Brad Patty, The Post Millennial: Joe Biden is dead wrong on Hungary and Poland
Presidential candidate Joe Biden raised hackles among our allies last week. He told the ABC town hall audience “You see what’s happened in everything from Belarus to Poland to Hungary, and the rise of totalitarian regimes in the world.” He went on to turn this into a campaign plank, but our allies in Eastern Europe were understandably upset.
Hungary, for example, is close to joining only seven NATO countries that meet their defense budget obligations to the alliance. They are our partners in the western Balkans, where our State Department and USAID have had substantial success bringing peace to a war-torn region. Poland is an important NATO partner too, with whom we are negotiating basing rights as a long-term hedge against Russian aggression.
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WNU Editor: Poland and Hungary are not totalitarian regimes. Not even close. Is this the reason why foreign policy will not be a debate topic tomorrow? A concern that Joe Biden may not be up to speed on foreign policy? He certainly does not know what is happening in Poland and Hungary.
