Joe Biden is getting rave reviews for “his strong statement” that Congressional PERMISSION is needed to make any long-term commitment to Iraq. There were even cheers in the hearing room. And Spencer Ackerman’s description of Biden’s total obliteration of Bush Iraq policy is being widely covered.
“Crocker, in an impossible political position — give the correct answer and humiliate the Bush administration; give the administration’s answer and look like a fool — dodged as much as he could. Then Biden forced him down. Crocker: “I would therefore pick Al Qaeda on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.”
To all of this hoopla I say, “Good for you Joe.” Then I add, “Too bad you were a gutless loser when it counted.”
I have always said that if Biden had just stood up on the floor of the Senate and said “No!” to Bush’s idiotic plans to invade Iraq, he would have been carried into the White House in a sedan chair.
And I have always been right about that.
(h/t for the links, Digby)