Obama administration: Only 5 percent of the Taliban is incorrigible (I wish this were satire...)

The London Spectator ^ | March 10, 2009 | James Forsyth

[F16Fighter]

"comments from Vice-President Biden"

And remember - Biden is considered the 0bama Administration's #1 Foreign Policy "expert."

Bwahaa!!

If this had been one of Sarah Palin quotes, she'd have been shoved onto the turnip truck by the WaPo, the Times, and Herr Olbermann.

[windcliff]

What catagory is John Walker Lindh in?

[Plutarch]

These must be some of those 1:20 incorrigibles Biden is talking about.

[woofie]

My thoughts exactly

[woofie]

I think the Liberal position is if a few thousand folks get blown up from time to time we can live with that.

[Mac from Cleveland]

5% incorrigible?

That’s a lot better than the current West Wing occupants-only 5% of them AREN’T incorrigible.

[NYC GOP Chick]

“5 percent of the Taliban is incorrigible, not susceptible to anything other than being defeated. Another 25 percent or so are not quite sure, in my view, the intensity of their commitment to the insurgency. And roughly 70 percent are involved because of the money, because of them being -- getting paid.”

Now he's just making up crap again. And he's still an incorrigible asshat.

By definition, the Taliban has no moderate elements. Contrary to his running mouth, just about every savage who joins the Taliban does so out of religious and ideological fervor.

Reminds me of what this idiot said shortly after 9/11:

At the Tuesday-morning meeting with committee staffers, Biden launches into a stream-of-consciousness monologue about what his committee should be doing, before he finally admits the obvious: "I'm groping here." Then he hits on an idea: America needs to show the Arab world that we're not bent on its destruction. "Seems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran," Biden declares. He surveys the table with raised eyebrows, a How do ya like that? look on his face.

The staffers sit in silence. Finally somebody ventures a response: "I think they'd send it back." Then another aide speaks up delicately: "The thing I would worry about is that it would almost look like a publicity stunt." Still another reminds Biden that an Iranian delegation is in Moscow that very day to discuss a $300 million arms deal with Vladimir Putin that the United States has strongly condemned. But Joe Biden is barely listening anymore. He's already moved on to something else.

The New Republic

[surfer]

you sure give them a lot of credit...

[pray4liberty]

Yeah, but 5% of these terrible fanatics can do a lot of damage!