Several foreign policy experts, analysts, columnists, and Western media have swiftly reacted to Biden’s “regime change” comments in Poland, as sharply veering away from stated U.S. goals regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Sputnik reports.
Richard Haass, president of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, didn’t mince words: “The White House walk-back of [Biden’s] regime change call is unlikely to wash. Putin will see it as confirmation of what he’s believed all along,” he said. “Our interests are to end the war on terms Ukraine can accept and to discourage Russian escalation. Today’s call for regime change is inconsistent with these ends,” he stated, warning that the President’s speech created risks that Putin will “reject compromise, escalate, or both.” Haass urged stronger language from the White House to assure the Kremlin that Biden’s tirade doesn’t represent a change in U.S. foreign policy.
