As of late, vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden has made some interesting statements in the media. He is Obama’s running mate and everyone would think that he would mostly agree with what Obama has to say. But recently he made a comment about Obama’s problems he will face if he wins the election, and he also commented on the Iran and Israel issue.
Apparently Biden was quoted saying “Israel would have to ‘reconcile’ itself with a nuclear Iran” That got huge attention in the media and of course a spokesman for Biden denied that he ever said that. Someone in the Israeli foreign ministry said that wouldn’t sound like a comment Biden would make, so I thought that was a very controversial incident.
On top of all of that Biden also mentioned that Obama could have some tough times right away if he gets into office. The news of this first broke on ABC about a week or two ago. Biden was quoted saying “Barack Obama will be tested by a major international crisis in the first potential six months of his presidency.” That fueled McCain’s argument and he asked if America should elect someone that invites testing from other countries. Could it be Iran that does that testing? Biden seems to be saying things he might end up regretting in the future.
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I think that Biden was mostly just taking a honest stock of the international situation: basically, the situation is really fucked. Anything could happen in the first 6 months of Obama's presidency that would test him--with his lack of experience, any crisis or incident at the international level would be a test.
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