“Not What We Are Seeing” – US Intel Officials Reject Biden’s “Genocide” Claims

• “Not What We Are Seeing” – US Intel Officials Reject Biden’s “Genocide” Claims
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  Earlier this week, President Biden appeared to veer off script in the middle of his ‘blame Putin, not our idiotic policies, for your collapsing cost of living’ speech, when he dropped the ‘g’ word…
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  “Your family budget, your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide half a world away.”
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  As the world waited for another rapid walk-back by White House staffers of another Biden gaffe, the 79-year-old doubled-down…:
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  “Yes, I called it genocide. Because it has become clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of being able to be Ukrainian.”
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  The comments sparked reactions from around the diplomatic world. French President Emmanuel Macron was the most outspoken, refusing to back Biden’s claim that Russia is committing “genocide” in Ukraine. The French leader instead warned that an escalation of rhetoric wouldn’t bring peace.
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  On the same day Biden accused Russia of genocide, Newsweek published an article quoting a senior official from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency who said the civilian casualties in Ukraine are typical of modern warfare and “hardly” amount to genocide.
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