‘The Taliban, Per Se, Is Not Our Enemy’: VP Biden’s Jaw-Dropping Gaffe
- Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:30pm by
Buck Sexton
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Joe Biden has a long history of verbal flubs, but this one may take the cake.
‘The Taliban, per se, is not our enemy,” Biden said.
That’s right. The Vice-President of the United States, initially added to the Obama campaign to add foreign policy gravitas to the ticket, has come out and questioned whether the Taliban are our enemy.
Let’s get right to the context, which the media will inevitably hype in an effort to conflate an amazing gaffe with straight-talkin’, straight-shooting’ foreign policy from the VP.
Biden was answering questions from Les Gelb for a Newsweek interview, the full text of which you can read here. The subject matter of the interview ranged considerably across the foreign policy spectrum from Afghanistan to Iran and China.
But it was on Afghanistan that the Vice President uttered the particularly shocking line about the Taliban. Biden was apparently addressing the reconciliation process in Afghanistan, which could mean a brokered peace with the Taliban. Specifically, he said:
“Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy. That’s critical. There is not a single statement that the president has ever made in any of our policy assertions that the Taliban is our enemy because it threatens U.S. interests. If, in fact, the Taliban is able to collapse the existing government, which is cooperating with us in keeping the bad guys from being able to do damage to us, then that becomes a problem for us.”
Biden’s timing is interesting, as a controversial sections of the “National Defense Authorization Act” have made their way through Congress that specifically cite the Taliban. Dubbed by critics as the “Indefinite detention bill” over fears it could strip U.S. citizens of their right to due process and a civilian trial, the Taliban comes up in detainee sections. Under NDAA section 1031, for example, the language on detainee status reads:
“A person who was a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces.”
So the vice president claims the Taliban is not really a U.S. enemy. But a bill just passed Congress says any form of support to the Taliban would effectively make anyone a terrorist stripped of their civilian rights and detained indefinitely under military jurisdiction.
It seems pretty clear that’s because the Taliban is a U.S. enemy, apart from any concerns of the NDAA itself.
Add that to the fact that U.S. soldiers are killing — and being killed by — Taliban fighters every day, and have been for 10 years, and you have a truly monumental gaffe even by Biden standards.
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Comments (390)
blackstone22
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:56pmIt is really hard to believe and totally frightening that the vice president of the U.S. could say something so stupid.
Report Post »It’s amazing how the press leaves this clown Biden alone. He is such a liability to this country and to himself. Keep this guy sedated and under house arrest for the good of the country and the world.
It will be bad enough if B.O. gets reelected, but do we have to suffer through another four with Biden the buffoon?
freeweever
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:03pmIts all on purpose, this isn’t a mistake trust me he was holding back from what they really want to say and think. We are the real enemy to him and the progressives…with respect to Blackstone22.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:04pmHe may be half right as he is the enemy within………………….
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:04pmUnlike Obama the stiff, you can at least say that Biden is entertaining.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:04pmBiden has crossed the line into lunacy for sure.
Report Post »sgtstubbs
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:05pmThe Press beat up Dan Quail on a regular bases without any mery, so they will just push this under the Whtehouse celler and give him a pass.
Report Post »SANE_I think
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:12pmI think he is testing the water? Hillary said they are trying to enter into talks with the “T”. Obama wants to give them power in exchange for peace so he can pull out of that part of the world all most entirely, handing it all over to them. JMO OBAMA must be voted out of office no matter which of the GOP noms runs!
Report Post »JediPatriot
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:18pm@ blackstone22 – He’s right. The Taliban are only defending their country. Technically, they are not our enemy. It’s your Al-CIA-duh. that are the “monsters”. You know, the evil ones that we (the CIA) helped create during the Russian occupation of their country.
Report Post »During our occupation of Afghanistan, the Taliban have been known to “turn coat” and join our special operations forces when fighting against Al-CIA-duh.
The truth is, the Taliban are not our enemy, unless we make them our enemy.
Peace
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:22pm.
Report Post »I heard if you shake Joe just right, his brain rattles around like a BB in a box car…………..
last frontier
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:22pmThe Press couldn’t leave Dan Quayle alone who is hands down smarter than this jer koff excuse me, Vice President jer koff.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:27pmWell, there you have it folks….The latest admission by one of our traitorous leaders, about how they really think.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:27pmIf we can pretend that the Taliban is not our enemy, can we pretend slo Joe isn’t our VP?
