http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017129.html
- - - Biden, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has long been considered strongly pro-Israel. His nomination as Barack Obama's running mate had been expected to shore up the Democrats' strength with U.S. Jewish voters. Army Radio said Israeli officials expressed "amazement" over the remarks attributed to him. "Israel will have to reconcile itself with the nuclearization of Iran," Army Radio quoted Biden as telling the unnamed officials. "It's doubtful if the economic sanctions will be effective, and I am against opening an additional military and diplomatic front." Last year, in a widely quoted interview with year the Jewish American Shalom TV, Biden said, "I am a Zionist. You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist," adding that "Israel is the single greatest strength that America has in the Middle East," and that its presence as a strategic ally meant that America need station far fewer troops and warships in the region. - - - So he's against both a military AND a diplomatic front in opposition to to Iran's nuclearization. And he's a Zionist. A veritable neo-con, based on his comments! The guy just talks out of both sides of his mouth and loves to hear his own voice. As Justice Thomas knows, he can praise you to your face and say all kinds of nice things, then knife you in the back in public when it suits his self-serving purposes. I never could figure out why people think he's some kind of brain on foreign policy. This guy also recently advocated chopping Iraq into 3 entities--which would have ensured a civil war. What an idiot. - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
