Biden opened the cyber store

During the 3+ hours the heads of the world’s two greatest nuclear powers met, Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin against any cyberattacks on what he said were 16 clearly defined areas of U.S. critical infrastructure. The 16 “should be off-limits,” Biden reportedly said.

I’ve got about 16 problems with that. I can’t say he gave away the store, but he left the front door unlocked over the weekend.

First, the list presented the Russkis with a target list — the  critical infrastructure areas that would hurt the U.S. most. Why would he do this? This wasn’t a tactic like Brer Rabbit’s plea not to be thrown in the briar patch. 

Second, does  that mean that attacks on anything else would be tolerated by us? I mean, is everything else “in-limits”? Biden would have been smarter to say the U.S. would take any state-endorsed attack as an invitation to retaliate.

Third, the list of 16 was given to Vladimir Putin — but not to Americans.

That bother you? It bothers me. 

Wouldn’t you like to know if you are “off-limits” or “in-limits”?

Don’t we usually try to keep secrets from the Russians instead of from U.S. citizens? 

OK — I don’t have another 13 reasons.

These three are enough.