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:27pmPlease bring him home and put him back in his “Have-a-Heart’! These aren’t verbal flubs! This man is ‘out to lunch’ and has been for a very long time! He is no more qualified to be Vice President than Alfred E. Newman (of “What, me worry?” fame) ! He is a complete and utter moron; and, unfortunately, is the poster child for what is wrong with our representation in Washington, D.C.! Please get him out of harm’s way (harm to U.S., not to him)!
Report Post »apollo18
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:29pmI think the VPOTUS may actually be speaking for the Obama administration. After all, don’t they act like they believe it?
Just make sure you do not misspell “potato-e”, Mr. Vice-President. Then there’ll be heck to pay.
Report Post »apollo18
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:32pmSomething else, it really doesn’t matter what he says. Dems will vote for “them”, no-matter-what.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:34pmPoor Joe Biden, it’s a lot of hard work – leaking VITAL LOCATIONS of secret government bunkers http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/18/biden-reveals-location-secret-vp-bunker/, Mispronouncing the NAME of your running mate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTjlAd-GXM&feature=player_embedded, telling a wheelchair-bound man to STAND UP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2mzbuRgnI4&feature=player_embedded, MAKING RACIST JOKES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll_goH-aivU ….
Poor Poor Joe. You’re so busy being stupid, don’t you ever get any sleep? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdF_ALg5I_o&feature=related
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:34pmRemember, more than half the voters voted for this guy. He is their fault.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:34pmThis guy is next in line for the presidency, continues to be the idiot he is and the lame stream media ignores it and continually bashes the Republican candidates that don’t meet their agenda for gaffs not nearly as bad as his. Something really stinks in this country and I think it’s the media that wants to lead us into a nation of fools and idiots!
Report Post »recoveringeden
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:40pmThat’s exactly right. Its those bigot conservatives clinging to their guns and religion that are the true terrorists. The Taliban are just man made disasters. You know that SB1867 could be turned on them if they aren’t careful.
Report Post »singleparent
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:43pmI can’e believe people are supprised… You’ed think you know by now who these people are…..
Report Post »Bobbyinwastate
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:43pmWell said
Report Post »altops
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:03pmthey are all puppets whos brains are no longer used.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:12pmEvery time this brain dead window licker opens his stupid pie hole I harken back to the elitist snobs who warned that Sara Palin was too stupid to be veep. What a steaming pile of excrement!
Report Post »mils
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:24pmAnd Biden is not sane…per se…
how have these people stayed in power here in America??? HOW???? I sure as heck never voted for them! oh wait, my sister in law did..that explains it all…..
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:27pmIdiots LOVE to be in similar company. Hence, ‘democrats’ LOVE Biden.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:28pmThey’re trying to walk the dog backwards because the military is over there helping…I repeat…
HELPING THE TALIBAN GROW POPPY FOR HEROIN!
Remember, Al Qaeda is not our enemy either, NATO GAVE LIBYA TO AL QAEDA AFTER OUR COUNTRY CONVINCED GADHAFI TO GIVE UP HIS NUKES!
So the message to Iran is: “Give up your pursuit of nukes, and (not or) we’ll kill you, and let Al Qaeda take over your country and commence ethnic cleansing like Libya.”
Pretty arrogant for a government that has already nuked two cities and has tens of thousands of nukes.
Yea I’m talking about my government. I love my country, I can’t stand my corrupt government.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:30pmAnd, to think that Biden is second in line for the Presidency…wow….
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:34pmanother wtf moment , brought to you by joe the idiot biden. how does someone like this fool gain the power he has in the country. oh, i know. the average voter is as dumb as a bag of rocks. the republic is done, cooked, finished. we will never recover from the damage the commies have done without a violent revolution. never mind alinskys 10 percent have to die to institute communisim. all commies will have to die . 100 percent of them.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:43pmThese DemboLibotards would sell their souls to the
Report Post »Devil, for a chance to get Re-Elected…
smackdown33
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:54pmIt’s called blow-back. We are reaping the fruits of our foolish Middle East policies. It has nothing to do with blame America first. The blame rests in the laps of the fools who misdiagnose the problem.
Report Post »rosecityken
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 5:16pm@blackstone22 …i agree…especially considering the fun they had with out of context bush quotes…funny that late night talk show hosts are having a field day with this buffoon as v.p. and daytime news is going silent….so which is it???? are they not the enemy thats been killing our men and women in uniform for the last 10 years? are they not the group that i will have my rights stripped and jailed indefinitely for helping?
