Posted on 10/20/2008 10:38:08 AM PDT by Reaganesque
I was under the impression that Biden's job was to reassure American voters to go with the exceptionally inexperienced natsec pick. Not to let them know that he was going to not only be tested right off the bat, but that he would probably flunk:
ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Sunday guaranteed that if elected, Sen. Barack Obama., D-Ill., will be tested by an international crisis within his first six months in power and he will need supporters to stand by him as he makes tough, and possibly unpopular, decisions.
"Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."
"I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate," Biden said to Emerald City supporters, mentioning the Middle East and Russia as possibilities. "And he's gonna need help. And the kind of help he's gonna need is, he's gonna need you - not financially to help him - we're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right."
See AoSHQ and Hot Air for more. The former is wincing at the idea of Joe Biden - a man who is always ready to tell you how smart he is, and if that doesn't alarm you, nothing will - being the backup for Obama in a hypothetical crisis like this; the latter is helpfully reminding us that Kennedy's own test of foreign was an "unmitigated disaster" that nearly ended up destroying Eurasia.
My own worries are slightly different. We can probably survive losing a diplomatic confrontation with Iran (unless they decide to do something stupid, like try to nuke Israel: then we won't have to lose it): and our response to an invasion of South Korea by North Korea will at least have the virtue of simplicity. But if China decides to force a confrontation over Taiwan... well, if Obama wins then I recommend that the Taiwanese that aren't ready to make nice with the PRC start acquiring passports ahead of time. Likewise, if the Pakistanis conclude that now is a good time to push India over Kashmir, sorry, guys: we had a change in administrations, and the new one isn't particularly interested in maintaining good relationships with the world's largest democracy. Then there's the dark horse of Venezuela: I suspect that Chavez would dearly love to push around Uncle Sam a bit, and the potential there for a blindsiding of a hypothetical Obama administration is just too great to ignore.
And note: all of this assumes that the test will be essentially diplomatic in tone. Instead of, say, an anthrax attack on San Diego, or a radiological bomb set off in Jacksonville, or even a series of coordinated ground-level terrorist attacks in ten or twelve suburban locations. I am even less confident in the Democrats' ability to produce an effective and measured response to renewed assaults on American citizens than I am in their ability to counter the diplomatic moves of regimes that don't care if we like them or not. Given that I have zero confidence for them in that, I sympathize if that admission alarms you. It alarms me, too.
LOL< true...
There are a couple of other threads about this already. There are at least 120 reasponses on one of them.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110295/posts
2. Setting the expectation so that when it does happen they can say; "See, we knew this would happen."
3. Saying that the BHO response might be 'unpopular' is setting up the likelihood that BHO will cave to whatever the nasty bastards want.
4. Joe just being Joe.
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Us, maybe?
Is Biden supporting the right?
Biden has made the point that Obama is inexperienced and that enemies definitely will try to take advantage of that.
Many have commented on Biden’s knowledge of foreign affairs.
I agree with him that Obama is grossly inexperienced and that the nations of the world will take advantage of the US and even attempt covert and overt attacks.
The only solution is the experienced man, Senator John McCain.
You inspired me.
Forgive me for adding to it.
Thanks! Good job. Maybe the RNC will pick up on it and put it to use.
These remarks are so bizarre and reckless that someone should check to see if his hair plugs are woven too tightly.
RE: “..................As abhorrent as it is to have to deal with a (shudder) President Obama, sometimes it’s good to cast off the demons within our own party, while the Dems over-reach in Congress and try to pull the country too far leftward. As for the Supreme Court, the only likely retirements would be Ginsburg and Stevens. You could put two judges from the 9th Circuit in there to replace them and see no difference..........................”
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If it’s all the same to you, “ScottinVA,” I’ll consider resigning myself to dealing with Zero and his cronies AFTER November 4, NOT before!
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