwan. Xi doesn’t care about Putin and Russia, he just single handedly with a few words drained the fight and war resources out of Russia.

Xi Jinping is probably looking forward to taking over Russia and building his Communist empire bigger because of China’s population overcrowding problem.

China has been buying parcels of property here in America. Why hasn’t these egregious business deals been over turned, undone. Our worst adversarial enemy is buying land in America. In whose right mind is that okay to allow China to do this.

There are 340,000 Chinese students in this country. Many of them have been threatened to act as spies for Communist China. At this point and time each of these students should be sent back to their country. Our young adults have suffered the worst because of COVID-19 lockdowns and are probably two years behind in their school studies. They should be given the priority.

Illegitimate Biden has been bought and sold by Xi Jinping. He is not going to do anything against Xi Jinping’s orders. So, essentially we are now, as an American country under the Chinese genocidal Communist dictatorship’s mercy with illegitimate Biden continuing to play President of the United States but he is not the President. Americans are well aware that a massive election fraud did take place and Biden stole the election from President Trump. And China deliberately attacked our national security with COVID-19 as well as the entire world.

Now, Putin’s last order indicated  that he is prepared to use Russia’s nuclear weapons with the possibility of launching these nuclear weapons. He also threatened raising the possibility that Western nations could be subject to nuclear strikes if they get too involved in the Ukraine conflict.

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 9 called Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine–Russia conflict a “bluff.”

“I think that the threat of nuclear war is a bluff. It’s one thing to be a murderer. It’s another to commit suicide,” Zelensky told German newspaper Die Zeit. “Every use of nuclear weapons means the end for all sides, not just for the person using them. Rather, Putin’s threat shows a weakness. You only threaten the use of nuclear weapons when nothing else is working. I am sure that Russia is aware of the catastrophic consequences of any attempt to use nuclear weapons.”

Zelensky’s logical and common sense response is exactly right. To use nuclear weapons is suicide for both sides depending on the amount of a nuclear atomic assault. ~ Natalie

The Biden administration is very “concerned” that Russia might escalate its invasion of Ukraine and use nuclear weapons, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday.

In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” Sullivan said the United States was monitoring Russia’s moves closely but noted that officials have not yet seen anything that would require them to change their “nuclear posture.”

“We are watching this extremely closely, and obviously, the escalation risk with a nuclear power is severe, and it is a different kind of conflict than other conflicts the American people have seen over the years,” Sullivan said.

“And the American President, Joe Biden, has to take that responsibility extremely seriously, even as we redouble our efforts to support the Ukrainians. As things stand today, the United States has not adjusted our nuclear posture, but it is something that we monitor day by day, hour by hour, because it is a paramount priority to the president.”

When asked if the Biden administration was “concerned” about the situation, Sullivan said, “Anytime you have a nuclear power fighting in a conflict zone in Europe near NATO territory, of course we have to focus on and be concerned about the possibility of escalation, the risk of escalation.”

However, Sullivan again doubled down on his previous comment that officials “have not seen anything that would require us to change our nuclear posture at this time.”

Within days of invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear forces on high alert, blaming the “hostile actions” and statements of Western nations and NATO.

“Western countries are not only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic area. I’m speaking about the illegitimate sanctions that everyone is well aware of. However, the top officials of the leading NATO countries also make aggressive statements against our country as well,” Putin said in a televised meeting with top ministers.

As a result, Putin said that he has ordered “the minister of defense and the chief of the general staff [of the Russian armed forces] to transfer the deterrence forces of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty.”

The deterrence forces include command of Russia’s vast arsenal of nuclear weapons, although it is unclear what a “special mode of combat duty” refers to.

Putin’s order means that Russia’s nuclear weapons are prepared for the increased possibility of launch, raising the possibility that Western nations could be subject to nuclear strikes if they get too involved in the Ukraine conflict.

The president’s actions drew swift condemnation from Western officials, including NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who said Putin’s order “adds to the seriousness of the situation.”

However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 9 called Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine–Russia conflict a “bluff.”

“I think that the threat of nuclear war is a bluff. It’s one thing to be a murderer. It’s another to commit suicide,” Zelensky told German newspaper Die Zeit. “Every use of nuclear weapons means the end for all sides, not just for the person using them. Rather, Putin’s threat shows a weakness. You only threaten the use of nuclear weapons when nothing else is working. I am sure that Russia is aware of the catastrophic consequences of any attempt to use nuclear weapons.”

On March 13, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators said that there had been progress in talks between both sides regarding a potential end to the conflict.

The Kyiv government is continuing to demand an “end of the war and the withdrawal of [Russian] troops,” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky, wrote on Twitter, adding that he believes Ukraine will “achieve some results literally in a matter of days.”

Meanwhile, Leonid Slutsky, a member of Russia’s delegation and head of the State Duma’s Committee on International Affairs, was quoted by state-run media outlet RIA Novosti as saying that “significant progress” had been made in the talks.

While both sides appear to be optimistic about the potential to end the more than two-week-long conflict, no further details were provided.