Sioux City Journal op-ed- Biden has the right experience

[jillan]

Biden has key experience

SIOUX CITY -- When the U.S. took its focus off those who attacked us on 9/11 by invading Iraq, it allowed a resurgent al Queda and Taliban to sow unrest and instability in a truly nuclear-armed country, Pakistan. The Marine commandant now advocates shifting his entire command to Afghanistan to meet this dire threat instead of policing the Iraq Civil War.

The next U.S. president will not have time for a "learning curve" in coming to grips with the wide ranging threats emerging in the Middle East. Time to develop personal diplomatic relationships with Shia, Sunni, Kurdish, Turkish, Iranian, Afghani, Pakistani and other vital countries leadership will be at a premium. Ability to forge domestic bipartisan policies will also be immediately required.

Sen. Joe Biden needs no such education. His foreign policy expertise has already led to a widely accepted Iraqi stabilization plan, one adopted by the U.S. Senate (co-sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback). He has already met with all Iraqi factions on stabilization initiatives. Biden's personal relationship and knowledge of all world leaders as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee may be unequaled by any other single American.

It is no accident that Senator Biden has come out on top in every single Democratic debate. He won't hit the ground running, he is already there working to protect America. -- Michael J. O'Brien

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/12/26/news_opinion/letters/52bfdc0da4b00569862573bd00162d22.txt

And that was written before Bhutto was assassinated.

[1corona4u]

1. Bingo.

[smheart78]

2. Leader

If Joe Biden is always ahead of the fray, telling us what is important and being proven by world events...shouldn't he be our leader? I hate to say it because it seems like such an overused cliche type phrase but "Joe is Right". He has been. Please decide to let him lead us for the next four years.