Watch President Biden's State of the Union address in under 4 minutes

As a longtime independent democratic socialist I do agree with this editorial opinion published today on the World Socialist Web Site : [ "But the center of Biden’s speech was a wild-eyed appeal for war. In the first minute of his speech, he launched into a shouting rant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, which could serve no other purpose than to magnify the danger of an uncontrolled intensification of the war. Far from indicating that he sought a negotiated settlement of the conflict, Biden made it clear that the war will continue and become even bloodier. In a cynical and grotesquely distorted invocation of the State of the Union Address delivered by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in January 1941, on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II, Biden shouted that he wanted to “wake up this Congress,” i.e., force it to allocate another $60 billion to finance the Ukraine war. “Overseas, Putin of Russia is on the march,” Biden declared, “invading Ukraine and sowing chaos throughout Europe and beyond.” Tens of billions of dollars in further assistance, he said, “is being blocked by those who want us to walk away from our leadership in the world.” Speaking to Putin directly, Biden shouted, “We will not walk away. We will not bow down. I will not bow down.” ]