Report Post »OR is Biden a Dumb@$$?
AvengerK
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 5:25pmTHAT’S JOE…..(cue laughtrack).
Report Post »Jinglebob
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 5:25pmerrr. not our enemy? Who have we been killing all these years? I’m so proud of this administration it hurts.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 5:28pmI have much less fear of the Taliban than I do of the cons in D.C.- from the top on down, every one of them is more dangerous to any American than the Taliban, including those overseas.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 5:56pmthat’s right Joe…the Taliban is protecting our enemy and working with them to undermine our interests in both Afghanistan and Pakistan which makes the Taliban what? An interested third party? Someone very reasonable with which we should be negotiating? Clearly those awful plugs went way too deep Joe.
Report Post »YoungBloodNews
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 6:03pmSo did ‘Plugs’ Biden say taliban with a Capital T or a lowercase one???? hahahaaahahaaaaaaaaaaaa
Report Post »Unix
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 6:03pmYeah, right, the Islamo-Fascsits are the Fascists friends, aren’t they my friends, stay thirsty.
Viva TEA
Report Post »Unix
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 6:07pmEver notice how Biden always gestures with his hands back and forth?
He’s playing switch!
the incompetent fool they’d like to have you believe he is…watch the other hand!
Viva TEA
Report Post »Mooneydriver
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 6:21pmImagine the press reaction if he had done something sooo stupid as to misspell potatoe
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 6:36pmWhen Biden says “our” he is just speaking of the Liberal Elite. The Taliban has never killed any of them. On the other hand, the Taliban is an enemy of America and has killed thousands of Americans. Liberal Elites are just Americans by accident of their birth location and actively shun its ideals and traditions.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 6:45pmYou guys put Maxist-Muslim Obama and Inept, Ignorant, Egotist Biden in Office; why aren’t you happy now when you are getting exactly what you voted for?
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 7:16pmBiden was/is Obama’s insurance policy. A pretty darn effective one at that. Brilliant move by the commie in charge.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 7:32pm@JEDIPATRIOT
That’s all nonsense. First off the taliban aren’t defending their country, they are trying to topple the government and send it back into the state of anarchy that allows terrorists to operate with impunity. They are nothing more than the afghan arm of al qaeda. Secondly we did not help create al qaeda. The people we helped arm and train to fight the russians were the mujahideen. Those people were fighting for their country and their freedom. Al qaeda and the taliban were formed after the war was over by terrorists that saw the vacuum left by the toppling of the government as an opportunity to sieze control of the country and use it as their base of operations.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 9:08pmThe Taliban per se is not our enemy, because, they’re paid in US dollars (from Pakistan) which by default, makes them subjects of the United States Government. More of an Internal Revenue Service issue than anything else.
Report Post »chicago76
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 11:25pmJust think, he is one missed heartbeat away from the presidency. We would go from Karl to Groucho Marx.
Report Post »Imsoright
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 11:59pmWhen you die Joe, I have no doubt that you will be the court jester, but I think
Report Post »the wailing and gnashing of teeth with ruin your act!!!!!!!!!
RossPoldark
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 1:56amI heard he is from the same gene pool as Ron Paul, and they both were born on the planet ‘Good Ship Lollipop.’
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 3:39amit’s proof that the bill was created and passed to trick officers into thinking that they are “legally detaining” americans.
one question, when have we ever needed a bill to detain someone who is plotting horrible acts against others? never.
that bill was passed to take complete control of the people… and along with SOPA… we have been sold out.
Report Post »bkmeis
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 7:49amNo matter what he thinks he (and our Govt) is doing to make a relationship behind the media with the Taliban, his words and thoughts behind those words are shameful and in distrespect to those who have died and served in support of world interests of this nation. 23 years as a Marine, I have heard many FUBARs come out of the mouths of our politicians (…not leaders) – this is a list topper in many ways.
Report Post »Hzurdaddy
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 12:24pmI agree with FREEWEEVER. All along Biden has been the “honest” one, and usually has described their intentions & prejudices quite candidly. People don’t listen, though, because his remarks seem so ridiculous.
