If you’re old enough to remember or you studied it in a history class, Gerald Ford, in his debate with Jimmy Carter, made what many believe was a classic blunder. The media never let him or us forget it:
Ford incorrectly stated that Poland was “independent and autonomous” from the Soviet Union, though at the time the Soviet Union dominated Poland and much of Eastern Europe. When pressed, instead of reconsidering, Ford responded more firmly that “There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford administration.” Ford’s misstatements were considered a major factor in his loss to Carter, and are cited again every four years as among the worst gaffes made in any televised political debate.
Now we have daily-gaff-prone Joseph Biden saying that that the Taliban isn’t an enemy of the United States. If they’re not an enemy of the US, then they must be four friends. And the media hardly bat an eye. Here’s what the Vice President 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.”
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6 comments:
"...Urasia is our friend. Oceanna is our enemy. We will be upping the chocolate rations to 25 grams per month..."
IDIOT dolt!
What an idiot!!
Early signs of dementia for Mr. Biden???
Hate to admit it, but seeing it in context, Biden is right. The assumption that someone "not our enemy" is our friend is part of the warped logic that gets us into wars.
Switzerland is neutral. Since they aren't our friend, they must be our enemy, so let's bomb them.
Foreign policy is not black and white. Too often our government has made full blown enemies out of people who weren't our friends but weren't our enemies either until we used that "if you ain't fer us, yer agin us" mentality.
835-The most recent defense bill that contained the language pertaining to indefinite detention listed the taliban in it as a defined enemy. If you in any way help the taliban, you are in line for indefinite detention. But they're not our enemy....yeah, ok. That's totally like Switzerland.
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