“I gave them a list. If I’m not mistaken, I don’t have it in front of me, 16 specific entities,” Biden said. “Sixteen defined as critical infrastructure under U.S. policy from the energy sector to our water systems.”
Devilishly clever tactic. A stupid person would question why you would tell your mortal enemy where precisely to stab you in your soft underbelly, but that's exactly what Joe wants Putin to think. You see, Biden is actually playing 4-D chess. Among the list of the 16 things Biden has forgotten is the Keystone Pipeline, Route 66, and that "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska that Palin can see from her front porch. In other words, my friends, it's a trap. Putin's KGB mind isn't sophisticated enough to grasp something like this, and by announcing these 16 things that Putin must never attack, when and if he does, everyone will be able to say, "Hey, Biden warned you!" and then we can bring the brunt of America's power and might down upon Putin by pursuing some UN sanctions upon him and by placing a total embargo on Russian vodka, and by giving them Hunter. You wanna talk about bringing a man to his knees?
The pros are in charge, and hats off to the aides who came up with this one.