Joe Biden warns Israel off any attack on Iran (Israel is Not Allowed to Defend Herself)
With regards to Israel, the attention has been on President Obama, questions have arisen like, “is he anti-Israel?” or “How
will he change US/Israel relations?” There has been very little attention on Vice-President Joe Biden, who frankly is not a friend of Israel either. Especially when it comes to Israel’s self defense.
During the recent Presidential campaign season, Biden exclaimed that Israel would have to get used to a nuclear Iran. Yesterday on CNN he warned Israel not to attack Iranian Nukes:
With his brief comment Tuesday, Biden became the highest-ranking administration official to caution the Jewish state against a military strike. In the interview, Biden was asked whether he was concerned that Netanyahu might strike Iranian nuclear facilities.
“I don’t believe Prime Minister Netanyahu would do that. I think he would be ill advised to do that,” Biden said. “And so my level of concern is no different than it was a year ago.”
But many U.S. officials believe Israel is serious. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, head of U.S. forces in the Middle East, told senators this month that the Israeli government may be “so threatened by the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon that it would take preemptive military action to derail or delay it.”
Iran is creating nuclear weapons and has threatened to destroy Israel. Does Biden really believe that Israel should not protect herself? Well if you look at the course of his career that answer may very well be yes. Biden’s stance on Israel has been consistant—consistantly BAD:
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Preemption is not self defense, it is unchecked aggression.
If I am scared that Jack is going to beat me up and take my wallet, so I punch Jack in the face, then I just beat up Jack.
If Rosie tells me that one day she’s going to run over my dog with her car, so I rig her car to explode when she starts it, and she blows up, I just murdered Rosie.
If I think your country harbors terrorism, and I invade your country, seize its resources, declare martial law, and shut down its infrastructure, I just invaded a country.