We are sad that (President) George Bush is gone, but thank God for (Vice President) Joe Biden. That is an increasingly common phrase from comedians these days. The latest episode of this is not that funny and may not be wrong, but it is really disappointing.

The frustrating thing about this is this: I agree that the VP is right. If Iran has nuclear weapons, Israel should have the right to take it out. So I would understand if readers think that I am hypocritical in the way I am dealing with VP Biden.

But the fact is that we are an opinion site/blog. We are not representing America via our commentary. We represent ourselves. We represent what we think and voice it out. VP Biden on the other hand, represents the Red, White and Blue. You are speaking for the American people, VP Biden!

Does he understand what reaction his words could incite? This could be used as fodder for propaganda in Iran against America. This could undo President Obama’s trip to Cairo where he won a lot of Muslim support there with that speech. President Obama already made it clear that he wants to be on the right side of history. His position was principled but not offensive at all.

Many countries of Middle East are wary of Iran. Iran is Shi’ite while most of the other countries have Sunni majorities or are under Sunni control. Countries over there get nervous whenever Iran goes about claiming things like Qatar is part of their territory. They do not love Iran. But many of them love Israel less, if they love her at all. That is a fact that the world should, or would have come to terms with.

So when VP Biden said that America would support Israel in the invasion of Iran, should the Israelis know if Iran has nuclear weapons, he is aligning himself with Israel rather that the side of good that President Obama had laid out. He is pitting America against the Muslim world again. He has made it black and white when the entire canvas is gray smeared with blood of innocents.

What is sad is that VP Biden is often very right on foreign policy. I still think that his Iraq plan is the best long term plan for that country, even though there would have been some problem in the Kurdish region. He is right about this too. But he can’t shoot his mouth off any way he wants to.

Leave that to us, the commentaries and the blogs, VP Biden. We would tell the world that Israel needs to defend herself against a neighbor that wants to wipe her off the face of the Earth. We would tell them that Israel has history where her citizens were targeted just for being born Jewish. They have taken out nuclear missile plants in Iraq and, more recently, Syria before and we fully support that.

Related articles by Zemanta

Enhanced by Zemanta
Blog Traffic Exchange Related Posts Blog Traffic Exchange Related Websites

Tagged with: • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Filed under: News • Opinion • Politics

Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!