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The mission to kill Zawahiri is a major accomplishment for Biden that brought justice to one of the people who helped orchestrate the cold-blooded murder of thousands of innocent New Yorkers on 9/11. The World is a safer, better place without monsters like him. We all crave more decisive actions from President Biden.

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Biden's incredible weakness caused and allowed Putin to dare invade Ukraine. I loved your 9/11 course and how open you were. Please don't kill your legacy by being a propagandist and conspiracy theorist. Biden is a far worse President than Trump. He is causing chaos around the world with his useless policies. Look at Germany now looking at using coal power plants. Can you Imagine.... Green Germany begging for gas from poor Mozambique. y'all are quite frankly, delusional

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Olamide - Thank you for this comment and subscribing to Perilous Times. I am glad you enjoyed Understanding 9/11. I have to disagree, however, with your comment here. You accuse Biden of being weak - but refer to no specific examples. Recall, Trump did everything he could to undermine the NATO alliance. Indeed, Putin thought that his invasion of Ukraine would divide NATO because the Germans and others were so reliant on Russian natural gas. Biden made bolstering NATO the cornerstone of his foreign policy and he rallied the alliance to come to Ukraine's aid and stymie Putin's plan to quickly conquer the entirety of that country. How is that weakness. And if you liked Trump's policy toward China, Biden has continued most of them and done a lot more to confront China and strengthen the U.S. ability to compete domestically, like the semiconductor bill that passed the Senate this week.

As for what I have said about Trump - what do you think are conspiracy theories? The Schedule F idea to make the civil service beholden to Trump is not made up. It was put into law in October 2020, but since Trump lost the election, it was not implemented. I have plenty of criticism of the Biden Administration - but I do not have any concerns about its commitment to democracy and constitutional norms. Trump raises these concerns almost every time he speaks.

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Thanks for your response. I am sorry for replying so late. Well, I enjoyed the Understanding 9/11 course, and despite disagreeing with you on just a few things during the course, It's clear you have moved farther to the left since then. You're really good at articulating your thoughts, as flawed as they might be. I will give you that.

You are very wrong though. You could not be more wrong. Obama gave Ukraine blankets when Russia annexed Crimea and then enacted soft sanctions. Trump was tough on Russia. He strong-armed Nato into increasing their defense spending when most were delinquent. Is that what someone trying to destroy Nato would do? Trump opposed the Nord stream2 which was supposed to be a major source of revenue for the Russians. Let's not kid ourselves, Putin is blackmailing Germany and Europe because of extreme policies centered on Climate Change. Radical policies get you nowhere. Where is Greta now to give speeches now? David, In Africa, thanks to skyrocketing prices, People are doing massive damage to the climate because they cannot afford clean energy. Biden allowed the Nord stream 2 after killing the Keystone pipeline at home. Biden is weak and behind the curve on everything. Even Zelinsky regretted Biden’s weakness. How he only started to care after Russia invaded. Putin took land under Bush, Obama, and now Biden but didn't under Trump, David. Do you know why? Because He knew that unlike Obama and Weak Biden, Trump enforces Red Lines. When Trump draws a red line in the sand, He means it. Obama drew a red line in the sand in Syria and he backed down. Biden called Saudi a Pariah State. Guess who was in Saudi 2 weeks ago Fist bumping the Prince and begging for Oil? David, Look at how the U.S left Afghanistan last summer like cowards after all the good work the U.S has done there. Have you seen what the Taliban are doing to women's rights in Afghanistan now? and yet you say Biden stands for Democracy. smh. Well, Democracy is allowing open borders? Is that Democracy? If America suffers a Terrorist attack due to terrorists passing through your southern borders( They are already being caught at your borders by the way), Don't expect anyone subscribing to your course to learn about Terrorists. That is because the policies of the Government you support caused it. Undemocratic policies. A country without safe borders, security, Justice Law, and order is not a country. I am very angry that Biden has put the World in chaos with lopsided policies. Trump and the Republican party are certainly not perfect but they are better than this lot. Only Joe Manchin stands out after he apologized for passing that Inflation bill last year and blocking BBB. I hope the Democrats get shellacked in November. Btw thanks to your course and many hours of reading different materials, I wrote a book about Putin. you can check it out.

https://www.amazon.com/Putin-Chose-This-War-Globalizations-ebook/dp/B0B5NNYHNQ

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