Obama Gives Biden Iraq Assignment

Wow...although this thread is a bit old, I stopped to read the comments, as not nearly enough information is written on VP Biden, even though he has a complex and busy schedule. That said, what captured my attention were heartfelt and honest comments from Stewart, Hope Again, Elizabeth, and sprowlindak. Whoever you four are, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. On this blog, for whatever reason, a select few negative commenters highjack threads and spew anger and hate while attacking others who post comments. It was just pleasant to read, and I take your comments and suggestions to heart. Again, wow and thanks for a respite smile ;-)

reaganfan . . ..

Juvenile name calling is just that . .. it belittles the person doing the name calling and the person on the receiving end.

You seem to think that after 4 short months the Stimulus plan should have miraculously ended the economic crisis that has swept over ALL of the G-7 industrial nations.

President Obama clearly said that this economic recovery was NOT going to be easy, nor would it be fast. It would take time is what he told us.

That you chose to ignore this, is really just your own ignorance.

With regard to Honduras again it is mostly your own ignorance showing. The Eurpoean Union, Great Britian, France, Canada, Brazil, Aregentia, Chile - virutally every country in the world took a position very similar to the one taken by President Obama.

That you chose to isolate and associate that position with ONLY Chavez, Castro, Ortega shows just how slanted and untrustworthy your facts are. Spin, spin, spin goes the right. Distort and lie.

Cheers, have a nice day.

danita:
It's not a "cheap shop" if it's
true and it is!
President Obama is clueless on the
economy(unemployment continues its
climb to 10 percent four months
after the "gotta pass it now" stimulus
bill was rushed through Congress).
He continues to be clueless in foreign
policy as he makes idle threats to
Iran and North Korea and sides with
Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, and
Raul Castro in regard to the
Honduran situation!
Please offer specifics as to how I am
wrong otherwise stop drinking the
Obama "Kool Aid"!

"Barry the Bungler", "Another Clueless assignment"

More examples of juvenile name calling and cheap-shot insults.

Another Clueless assignment as are
his appointments by President Obama.
Joe Biden was the Senator who
before the surge strategy was
implemented by President Bush suggested
that Iraq be divided into three parts,
Sunni, Shia, and Kurd!
Yeah he's a Real Foreign Policy Genius!
NOT! Duh!

Sheriff Joe can't even do the task he was assigned to do at the beginning of his tenure to office. But then again....neither has Barry the Bungler!!

Vince . . .

What do you think would have happened?

Isn't it funny how ABC doesn't mention that Biden advocated for partitioning Iraq in 2006?

Imagine if we had followed Biden's advice.

Posted by: danita | Jun 30, 2009 3:01:12 AM

You don't get out very much.

Posted by: sprowlindak | Jun 30, 2009 10:45:32 AM

What country do you live in??????????

This is the most hilarious piece of news I've read today. That and ACORN terrorizing financial institutions in 14 cities - our STIMULUS money going to good use.

"Biden is brilliant in foreign relations and foreign policy. He is highly respected here and abroad"

Are taxpayer funds being used for Biden's PR staff to troll blogs? Or are these comments being supplied by AmeriCorps or ACORN interns?

=== but you should realize that neither our President nor our Vice President are one-line jokes. ===

You mean our current President and Vice President, don't you? After 8 years of listening to the left smear Bush/Cheney, I am not inclined to play by the new nice/nice rules.

The more amusing parts are:

1-Calling Biden Intelligent

2-Rewording his splitting of Iraq into 3 states.

I am extremely proud - and reassured - that someone as knowledgable, intelligent and honest as Joe Biden is our Vice President and that President Obama appears to be making good use of his skills and judgment. For those of you who can only regurgitate the latest (or long ago) "gotcha" headlines, I'm sorry that your understanding of public affairs .. and real life ... is so shallow. Try, as someone suggests, looking at the daily schedule these two men keep; read their books; think about some of the lessons and perspectives they share quite eloquently. You don't have to approve or even like them, but you should realize that neither our President nor our Vice President are one-line jokes. They are very capable, committed persons who are working - hard - to make life better, fairer and more secure for all of us. Even those of who who do nothing but sit on the sidelines making noise.

It's amusing to read the untruths about VP Biden on this thread.

The middle class task force is highly successful right now and the stim implementation and green job program is in full gear.

I encourage anyone who "wonders" what is happening with the vice president, is simply do a bit of research on any site that carries Political 44 information on Obama or Biden's schedules. It's interesting, and you don't have to rely on suspect commenters or questionable reporters.

You can see who they meet, where they travel, conference calls, special appearances, speeches, foreign visits, political and special events...they have numerous goings-on every day. I check in because I want to know what the President and VP are doing.

Truth be told, they never stop. Please, we're in a technological age and articles, speeches, videos, first-person accounts are available at your fingertips.

There is no longer need for gossip and inuendo and Obama and Biden do not deserve such tawdry things. Investigate on your own, don't let others tell you questionable information. Good Luck!

Obama made a great decision placing Biden in a leading role on Iraq. Aside from Joe being uniquely brilliant in foreign policy in general, VP Biden is considered the only US official, who has developed and honed, over the course of the last five years, a comprehensive and viable strategy to promote a sustainable political settlement in Iraq so that US forces may be withdrawn without leaving the chaos of a fragmented state in their wake.

The Biden strategy for Iraq is based on federalism as outlined in the Iraqi constitution and remains the only hope there is for national political reconciliation in Iraq. The Vice President has already received overwhelming support for this strategy in Congress, from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and, most importantly, from most of Iraq's sectarian leaders.

Most of the comments on this thread are from the same handful I read time to time. Saying the same falsehoods. Biden is our best bet right now. It's good to see this addition to his portfolio.

"White House officials were careful to define Biden’s role – he is not an envoy and this is not a full-time position."

So, "high point of contact" means... lightning rod?

This guy had brain surgery performed on him .I often wonder if thats why hes the gaffer of the white house. I pray our troops wont start dieing in the pullout of the citys .obama wants cover from the fallout if it does, same as with the stimulus package. god bless our troops.

It's amusing to read the untruths about VP Biden on this thread.

The middle class task force is highly successful right now and the stim implementation and green job program is in full gear.

I encourage anyone who "wonders" what is happening with the vice president, is simply do a bit of research on any site that carries Political 44 information on Obama or Biden's schedules. It's interesting, and you don't have to rely on suspect commenters or questionable reporters.

You can see who they meet, where they travel, conference calls, special appearances, speeches, foreign visits, political and special events...they have numerous goings-on every day. I check in because I want to know what the President and VP are doing.

Truth be told, they never stop. Please, we're in a technological age and articles, speeches, videos, first-person accounts are available at your fingertips.

There is no longer need for gossip and inuendo and Obama and Biden do not deserve such tawdry things. Investigate on your own, don't let others tell you questionable information. Good Luck!

Obama made a great decision placing Biden in a leading role on Iraq. Aside from Joe being uniquely brilliant in foreign policy in general, VP Biden is considered the only US official, who has developed and honed, over the course of the last five years, a comprehensive and viable strategy to promote a sustainable political settlement in Iraq so that US forces may be withdrawn without leaving the chaos of a fragmented state in their wake.

The Biden strategy for Iraq is based on federalism as outlined in the Iraqi constitution and remains the only hope there is for national political reconciliation in Iraq. The Vice President has already received overwhelming support for this strategy in Congress, from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and, most importantly, from most of Iraq's sectarian leaders.

Most of the comments on this thread are from the same handful I read time to time. Saying the same falsehoods. Biden is our best bet right now. It's good to see this addition to his portfolio.