Yes, I believe most observers were surprised to see such
direct remarks being made in such a place.
And that gave them all that power,
in a sense by Joe Biden today,
who very clearly referenced the aggression against Ukraine as indeed
a case of tyranny that needed to be fought.
Joe Biden, who really addressed,
I'd say 3 messages in this,
in this statement. First, he did,
you know, very clearly pay tribute to those who fell
here for freedom and democracy.
It's talked at length about their sacrifice.
But very quickly he moved on to domestic politics,
if you will, when he says that isolationism is not
a solution.
He very clearly reiterated us,
his commitment to NATO, saying that is the most powerful
alliance in the world,
that it is absolutely necessary,
that it needs to be reinforced rather than degraded.
Those were direct references to what his opponent in the
American election,
Donald Trump, has been saying over the past weeks or
months.
Expressively, when he said that NATO countries needed to contribute
more or he would let Russia destroy them or do
whatever they want,
whatever Russia wanted with them.
Well, this is quite clearly a direct response to what?
Donald Trump was saying by Joe Biden,
they're stating what his position is,
and that is that the US stands with NATO,
NATO needs to be reinforced.
And then a message to abroad to Vladimir Putin in
a sense and quite a direct one,
saying, you know, this is these are sacrifices we made
80 years ago for freedom and democracy and we're willing
to go down that path again if required.
And we will not step down.
We will not back down.
Basically saying that if Ukraine were to fall,
well then the Eastern Europe and then the rest of
Europe was.
At threat. And that is a very clear,
as I say, very clear,
very blunt statement by Joe Biden,
Quite unexpected in a sense,
but really incredibly powerful when you're standing here with these
9388 graves of young American soldiers that gave their lives
on the beaches right next to this cemetery in order
to free Europe from Nazi tyranny at the time.
James, thank you very much for that.
James Andre.