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PHOTO: Ted Danger/WSN Sen. Biden, right, spoke on the pending war in Iraq. A leading Democratic senator blasted the Bush administration yesterday in a speech at NYU, criticizing the president’s foreign and economic policies and warning that Americans are unprepared for the costs of war. Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, denounced the apparent willingness of President George W. Bush to go to war with Iraq without U.N. support and said that Bush has failed to properly outline war plans for Americans and allied nations. “We are now on the verge of war, a war that is justified — but make no mistake about it, one that is elected,” Biden said. “[Secretary of State] Colin Powell has been working hard at the United Nations to gain broad support ... against Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction. That show of unity is the last and best chance to avoid a war. “Unfortunately, with the actions of the current administration, we are unlikely to get the show of unanimity I think we could have had.” Biden said that the Bush administration, by enacting self-interested policies after the Sept. 11 attacks, squandered an opportunity to unite the world and instead created a culture of fear among Americans. Future budgets should be concerned with military spending and security measures, Biden said. “Our new war is not a Cold War but a borderless war, for which we must reorganize ourselves and our resources,” Biden said. “The fateful question is, How do we reorganize ourselves? It seems to me the first thing we have to realize is that we have in this administration much too narrow a view of what constitutes security.” Biden has received increased media attention recently for his committee’s role in questioning U.N. Ambassador John Negroponte and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage about the extent of the threat posed by Saddam. Biden previously said Bush should focus less on pre-emptive strikes than on using military action to enforce the 1991 treaty ending the Persian Gulf War. This media attention, which was heightened yesterday when Biden appeared on NBC’s “Today” show, has promoted him as a possible candidate for president in 2004. Biden told WSN he was considering a run but said he would not make an announcement until late summer or early fall. “I’ll make that decision after we’ve decided what we’re doing in Iraq,” Biden said. Yesterday’s speech and a subsequent Q-and-A session took place in the Silver Center for Arts and Science and lasted approximately two hours. Biden said he was cautiously optimistic about successful military action in Iraq and said the consequences of a possible war concern him most. “I happen to think the military phase of this likely conflict will move relatively well and that it will be successful and relatively short,” Biden said. “I also happen to think the aftermath will be an incredible undertaking for which we have not prepared the American people.” Americans are trying to adapt to the threat of terrorism while worrying about weapons in Iraq and North Korea, Biden said. “Yesterday’s soccer moms are today’s security moms,” Biden said. “And [the government must] do what [it] can to not only make them feel less vulnerable but also to be less vulnerable.” North Korea has become “the world’s plutonium factory” because the Bush administration did not support disarmament treaties, Biden said. “North Korea may be to blame for the crisis, but two years of American policy incoherence didn’t help any,” Biden said. Former NYU President John Brademas, a former U.S. Representative who introduced Biden yesterday, said Biden’s experience informs his opinions. “[Biden is] articulate and knowledgeable on a wide range of the major issues facing the United States, including crime, the environment and foreign security,” Brademas said. The heavily Democratic crowd was supportive of Biden, whose planned speech here two weeks ago was postponed by a blizzard. “It was nice to see support for the policies I agree with,” said Lauren Jones, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Science and secretary of the College Democrats. Despite joking about his hard feelings toward the NYU School of Law, Biden said he chose to speak at NYU because of its reputation and its location in New York City, and because his niece is a student here. “I know this particular law school must be the finest law school in America,” Biden said, “because my son applied here and was rejected, and had to settle for a second-rate university — Yale.” • Copyright © 2002, Washington Square News, all rights reserved. Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. 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