Sunday, April 11, 2004
Biden' his Time
From Washington Monthly:
I love Joe Biden. He's blunt, effective and not afraid to pick up the phone to speak to a foreign leader. Maybe he can get a job in a Kerry Administration.
If only he didn't plagiarize that speech during his Presidential race...
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On Face the Nation today Joe Biden said he spoke with the President of France, who offered to commit troops to Iraq if the US would get the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council to agree to a plan to put the UN in charge of the political handover in Iraq (something the Bush admin is begging the UN to do anyway) and maintain control until it happens. That last bit is something the Bushies don't want. They want Bremer and then our new as-yet-unnamed ambassador to remain in charge.
Biden's plan would get us anywhere from 2,000 to 25,000 more foreign troops in Iraq, and more importantly, directly give the rest of the world a stake in the effort. Pat Roberts, the Republican chair of his Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was stunned by this announcement.
Only last week Powell was in Europe trying to work something out to get 1,500 troops to protect the UN commissioner in Baghdad. He came back with a lot of "we'll get back to you" and from the French "our plate is pretty full in Haiti, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, etc."
I love Joe Biden. He's blunt, effective and not afraid to pick up the phone to speak to a foreign leader. Maybe he can get a job in a Kerry Administration.
If only he didn't plagiarize that speech during his Presidential race...