Report Post »Clara88
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 12:25pmRed State claims that Ron Paul is a 9/11 TRUTHER
Report Post »http://www.redstate.com/
Clara88
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 2:12pmVeterans are supporting a VETERAN….Gov Rick Perry
Report Post »Our military deserves a Commander In Chief they can be PROUD of and RESPECT
GOD BLESS OUR BRAVE MILITARY AND OUR BELOVED BRAVE VETERANS
http://www.rickperry.org/veterans/
AND..he doesn’t golf…he likes guns *SMILE*
GOD BLESS THE 2ND AMENDMENT
smokeysmoke
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 3:23pmhey did you know Michelle Bauchman dident know where John Wayne was born…. I MEAN WHAT A TOTAL FING IDIOT…. doesent the mainstream media call him one of the brightest on foriegn policy….
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 3:42pmWhomever gets the GOP nom. should blaster this all over the place and remind everyone whose a heartbeat away from the president.
Report Post »stuartr44
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 3:51pmThis is a real FOOL!!
Report Post »Jefferson
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 4:30pmCLARA88 is a Neo Nazi.
The eighth letter of the alphabet is “H.“ Eight two times signifies ”HH, ” shorthand for the Nazi greeting, “Heil Hitler.” 88 is often found on hate group flyers, in both the greetings and closing comments of letters written by neo-Nazis, and in e-mail addresses.
http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/numbers_88.asp
Why does Clara88 hate the Jewish people? Why does he/she like Hitler? Why Perry? Will Rick Perry help her Socialist Nazi Party revive itself?
Report Post »Jefferson
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 4:36pmOh and Clara88 is ALSO a LIAR. The troops don’t support Rick Perry. They support Ron Paul.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/jul/23/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-members-military-have-given-him-far-/
CLARA Hatey Hate just got owned by the truth….errr.
Enjoy your ride on the FAILBOAT.
Report Post »Jefferson
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 4:48pmHere are the Q3 Military donations.
Ron Paul
Active Duty: $75,201.91
Reserve/national guard: $6,372.13
President Obama: Commander in Chief
Active duty:$39,828.15
Reserve: $2,122
Rick Perry
Active duty: $7,325
Reserve: $3,000
Jon Huntsman
Active duty: $1,250
Rick Santorum
Active duty: $500
Mittens Romney
Active duty: $6,555
Herman Cain
Active duty: $3,295
Fred Karger
$0
Gary Johnson
Active duty: $1,000
Thadeus McCotter
Active duty: $250
Newt Gingrich
Active duty: $250
Michelle Bachmann
Active duty: $4,632
Report Post »Reserve: $150
Lucy Larue
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 6:10pmBLACKSTONE22,
What a nightmare scenario…,NON?
I do not think our beautiful country can survive another four years of the Monster Progressives of this Barry Dunham Administration.
I hope that I am correct when I say…, Vox Populi Vox Dei! We are awake!
Report Post »bioengineer
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 7:02pmI know you blazers love history and facts. Perhaps someone can point out to me where, officially, the Taliban is regarded as an enemy to the USA?
S.J. Res. 23 authorizes activity against the perpetrators of 9/11. Taliban had nothing to do with 9/11 and nowhere to my knowledge is the Taliban in any way held responsible. We have never declared war on the Taliban as a group or Afghanistan as a nation.
Note, for those confused, the Taliban is a dari/pashto-speaking group from Afghanistan which was the poltical group/party controlling the country. Al Qaeda, the perpetrators of 9/11, is an Arabic-speaking organization without any ties to any official governments or countries anywhere. Blaming the Taliban for 9/11 is like blaming the USA for Timothy McVeigh or the KKK. The Taliban offered us bin Laden post-9/11, instead of accepting we went after them. They were the very first to denounce him. Our mission in Afghanistan turned to failure when it shifted from Al Qaeda to the Taliban and quagmire ensued.
I don‘t agree with Biden on much but he’s actually right on this.
Report Post »JediPatriot
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:10am@ Rowgue – It appears that the Blaze will not let me post in order to defend my statement and explain to you what I am trying to convey. I apologize for their censorship, and am embarrassed by it.
Report Post »Peace
smithclar3nc3
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:56amHell is not a bad place per se …I mean satan likes it….
Report Post »Any time some use the per se in a sentence it’s usually to twist logic not identify fact.
Esy example
John wayne gacey wasn’t a bad man per se He volunteered to be the neighborhood clown at kids parties……
Joe Biden is a idiot and a liar but he’s still a great VP PER SE His audio sure give American alot laugh about.
KickinBack
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:56pmPerhaps then the enemy is domestic?
