Biden stresses complexities

Senator talks foreign policy at 'Monitor'


Democratic presidential candidates hold a short-sighted, simplistic view of how to solve problems abroad, Sen. Joe Biden said earlier this week. Moreover, he said, the view resembles that of the current administration.

Bush and most of Biden's competitors for the presidential nomination in his party share the tendency, he said, to view each problem abroad in "splendid isolation."Biden called this view "incredibly naïve" while speaking Monday to editors and reporters at the Concord Monitor. He said that the world has changed since the 1990s and that America's credibility abroad has suffered under an administration that has failed to consider other countries' viewpoints.

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n the case of Iran, Biden blames Bush and Hillary Clinton for strengthening President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Both supported a nonbinding resolution that classified part of the country's military as a terrorist organization.

The markets have responded to fears of a U.S. attack on Iran.

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With higher oil prices, Biden said, Ahmadinejad faces less internal criticism about an otherwise poor economy.


There is more on domestic issues:

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071219/FRONTPAGE/712190377

BIDEN 08!

It did a good job of covering his stands on domestic issues as well as foreign policy.

I think Biden is getting reaaallly tired of the other candidates saying there's not much difference in all of their plans for Iraq...when there really is.

Going to read now...

Bush seems unable to understand the importance of having working, mutually respectful relationships with the leaders of other countries. Here's what Biden said:

"If the president had established a policy toward Russia with Europe when President Vladimir Putin began to move toward authoritarianism, his rise could have been curtailed."

And now, thanks to Bush...

Biden UNDERSTANDS this stuff -- we need him NOW to repair the damage that Bush has caused.

there IS a reason for him taking a particular position. For others, their position is merely an aggregate of words.

and slogans. Biden's speeches have a lot of substance to them, based on knowledge and experience.