The US president has again confused key international events and locations while expressing regret for his country\u2019s invasion of Iraq<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US president Joe Biden has committed another gaffe to the public record. In the course of an interview with MSNBC on Saturday Biden said that Washington had made a mistake by going into Ukraine when in fact he was referring to the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden had meant to offer criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who, by ignoring civilian casualties during the IDF\u2019s military operation in Gaza, is \u201churting Israel more than he\u2019s helping Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US leader recalled how, during his visit to Israel early in the conflict, he had warned Netanyahu against making a \u201cmistake\u201d that the US made after 9\/11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmerica made a mistake. We went after Osama bin Laden until we got him, but we shouldn\u2019t have gone into Ukraine\u2026\u201d the 81-year-old said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the latest data from the Gaza health ministry, 31,045 people have been killed and 72,654 others wounded since October 7, after which the IDF began its attacks on the Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas incursion into Israel, in which an estimated 1,200 people lost their lives and over 200 were taken hostage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president quickly corrected himself, saying: \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have gone into the whole thing in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u201d Those military campaigns by the US \u201ccaused more problems than they cured,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova infused the subject with sarcasm, suggesting that Moscow actually disagreed with reporting in the media that Biden had simply confused Ukraine with Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t mix it up. He can no longer retain to himself what everyone understands \u2013 the US have disgraced themselves in the bloodiest manner with the whole Ukrainian project,\u201d she wrote on Telegram on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After repelling Ukraine\u2019s counteroffensive last year, Russian forces have been steadily improving frontline positions, capturing the strategic stronghold of Adveevka in Russia\u2019s People\u2019s Republic of Donetsk last month, and several other settlements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Washington has been Ukraine\u2019s primary backer since the escalation to armed confrontation in February 2022 of long-simmering conflicts between Moscow and Kiev, and has provided over $111 billion in military and financial assistance. However, in recent months, US aid has subsided drastically as the Biden administration struggles to overcome Republican resistance to its efforts to push through another $60-billion for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not the first time that Biden has confused countries and places. In June, he said that \u201cPutin is losing the war in Iraq.\u201d In a more recent blunder, he said a week ago that the US and partners were discussing \u201cairdrops of food and supplies into Ukraine,\u201d while actually meaning proposed airdrops into Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n