He tells Netanyahu that new apartment construction in East Jerusalem was about to "set the Middle East on fire"... and more:
THE Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, was set to withdraw from all peace talks with Israel last night after the announcement this week that 1600 apartments would be added to Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.
The announcement enraged the visiting US Vice-President, Joe Biden, who has told the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that it was liable to ''set the Middle East on fire''.
Mr Biden blames Mr Netanyahu for the decision, telling officials on Wednesday that the United States' close relationship with Israel was jeopardising its other bilateral relationships across the region.
''This is starting to get dangerous for us,'' he reportedly castigated Israeli officials. ''What you're doing here undermines the security of our troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. That endangers us and it endangers regional peace.''
Hmm... doesn't that sound a lot like something Ahmadinejad might say? Or Osama?
Unbelievable... but then again... it is Joe Biden.
H/T to DryBones who commemorates the event with the following:
Crossposted(*).
"Joe Biden is an idiot"
But you repeat yourself.
If this is "restoring our credibility in the world community" I'd hate to see Crazy Uncle Joe trying to piss people off.
Posted by: tim aka The Godless Heathen | Friday, March 12, 2010 at 08:08 AM
Actually, this does NOT sound like something Osama or Ahmadejinad would say. They repeatedly note that Israel must be destroyed no matter what it does, or doesn't do.
Posted by: Skeptic | Friday, March 12, 2010 at 02:19 PM
Ha...you know as well as most others that Joe Biden is at the opposite end of the idiot scale. Good attempt here, but he just keeps getting things done and will never respond to nonsense like this. It's probably why he'll always come out on top and it drives his detractors plum crazy.
Get over it and move on...Joe does :)
Posted by: Joe's simply cool | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 07:32 AM
What I do not understand is how Joe Biden got elected to any public office to begin with. I realize the average American voter isn't a rocket scientist, but voting for Biden is way over the top. He's almost as dumb as Al Gore. That HE almost became President gives me chills!!! What is wrong with Americans that they will vote for such people? Is the election system corrupt? Why doesn't the American voter think about what these people are saying and ask themselves "Does that make sense?" and "Is it really possible they can do what they promise?" When Obama was running for President, his promises sounded good until I asked myself those questions. My answer to both was a resound NO! Wake up America!!!!!!
Posted by: Dr. Tracy M. Baker | Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 02:39 PM
Peter Welch, a doctor, produced this must-read e-mail:
“I am an internist by training,” Welch writes. “I believe that years ago Biden suffered a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. His life was saved by modern medicine. When aneurysms rupture they frequently lead to brain damage. Biden’s behavior suggests to me that he may have suffered frontal-lobe damage."
Posted by: Gary W Geiser | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 12:05 AM
Calling Biden an idiot is both an understatement and an insult to idiots worldwide. Biden is the dumbest person ever elected to any public office. If I hasd a pet that was that stupid, I would definitely consider euthanizing it.
Posted by: Dodger | Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 05:21 PM