Why doesn't Joe Biden get any press and why is he behind Edwards in the polls??

[Stoneburner]

IF you read the inside story on the IRaq War, you'd know Biden was trying to prevent bush from getting a blank check for going to war and tried to work with Colin Powell to do it. BOth were undercut severely. As for the after iraq part, he's been saying for some time there needs to be a tri-partition which is the only plan that makes sense. Why not do it now rather than waiting for the iraqis to do it by force?

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: johnnobts
*snipped drivel*

Do you think your sig can be any more arrogant towards the many other religions in this world?

 

[Lemon law]

To Stoneburner,

If nothing else, you forced me to go to the Biden website to see what his position is now, but he definitely does not advocate the partition of Iraq into three separate countries. And instead relies on local control by each group while somewhat ducking the question of what to do about mixed cities. And the whole plan is predicated by assuming an oil deal can be reached in which the Sunni's, who have no oil in the regions they would end up controlling, would somehow get 20% of all Iraqi oil that would be controlled by the Shia's and the Kurds.

All in all I am somewhat amazed that Biden's assessment of what Iraq has become and why is very similar to mine, but I do not think his plan is the only one worth exploring.
But at least its a plan that would rely on some hard diplomatic jawboning rather than the GWB wishful thinking. And if nothing else, Turkish saber rattling in Northern Iraq may have the net effect of preventing the Kurds from developing itchy feet.

 

[Stoneburner]

That is effective partition but you are correct in that it requires diplomacy. Biden is a foreign policy expert, the top in the senate on the dem side and has first hand experience with what should be the number 1 foreign policy issue. i.e. non proliferation. He's worked with the people at the U.N. as well as having met with secs of state and prime ministers. I'm sure he would do a better job than bush at diplomacy.