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Juan Cole: Welcome Senator Biden!
A warm congratulations to Senator Joe Biden on his VP candidate position on the Democratic ticket!
Sen. Biden called me to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Iraq in April 2004, when there was heavy fighting between the Mahdi Army and the US military. He did so on the basis of a journal article I had written on the Sadr Movement in the Middle East Journal, which he had read. That knocked my socks off. People in Washington don't often read journal articles. It struck me as the sort of thing that should happen in our democracy every day-- you write something in your specialty, and your elected representative calls you to talk about it. No lobbies, think tanks, etc. involved.
So it was a positive impression! And in the hearing he was informed and articulate....
Juan Cole
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Comments (2)
Juan Cole says, "Biden thinks I'm smart, so hurrah for Biden!"
What a brilliant recommendation!
August 23, 2008 12:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do you even know who Juan Cole is? He's one of the most knowledgeable ME experts we have in this country today. It demonstrates Biden's intelligence that he would call on Cole to testify, let alone read what he's written, And it's high praise indeed, coming from Cole, to describe Biden as being "informed and articulate."
We've had 8 years of an administration that listens to unenlightened and extreme ideologues - look where it's gotten us. This is very good news - a breath of fresh air finally.
August 23, 2008 2:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
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