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   <title>&quot;Mark My Words...&quot; Joe Biden on International Crisis</title>
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   <summary> Press EN &quot;It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We&apos;re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember...</summary>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Press EN</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">"It will not be six months before the world tests
Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to
elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of
America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I
said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to
test the mettle of this guy. I can give you at least four or five scenarios
from where it might originate..." Senator Joe Biden. October 20, 2008<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">The Last Eight Years of Failed Policies?</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">  think that it is the exact point that President George W.
Bush has been making and John McCain has been reiterating--"the failed policies
of the last 8 years" have not produced a great international crisis since
JFK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>It is without doubt that this
kind of political blunder is exactly what Biden offers the ticket--and the
country. The sad thing is that it is also the kind of truth that makes Obama a
tragic choice for American Voters. The choice makes for a weak military, bad
foreign policy, Clintonesque arrogance, and Jimmy Carter malaise.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> Change is in the Scenery</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> Have you seen the Obama bumper sticker where the "O" in his
name is a peace sign? Think of what Obama has said in his stump speeches.
Although he is against the war in Iraq, he is for a war in Afghanistan. The
spin that Obamanites (read the mainstream press) that Obama is "an agent of
peace' has been greatly exaggerated. While I do not believe that he or John
McCain are war mongers, what will happen to our troops by moving them out of
Iraq and into Afghanistan? The Middle East always will be a hotbed of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>activity and many military officials
agree that a stabilized Iraq can prove to be an American presence that protects
Israel and the world against terrorist threats.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Learn from the Last Eight Years</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">The Obama camp is proposing to move troops in an area that
made Russian troops sitting ducks, bankrupted their economy, and that harbored
terrorist cells. With the Obama-Biden plan it stands to reason that a fallen
Iraq, (which could happen in short order if Obama gets the keys to the White
House,) a hostile Iran, and a convention of terrorists moving to Afghanistan to
fight our newly moved troops will create a long, expensive, and tedious chore
that would test 'our mettle," and would inspire international crisis of epic
proportions. Instead of learning from the Bush administration and
underestimating the Bush doctrine, Obama-Biden are bent at making things worse.
If that is change, somebody -PLEASE-change the channel. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Where's Osama-Obama? </p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> It's a fair question. Instead of learning from the Bush
Doctrine the attitude of Obama-Biden is much like the disgruntled Clinton-Gore
folk who left the White House in a shambles, stealing the China, vandalizing
the computers, (remember the clever removal of the "W's?")<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>and pardoning criminals who were
associated with Clinton-Gore. So what if Obama-Biden get the keys? Will they
replace the "W's" with "O's" and will Oprah sleep in the Lincoln bedroom? Will
the Weatherman blow up the east wing of The President's House?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Will the Chicago machine become the DC
machine? Obama wants to play the game of "Where's Osama?" by searching the
caves in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan while Six-pack, Uncle Joe, the
plumber, Biden becomes the most dangerous VP since Dick Cheney. Biden who if
elected will finish his unremarkable Senate career, by taking his stand-up
routine to Pennsylvania Avenue. He may wax nostaligiac for the days when
Delaware was the capital of Credit Cards, and the god of debt, and hopefully he
will hold Obama accountable- quizzing him by telling "his boss," "It's not
going well, Mr. President!" Eventually this dynamic duo will have to stop pointing
the finger at the last 8 years and start looking at the next 4. What if? Mark
my words.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">                                     </span></p>

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