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:03pmYes! The enemy is inside the White House!
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:32pmI think we now know why Haliburton just received a contract to fire up 600 Fema camps because our friends the Taliban would want it that way.
Report Post »AlmostaCowboy
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:35pmOf course. The Iraqi and Afghan veterans – don’t forget us Vietnam vets – and farmers and everyone else Big Sis named.
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:48pmHey kickinback, I hope your kidding and not just now figuring out where the problem lies.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:56pmBiden is absolutely correct….according to this regime!
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 6:05pmKICKINBACK,
Report Post »Hmmmm…..,President Dunham, Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and other PROGRESSIVES ad nauseum, YIKES and RUH ROH Kick, you may onto something!
kerrcarto
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:56pmThen what the hell are we still doing in Afghanistan? Frikin moron.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:14pmGood question
Report Post »bhohater
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:29pmWe’re fighting the Taliban, don’t ask me why.
Report Post »Solzhenitsin
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:58pmYeah, they were totally inocent in housing and protecting Al Qaeda during the planning of 9/11. The Taliban really aren’t bad guys, and if we left them take Afghanistan back, we really don’t need to feel bad for them murdering epople educated in the west, the closing of women‘s hospitals in the name of ’decency’; systematic rape and abuse of women and girls- after all they shouldn’t be going to school now shoudl they. Then there’s the war on music.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:55pmThe democrats are waiting to see which candidate gets the GOP nomination. If Romney gets it, the dems will run Obama because they know they can win. If Gingrich gets the nomination, Obama will bow out under pressure from the polls and piers and Hillary will run against Newt. I think Newt can win but it would be close. That’s our only chance, it Romney gets the nod, we’re toast. Four more years of Obama!
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:30pmThe only one that will win in the general is Ron Paul. Newt doesnt have a snowballs chance in he’ll of winning. Too corrupt and untrust-worthy. Newt has So much dirt, you could run a motocross on it.
WAKE UP!!
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:10pm@AmericanPatriot01: If, indeed; you are a patriot why would you be supporting a guy who wants to legalize dope and throw our only friend in the Middle East (Israel) under the bus?
Report Post »Dosrios
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 5:51pm@Americanpatriot – Ron Paul is this century’s Neville Chamberlain.
Report Post »Alan
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:54pmBiden said, ‘The Taliban, Per Se, Is Not Our Enemy.’
Betcha he never said that about the Tea Party.
Report Post »CONNIPTION FITZ
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:00pmVery good!
Actually, Pelosi and the rest of the liberals called the Tea Party terrorists!
SEND BIDEN, OBAMA and all the Democrats on a permanent vacation – expatriate them permanently to the Middle East to enjoy the fruits of their Arab Spring efforts.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:31pmThe Tea Party IS his enemy! Think about it-the Taliban cannot vote him out of office, but the Tea Party CAN! Hmmm, maybe he is not so dumb after all, but just marches to a different drummer, a VERY different drummer!
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 8:43pmNow, THAT was funny, LORD_FROST; LMAO!
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:52pmThere is absolutely no excuse for that man’s ignorance…dumb-ass stupid and we’re paying his salary.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:41pmTalk about dumb-ass stupid! Take a look at your last 5 words, and think about who is really dumb-ass stupid (a majority of our fellow countrymen/women), I’m embarrassed to say! We had better wake up, if the opportunity hasn’t already passed us by! (I look at what little I can afford for Christmas presents, and realize that almost every purchase benefits someone in China, while our fellow Americans sit idle and out of work! We are disseminating our wealth with every purchase! And, they wonder in Washington, why people are reluctant to spend money? ‘Cause it helps everyone BUT us, duh!)
Report Post »bhohater
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:31pmAnd this guy is just a heartbeat away from the Presidency? Very scary. Long live Obummer.
Report Post »bhohater
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:35pmHe reminds me of Dr. Strangelove. Learn to love the bomb.
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 5:04pmI never thought I would look back with fond memories at Dick Cheney. At least “Darth Cheney” could get people to wet themselves in terror, Biden makes them wet themselves because they are laughing so hard.
Report Post »Depressed_American
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:51pmThis just goes to show how much this administration is in touch with world affairs……
Mr. Vice President, take your foot out of your mouth once again and do some investigating before you open your mouth…. It was the Taliban who backed the terrorist who attacked on 9/11, not to mention gave Osama Bin Laden a safe haven, until the U.S. Military kicked them all out!!!!
