Posted on 02/05/2005 10:46:27 AM PST by Dan Evans
As Tehran raise fears with its increasing nuclear capability, the world must address Iran's emotional needs and agree to a nonagression pact, says Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del.
Biden was cited by Boston Globe columnist H.D.S. Greenway, who wrote that President Bush's rhetoric about freedom and specific references to Iran is making people wonder if Tehran will be the next target, after Iraq.
Greenway wrote yesterday: "Senator Joseph Biden said that even if Iran was a full democracy like India, it would want nuclear capability, like India. What the world needed to address was Iran's emotional needs, he said, with a nonaggression pact."
The columnist added that the U.S. and Europe might not succeed in preventing an Iranian nuclear bomb "unless they are willing to address Iran's nightmares and guarantee its safety. But that runs contrary to the reigning theology in Washington that divides the world into good and evil, and believes in the benefits of using force."
Biden engaged in a rare public exchange with an Iranian official Jan. 28 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The senator is at odds with administration officials who believe the way to handle Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program and support for terrorism is through isolation.
After expressing concern about Tehran's nuclear intentions, the senator told Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi he also is urging his own government to rethink its positions.
"You have to grow up and my administration has to grow up, with all due respect, and find out if there is any common ground," Biden said. "We are on the course of unintended consequences."
Biden criticized Bush's unwillingness to rule out an armed response.
"I hope we're all smarter about this, smarter than we've been," he said. "I hope our leadership is brighter because if it's not, it's a very dull picture for the region, and for humanity."
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"At a dinner designed to promote dialogue between Iran and United States during last weeks World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, one thing was noticeably absent the guest speaker, Democrat Delaware Senator Joe Biden. Organizers repeatedly said he was on the way, but guests including Irans prime minister and vice president were left waiting for an hour and 20 minutes.
"Whats more, the Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi threatened to leave and take his delegation with him, after organizers served wine, which is forbidden in Islam. Waiters removed all the wine glasses. But then they had to come back to remove the menus, which featured meat that violated Islamic law. Biden, for the record, says he was late because he went to the wrong place."
-- Brit Hume, Political Grapevine
Mark Levin aptly terms Biden the "stupidest person in the Senate."
Agreed, Biden is so stupid that he plagarised Neil Kinnock, of all people.
Regards, Ivan
"...Iran's emotional needs..."
So let's all send them Care Bears?
Here's the Boston Globe article cited above:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/02/04/onward_to_iran/
I was under the impression that the executive branch (i.e., the president, state department, etc..) handled diplomacy and foreign affairs and that congress merely provided funds and oversight. Silly me, reading that darn outdated United States Constitution, and forgetting that it is a "living and breathing" document that "changes, grows and adapts" as the situation calls for it. No wonder Biden, Kerry, Boxer, Kennedy, Pelosi, Kucinich, and their ilk feel no constraints in what they do or say, they don't have to abide by the constitution....
Yet Another Dem Shilling for the Enemies of America BUMP
Thanks, I did miss that report. LOL.
Britain and France addressed Hitler's emotional needs about the poor put-upon Germans in the Sudetenland at the Munich Conference in 1938. Biden is a complete fool and ought to keep his mouth shut. For Biden speech isn't silver but silence is definitely golden.
"Senator Joseph Biden said... What the world needed to address was Iran's emotional needs Another brand-name Democrat joins the ranks of the moonbats. |
Well, Biden is a total I-D-I-O-T
"Iran's emotional needs" - PLEASE!
ASININE APPEASER ALERT!! ASININE APPEASER ALERT!!
"Each [appeaser] hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last." Sir Winston Churchill.
I'm pretty sure that honor is reserved for the Mom in Tennis Shoes, our very own Patty Murray.
Biden's sin is that he thinks he's a foreign policy genius.
Biden is, without doubt, one of the dumbest congressmen ever to serve in that blasted place.
Semper Fi
Let's take a look at the senators...
This is from the Atty General vote on Real Republic.
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chafee (R-RI)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID) - wouldn't want this name
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC) -
Domenici (R-NM) - fine senator
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE) - Often misguided
Hatch (R-UT) - misguided; likes too many people
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA) - could run as a republican and win
Lieberman (D-CT) - moving right daily since Gore failed
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ) - loose cannon
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)- seems capable
Nelson (D-FL) - When not bullied by dems, he seems reasonable
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Salazar (D-CO)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)- not the brightest bulb
Specter (R-PA) -
Stevens (R-AK) -
Sununu (R-NH) -
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA) -
NAYs ---36
Akaka (D-HI) -
Bayh (D-IN) -
Biden (D-DE)- wants to trust liars, fool
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)- hates America, communst, fool
Byrd (D-WV) - hates
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY) - socialist
Corzine (D-NJ) - socialist
Dayton (D-MN) - socialist
Dodd (D-CT) - socialist
Dorgan (D-ND) - socialist
Durbin (D-IL) - socialist
Feingold (D-WI) - liberal
Feinstein (D-CA) - liberal
Harkin (D-IA) - communist, fool
Jeffords (I-VT) - communist, fool
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA) - socialist
Kerry (D-MA) - communist
Kohl (D-WI) - socialist
Lautenberg (D-NJ) - socialist
Leahy (D-VT) - socialist, fool
Levin (D-MI) - socialist
Lincoln (D-AR) - suprise vote?
Mikulski (D-MD) - socialist, fool
Murray (D-WA) - communist, fool
Obama (D-IL) - communists?
Reed (D-RI) -
Reid (D-NV) - socialist
Rockefeller (D-WV) -
Sarbanes (D-MD) - liberal
Schumer (D-NY) - socialist
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR) -
Not Voting - 4
Baucus (D-MT)
Burns (R-MT)
Conrad (D-ND) - another leftie
Inouye (D-HI)
Here they are. Amazing that so few make so much noise.
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