Another 9/11 Unlikely, Biden Says

cbsnews.com ^ | Feb. 11, 2010 | Stephanie Condon

[Free ThinkerNY]

Vice President Joe Biden said it is unlikely the United States will see another terrorist attack of the proportions of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, but that the nation could still be the target of more "small bore" attacks.

"The idea of there being a massive attack in the United States like 9/11 is unlikely, in my view," Biden said Wednesday night on CNN's "Larry King Live." "But if you see what's happening, particularly with al Qaeda and the Arabian Peninsula, they have decided to move in the direction of much more small bore but devastatingly frightening attacks."

The attempted Christmas Day bombing last year in Detroit represents the types of threats the country is more likely to face, he said. Biden added that the Obama administration, however, has handled the threat well.

"I've been really impressed with the success we've had, building on the last administration, in dealing with these," Biden said.

In terms of threats to stability abroad, Biden said Iran becoming a nuclear state was "a real concern, not an immediate concern."

More pressing, he said, is the situation in Pakistan.

[AlphaOneAlpha]

Hmmm. Last week the Administration's embarrassing National Security Adviser, Brennen, responded to a Senate panel when asked the level of likelihood of another attempted terrorist attack on the U.S.:

It's certain. And then the head of the CIA and FBI, when asked, agreed with that assessment.

[PUGACHEV]

"What’s Joe’s record on being correct?

That's why I'm more worried now than ever.

[SJackson]

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they have decided to move in the direction of much more small bore but devastatingly frightening attacks."

The attempted Christmas Day bombing last year in Detroit represents the types of threats the country is more likely to face

I'm pleased, the Obama administration aspires to noting all that much worse than Lockerbie or the Beirut Marine barrack bombing. What's a few hundred dead Americans. Drop a plane every six months, who will notice? Besides, Bush did it.

[castlegreyskull]

Vice President Biden I believe Al-Qaeda disagrees.

[rdl6989]

The guy cheated on his IQ test, and still had to add a digit in the telling.

Lol. I'm gonna remember that one.

[BARLF]

I was going to post a pic of a horse behind, but it was to pretty to be Biden.)

[twyn1]

So is Biden implying that the possibility of just a "few" people dying is no big deal? Tell that to the families and friends when it happens ...

What an Idiot!

[SuperLuminal]

Whew! Am I ever relieved!
(Actually I meant I just almost crapped my trousers just thinking that this moron was freely elected by about 53% of the Amercan citizenry!)

[Eagles6]

"Vice President Joe Biden said it is unlikely the United States will see another terrorist attack of the proportions of the events of Sept. 11, 200"

Crap! Grab the family and pets and head for the bunker.

[Eagles6]

"Hm, I think we have a genious here."

Genius? The man is an "effing r-word".

There, I said it.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

But to have such solid intel when the CIA could never make such a claim, that has to take absolute brilliance.

[Eagles6]

"Hm, I think we have a genious here."

Genius? The man is an "effing r-word".

There, I said it.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

All the experts I’ve heard say it’s not a question of ‘if’ but of ‘when’. For Biden to know more than them? Wow!

[Eagles6]

Apparently so

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

The entire CIA is beneath Biden’s pay grade. He deserves a raise, a big one.

[takenoprisoner]

“It is not a completely functional democracy in the sense we think about it.”

Joe Biden is either afflicted with a major learning disability, or he is truly a marxist whose MO is to pretend to be stupid. As evidenced above, he is especially handicapped when it comes to understanding the kind of govt our founders created. Mr. VP, we are a Constitutional Republic. Need help? Try your favorite search engine. Or have one of your hundreds of well paid aides, one who is capable of searching the internet, help you learn the form of govt our founders created.

[Eagles6]

Those hair plugs must be some kind of ESP/Matrix type of antennae, allowing him extraordinary perception.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

ROFL!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I don’t think I’ll need an Obama inhilator for my lungs now. Thanks. =]

[jwalsh07]

Joe couldn’t make the cut for the team of Dumb and Dumber.