We Americans will never forget 9/11 or those who attacked us on that day, No matter how much this Administration tries to downplay the ISLAMIC TERRORISTS ATTACK…NEVER!!!
Report Post »Depressed_American
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:13pmAnd that goes for the Fort Hood TERRORIST ATTACK—DON’T Tell that to the family who had to bury their child in my home town!!! NOT a workplace violence attack!!! NOR the TERRORIST ATTACK at Frankfurt INTL Airport, NOR the SECOND ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACK at Fort Hood.
This OBAMA Administration’s continually downplaying the TERRORIST ATTACKS on our nation should be considered treason!!!!
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:03pmOh….but you MUST take Biden literally….
because he does, indeed, mean exactly what he says.
The Taliban is NOT the enemy of the WH.
The WH has another target in mind….
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:49pmWhat’s really scary is there is people who post on the Blaze who actually voted for Obama/Biden. How do I know? They support Ron Paul now!
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:51pmI never heard anything this stupid out of Sarah Palin, but she’s the idiot.
Report Post »Maji
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:58pmIt’s painful to watch such stupidity go down!
Knowing these foreign leaders are “whizing”on themselves
everytime he opens his mouth.
Probably taking bets on the flubs!!!
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:01pmAlthough I certainly don’t support this administration, I specifically recall the Bush administration and its goons were constantly all over the Media telling us that the Taliban was not our enemy.. That we went into Afghanistan to rid it of Al-Qaeda and that no matter how repulsive the customs of the Taliban were we were not at War with the Taliban. Only in the past few years have the words Taliban and Al-Qaeda come to be used interchangeably along with radical Islam.
Am I missing something there? To me it’s truly amazing that the Media has just changed the narrative and hardly anyone questions it.
Does anyone have any direct quotes?
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:06pmGary…that is the STUPIDEST thing I have ever heard. Ron paul and Obama are on the other ends of the spectrum. What the hell does a COMMUNIST MARXIST have to do with a strict Constitutionalist??
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:25pmBAD: They have this in common: Their supporters make wild/ ridiculous/ intemperate comments !
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:39pmbarber2: Sort of like “We have to move fast before we see a WMD going off over an American city?” A WMD that was not even present? lol We pissed a trilllion dollars down the freaking toilet in Iraq, killed 100s of thousands of Iraqis, lost almost 5 thousand American soldiers and had 10s of thousands maimed by an intemperate liar!
Now maybe you could have Ms. Bachmann explain how that if she really had a genuine Chrisitan love for her brothers and sisters in Iran she‘d be willing to kill or risk killing 10s of thousands of them just to ensure that their gov’t didn’t attain a nulcear weapon although Israel has 100s and their immediate neighbors have dozens. How installing the puppet “The Shaw” to rule over them was so considerate of us… Or have her explain how our actions in Iraq conveyed a genuine brotherly love for our fellow man in Iraq? And how we removed Gadafi because our concern for the Libyan people? lol
Now recall that China does not allow Christians to practice their religion in that country without first registering, they force abortions, have no rights or freedoms, poison the environment, put down insurrections through slaugther.. etc But for some reason you don’t see us bombing China do you?
Please explain the contradictions?
Report Post »PresidentDowngrade
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:40pmObama and Biden side with the TAAAHHLLEEEEEEEEEEEBHAAAAN becuase they are anti-american and evil. Ron Paul wants to be friends with them because he is bat sheit crazy?
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:01pmPresidentDowngrade: I know you didn’t graduate from a college but did you even finish high school? Seriously.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:20pmAre you kidding? Most of the people posting on this site knew damned well what phonies O’Blamer, Old Joe and the dimocRats are and WE sure as hell did NOT vote for them!
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:48pmAhhh, Joe Biden – Obama’s living Life Insurance Policy. What a douche bag.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:57pmMy sentiments exactly, TK ! That‘s why ollama won’t dump biden and put hillary on the ticket, he probably wouldn’t last long after the inauguration!
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:03pmAgreed. Obama is using Biden as a human shield.
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:48pmDon’t know who the bigger enemy is Biden or the Taliban.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:07pmWell…Napolitano already named the targets of this Regime….
back in 2009.
Report Post »And they never rescinded those words…
the Tea Party, Veterans returning from the Middle East, and more…
Remember?
SUPPLY_SIDE
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:48pmFoot in mouth….again…and again……and again…..
