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Joe Biden & the art of noise

Published: 24 July, 2009, 13:16

Joe Biden (AFP Photo / Pool / Irakli Gedenidze)

Joe Biden (AFP Photo / Pool / Irakli Gedenidze)

TAGS: Georgia, Ukraine, Politics, USA


Joe Biden happens to be the Vice President of the US. He’s also known as “Biden Gaffe Machine” – and not without merit.

Domestically, he made his mark by advising the Americans not to take any commercial flights or to ride on trains because the “swine flu virus can spread in confined places.”

“I would tell members of my family – and I have – I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now.”

The near panic that ensued, naturally, had to be calmed down by the combined efforts of the rest of the Obama administration.

Then the man decides to get himself involved in affairs international and opines, publicly, that “Israel, as a ‘sovereign nation’ was entitled to decide on a strike against Iran.”

This time his boss, President Obama had to rush to the rescue personally to deflect Joe Biden’s claim and to underscore that no, the United States of America had “absolutely not” given Israel a green light to have Iran blown to smithereens.

Most recently, Joe Biden’s oral talents and powers of persuasion were employed to work on Ukraine and Georgia, two post-soviet countries whose presidents were particularly vocal and successful at wooing that great democrat, George Walker Bush, to help them “defend democracy”.

So deep was the desire to help the former US president in his democratization of the world that both sent big contingents of their troops to Iraq – and one even renamed a principal street of his capital, making it the world’s one and only “George W. Bush Avenue”. I kid you not – check it out, it's still there.

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The other great statesman is Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, the man whose popular support ratings in his home country have crucially improved in the last few months – from 2% to a staggering 5.5%, to be precise.

The man who lost almost all of his Orange Revolution allies – some turning into bitter “tell it all” enemies airing dirty laundry in public. The man whose family affairs are a permanent fixture of every tabloid in Eastern Europe (do you see a story of, say, Jenna Bush driving a BMW M6 “given by a business associate” and dining with a $1,000 bottle of champagne making a few headlines in her home country? Jenna, thankfully, did no such thing, which could not be said about Yushchenko’s sibling).

Another one is Georgia’s Mikhail Saakashvili, whose deeds while in power include, but not limited to: the brutal dispersal of a peaceful opposition rally in his capital; sending an armed police squad to close down a television station; and launching and flat-out losing the war in the Republic of South Ossetia last year. Oh – and don’t forget the ongoing months-long opposition rally at his capital led by his former closest allies.

It would seem that Messrs. Yushchenko and Saakashvili (naturally, best of friends) are particularly adept at turning allies into enemies.

But not Joe Biden.

“Our partnership rests on a foundation of shared democratic ideals, and we will continue to support your work and deepen Georgia's democracy.”

Really?

At least in Kiev, Ukraine, he was closer on the mark with (The New York Daily News reported) “[They’re] the most beautiful women in the world. That’s my observation”.

Here we don’t want to argue with you, Joe Biden.

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24.07.2009, 12:47 1 comment

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United States says it will not re-arm Georgia

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GW July 25, 2009, 16:39
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Joe Biden and Obama are cut from the same democrat "bolt of moth eaten old cloth". That is they push policies that never worked before and will never work in the future, but they just keep pushing them anyway. They both possess "Open mouth and insert foot" disease. And, the old "talk out of both sides of your mouth" syndrome. Both men follow the political policies of that old Russia hater, Polish national Ziggy Brezenski. A man whom they have as a high ranking foriegn advisor to their regime, by choice. Any person who actually thinks Obama/Biden is going against the Russia haters in the US Government and those who want to take financial advantage of the Russian people like George Soros( a main campaign fund raiser for Obama and the Democrats), is in my opinion, extremely naive if not just plain ignorant of the way the Russia haters work and run the US Govt.!

Bianca July 24, 2009, 23:32
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What mistake? It was clear that the Democratic Party was not going Obama take charge. The deal was cut, and he got a whole set of minders who are running the foreign policy. There is a surreal gap between Obama's speeches and the Biden/Clinton pronoucements everywhere they go. One of the most shocking examples was Biden's lecture to little school children in Georgia. He taught them to hate Russians, who have "destroyed" their country, and their economy, because they do not want Georgia to see that "democracy works". Now, we are being really educated! Georgia attacked South Ossetia in a pure, democratic way, and Russia just couldn't stand it! Teaching hate is something Obama will have to put a stop to. Over time, millions of us who support him will learn who is in charge there.

Biloxi July 24, 2009, 14:05
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Joe Biden, et al. have investments heavily ensconced in countries, globally. Revenge is best served as a dish cold, how the west can own the east. War/s forever and ever - therefore, offer/s of pay to play for peace by way of investments as private-public AND, then, the war is always won once the common people cannot say no to the 'money' produced by the 'multinational corporations.' Post-Soviet is more than proof of the high stakes played in this game, thus far. To what purpose? Democracy? George Bush style? How acceptable is this agenda of "leaders" in their GLOBAL "freedom" for all, in a democratic form according to the style or brand designed by them, but of course. There are no boundaries in those who can produce NOISE POLLUTION with the abomination to the idea of any semblance of the "art" in communication and therefore, cooperation as an equal partner of trust is an oxymoron indeed. Old saying: "When the father has eaten sour grapes, the children's teeth shall be set on edge."