He gives stupid a bad name:
Joe Biden has a long history of verbal flubs, but this one may take the cake.
‘The Taliban, per se, is not our enemy,” Biden said.
That’s right. The Vice-President of the United States, initially added to the Obama campaign to add foreign policy gravitas to the ticket, has come out and questioned whether the Taliban are our enemy.
Let’s get right to the context, which the media will inevitably hype in an effort to conflate an amazing gaffe with straight-talkin’, straight-shooting’ foreign policy from the VP.
Biden was answering questions from Les Gelb for a Newsweek interview, the full text of which you can read here. The subject matter of the interview ranged considerably across the foreign policy spectrum from Afghanistan to Iran and China.
But it was on Afghanistan that the Vice President uttered the particularly shocking line about the Taliban. Biden was apparently addressing the reconciliation process in Afghanistan, which could mean a brokered peace with the Taliban. Specifically, he said:
“Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy. That’s critical. There is not a single statement that the president has ever made in any of our policy assertions that the Taliban is our enemy because it threatens U.S. interests. If, in fact, the Taliban is able to collapse the existing government, which is cooperating with us in keeping the bad guys from being able to do damage to us, then that becomes a problem for us.”
The rest is here
Opps, of course you simplified his statement and left out ‘per se.’
So, who exactly are the “BAD GUYS” Mr. Biden???? Man suffers from foot in mouth syndrome….Ugh!
“which is cooperating with us in keeping the bad guys from being able to do damage to us, then that becomes a problem for us.”
Gee, Bad Guys, several come to mind, and one is the Taliban….
Have another martini, Joe.
@liberalmann:
(1) Read it again. The words “Per se” are there, as is the entire statement.
(2) Dr. John did not write the article, he quoted it. Click on the link below the posted segment of the article to see the source.
@Ditto#4 – Why give this liberal troll any credence? He continually tries to poke holes in Facts…even if they are right in front of his face. And sadly, I cannot honestly say “I’ve never seen or in this case, ‘read’ anything like it… Hmm…how ‘petty’ Liberals are… he knew what it said…he just had to ‘make an issue’ out of it cause he doesn’t have anything more worthwhile to say.
Those who have memories can recall who we went to war against in Afghanistan.
It was defined in the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force for those who need a hint.
The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force defines the enemy as “those nations, organizations or persons [the president] determines planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations.”
The Taliban were given an opportunity to hand over the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks but refused. That’s the simple fact of why America overthrew the Taliban regime.
Biden also states that the Taliban would only be our ”enemy” if they are “able to collapse the existing government, which is cooperating with us in keeping the bad guys from being able to do damage to us….”
BUT what does the Taliban say is its goal?
Collapsing the existing government and re-creating the barbaric “Islamic emirate” are the only goals the Taliban have!
Can Biden add ”per se,” in an attempt to equate being Taliban with being, say, homosexual or vegan, like it is a lifestyle choice?
He tried to, but being Taliban is NOT just an alternative lifestyle choice.
It is a philosophy held by fully committed persons.
Whether Obama or Biden uses the term ”enemy” in regard to the Taliban, the Taliban use that word to describe their relationship with America.
What Biden wants to do is give the Taliban a chance to prove it.
Whoopie!
Take comfort in the actuarial view: ODDS are, you probably won’t be the target.
Liberalmann
we don’t need to know more than this sentence from BIDEN,
NOW we can be justify to say what we thought before while noticing his behavior at the WHITE HOUSE
that he is suffering from a terminal disease of the brain self destruct.
he should be watch 24 hours a day,because he is dangerous to AMERICA