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:57pmNo wonder he’s such a big mouth :)
Report Post »Luker410
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:47pm…and neither is Al Qaeda, right Joe? You idiot.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:47pmI think Biden told the truth for once, The Taliban is not the Obama’s enemy! Most of our undercover drug task force people actually use and sell drugs to convince the cartels that they are part of their the drug network to accomplish a greater mission in taking down the people who they claim to be working for!
Report Post »True American66
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:47pmJoe Biden….ABSOLUTE MORON!!!
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:47pmNO ONE in the history of the Republic has been more wrong on foreign policy than Biden. And that’s the guy Emperor Obama chose to be on his team to give it foreign policy gravitas!
Report Post »ssanda
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:43pmThis guy is the penultimate definition of “empty suit”. What makes him such a comical character is that he is totally arrogant and condescending to others while, at the same time, he is an empty-headed doofus. I swear, if this guy ever had an original and rational thought in his brain, it would die of boredom.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:58pmHis hometown folks, that elected him to start with, should be proud. What a fine Representative of their intelligence.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:35pmHKS, I’m beginning to think they elected him to get him out of town! Send him away from here so he can’t do any harm! Little did they think of what he could do while in Washington, and what it would ultimately cost them–and everybody else! AMTRAK, anyone? (I‘m surprised AMTRAK didn’t open a route to Afghanistan–just for Joe!)
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:42pmPoor Joe. The dear boy was lobotomized and he doesn’t even realize it…..
Report Post »Miami
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:42pmGood old Joe give hope that anyone can make it in America even those hoe eat glue and paint chips
Report Post »ObamasBinLyin
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:41pmNo No No No No…. you got it all wrong. That’s not what he said. You must’ve misunderstood his answer. It was all taken out of context. What he meant was………………..
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:41pmSee what happens when the enemy is not named. Let me help.
Enemies domestic; muslims engaged in Jihad.
Report Post »Luker410
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:40pmI think Marcus Luttrell needs to pay Biden a little visit.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:50pmDamn right he does!!
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:39pmWe are only one heartbeat away from having this idiot as POTUS. What planet does he live on? Biden has the reputation as a nice guy. I think he is the village lawyer which is the same as the village idiot.
Report Post »thop1960
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:39pmwha, what? Guess we should send the “apologist in chief” over to say how sorry we are for kicking their as@. If only we knew?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:32pmThe enemy… seems to be the WH!
Report Post »gwssacredcause
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:55pmAbsolutely!
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:32pmThey were our creation.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:37pmHa Ha, that’s funny….
……….Ok Ron Paul
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:40pmHa Ha that’s funny……….
….Ok Ron Paul
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:40pmSo we have the duty to get rid of them. If it’s our mess we need to clean it up.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:42pmA subsidiary of the CIA, say some.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:50pmCan you imagine how expensive street heroin would be without the Taliban? I think maybe ol’ Joe has been chasing the dragon… Obama has amitted to suckin’ the glass d!ck!
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 2:51pmAnother brilliant comment by biden and by smackdown a typical blame America first left leaning loon! Yes I realize the U.S. funded the mujaheddin against the soviets and some of those were/are taliban, but they were the lesser of 2 evils at the time so now like frankenstein we must destroy the monster we helped create.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 3:23pmSMACK: Why don’t you blame the Chinese? They invented explosives ! All of this Blame Game. That and Lying are the Left’s favorite tools for manipulation..
Report Post »Evil_Conservative
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:22pmlol
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 4:51pmThis could be the dumbest comment I’ve seen:
“Another brilliant comment by biden and by smackdown a typical blame America first left leaning loon! Yes I realize the U.S. funded the mujaheddin against the soviets and some of those were/are taliban, but they were the lesser of 2 evils at the time so now like frankenstein we must destroy the monster we helped create.”
He agrees that my statement is true, then calls me a loon for stating that truth. Note his irrational rationalization at the end.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on December 19, 2011 at 5:38pmSmack, You are right on, the truth hurts and when one refuses to learn from it, reality continues to bite. More accurately, it was the Mujahudeen, whom we decided to arm and keep the USSR at bay. We did the same crap in the 80′s when we chose to arm Iraq and Saddam, in order to keep Iran from getting to powerful. They call it the balance of power. I call it foreign entanglements. Once we have energy self sufficiency, we should just let all of the Mid east countries have a neighborhood street brawl. That will keep them busy for awhile. Let Russia play policeman again.
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