2008 Woodie Awards
On McCain's foreign policy aims, Biden wrongfully assumes parallel with Bush
Michael Roberts
Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: Opinion
Biden is completely in the right when he says that Americans were wrongfully in Iraq and that the Bush administration has this view of the world defined by terrorism. I've never been a big supporter of the Iraq War, and I don't exactly believe that we are doing the correct thing by surging more troops in, ensuring that we will be there for even longer. But Biden tries to make a connection between these Bush policies to McCain, something I don't believe is warranted at all.
McCain simply wants to stay in Iraq because he doesn't believe there is a better solution to the problems that are in Iraq right now. He realizes that if we were to simply withdrawal from Iraq we would leave behind a situation far worse than what Iraq is like now.
Biden used to be a supporter of the idea of withdrawing from Iraq so long as we left behind a country that was divided into three, for the three predominant ethnic groups. Taking this into mind, you would think that Biden would have a problem with the other extreme of Obama who simply wants to pull out of Iraq and has no real plan for what to do after that. But traditional politics would have us believe that he is just trying to get some sort of Secretary of State or vice-presidential bid.
Despite all that Biden said about McCain, I would still vote for him for president. If there were some way that a McCain-Biden ticket could happen, it would be the most foreign-policy dominant ticket that we have ever seen. Of course with the polarizing politics of today, this type of a party-defying ticket would never actually happen.
Still, I hope that Biden gets the recognition that he deserves at some point within the next five years, whether that be through the presidency or in some sort of major cabinet position. If it were not for the fact that Biden has a tendency to run his mouth, and the media falling in love with both Hillary and Obama, we could be looking at a Biden/Obama ticket right now, the correct mix between experience and charisma. This ticket also would have been able to destroy any Republican ticket, riding the high of anti-Bush administration feeling and a well balanced ticket.
Instead, it would seem that the latest polls are putting McCain only a couple of points behind Obama and Clinton if the election were to take place today. When it all pans out, I'm not sure if the Democrats will have a strong enough ticket to compete with the experience of McCain, something Biden would have brought to the table.
McCain simply wants to stay in Iraq because he doesn't believe there is a better solution to the problems that are in Iraq right now. He realizes that if we were to simply withdrawal from Iraq we would leave behind a situation far worse than what Iraq is like now.
Biden used to be a supporter of the idea of withdrawing from Iraq so long as we left behind a country that was divided into three, for the three predominant ethnic groups. Taking this into mind, you would think that Biden would have a problem with the other extreme of Obama who simply wants to pull out of Iraq and has no real plan for what to do after that. But traditional politics would have us believe that he is just trying to get some sort of Secretary of State or vice-presidential bid.
Despite all that Biden said about McCain, I would still vote for him for president. If there were some way that a McCain-Biden ticket could happen, it would be the most foreign-policy dominant ticket that we have ever seen. Of course with the polarizing politics of today, this type of a party-defying ticket would never actually happen.
Still, I hope that Biden gets the recognition that he deserves at some point within the next five years, whether that be through the presidency or in some sort of major cabinet position. If it were not for the fact that Biden has a tendency to run his mouth, and the media falling in love with both Hillary and Obama, we could be looking at a Biden/Obama ticket right now, the correct mix between experience and charisma. This ticket also would have been able to destroy any Republican ticket, riding the high of anti-Bush administration feeling and a well balanced ticket.
Instead, it would seem that the latest polls are putting McCain only a couple of points behind Obama and Clinton if the election were to take place today. When it all pans out, I'm not sure if the Democrats will have a strong enough ticket to compete with the experience of McCain, something Biden would have brought to the table.
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Donna Hughes
posted 4/22/08 @ 12:36 PM EST
I was a volunteer for Joe Biden here in Iowa. Unfortunately more Iowans wanted to "make history" than to select the most qualified candidate for president at this particular time in history. (Continued…)
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