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Where Senators Obama and Biden Stand on National Defense |
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Written by Dr. Rich Swier
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
 Senator Obama has picked Senator Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate. Senator Biden has a long track record in foreign policy that will be explored in the coming days. The following comments are from RedState.com.
Consider:
* Joe Biden was in favor of the Nuclear Freeze movement of which large parts were subsidized by the KGB.
* Joe Biden was in favor of sustaining the communist dictatorship in Nicaragua and against supporting a nascent democracy in El Salvador.
* Joe Biden was against the development and deployment of MX and Trident ICBMs.
* Joe Biden voted against the use of force to force Iraq to leave Kuwait in 1990.
* Joe Biden was, and still is, in favor of breaking up Iraq into unsustainable ethnic ghettos and leaving.
Additionally, On September 26, 2007, Biden voted "Nay" to Senate Amendment 3017 (S. Amdt. 3017) - a piece of legislation amending S. Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 - "to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran." PTS: AND OBAMA DID NOT VOTE AT ALL
In a nutshell, S. Amdt. 3017 called on the Senate to: "Support the prudent and calibrated use of all instruments of United States national power in Iraq, including diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military instruments, in support of the policy . with respect to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies."
According to an article in New Hampshire's Seacoast Online: "Biden said the best deterrent to prevent pre-emptive military action in Iran is to make it clear, even if it is at the end of his final term, action will be taken against Bush to ensure 'his legacy will be marred for all time.'"
So Biden threatens a sitting president of the United States with impeachment and the marring of his legacy "for all time." He warns against striking Iran - a rogue terrorist-sponsoring nation that kills American soldiers, refuses to curb its nuclear development program, serves as the primary benefactor to Hezbollah, and threatens nations with annihilation. And he flatly refuses to designate the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
Senator Biden does have foreign policy credentials just the wrong kind as listed above. When coupled with Senator Obama's position on disarming America in the face of serious threats from radical Islamists and Communist Russia the pair are at best dangerous to our national security.
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