Video: Biden explains the War on Terror
posted at 7:00 pm on April 7, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Have things gotten so bad in this administration that Joe Biden has to unwind gaffes? Janet Napolitano and Hillary Clinton announced that the US no longer would use “war on terror” to describe the fight against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other affiliated terrorist groups. Napolitano went so far as to eschew “terrorism” altogether in favor of “man-caused disasters”. CNN tried getting VP Biden to explain this, and while not accusing CNN of making it up, clearly he couldn’t believe anyone would be this stupid:
I guess Joe’s not on board with the “man caused disasters” nomenclature. Let’s see if we can find a euphemism for terror that Joe can swallow:
- Grievance eruptions
- Unplanned emergency-procedure exercises
- Sympathy opportunities
- Social Security reduction efforts
Any others?
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Free range fowl roosting of Bush origin…we’re sorry.
califdreamnred on April 7, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Constitution? What Constitution? Oh, you mean the one Obama, Pelosi, etal shredded? That Constitution???
alwaysright43 on April 7, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Amazing Biden’s statement of Obama goals for Iraq are exactly the same as the Bush plan since 2002! Wow — Change, it’s a good thing, right?
LifeTrek on April 7, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Well, if you believe in freedom, this sucks:
New and worse secrecy and immunity claims from the Obama DOJ
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/06/obama/index.html
getalife on April 7, 2009 at 8:41 PM
If he’s so concerned with policies that make America weaker, why the cuts to missile defense?
dwford on April 7, 2009 at 8:44 PM
I do believe in freedom — which is why I understand the gov’t needs to keep some things secret while it’s protecting mine.
apollyonbob on April 7, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Great.
So he can do anything he wants in the name of security.
getalife on April 7, 2009 at 8:51 PM
If I ever need a brain transplant, I want Joe’s.
He hasn’t used it yet.
Corky on April 7, 2009 at 8:52 PM
A series of discreet problems, Joe?
I think you mean distinct.
jgapinoy on April 7, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Oh man, this country is such a voter-caused disaster right now.
OneGyT on April 7, 2009 at 8:54 PM
True believer eruption.
Upset rural religious activity.
Another blow for Allah.
Another ascension of a martyer.
Allah be praised!
DannoJyd on April 7, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Nice straw man, I dig it.
If you think that keeping certain intel sources a secret turns the gov’t into Big Brother, you’re an idiot.
Discrete.
apollyonbob on April 7, 2009 at 9:09 PM
bad-hair day for islamists
Frances on April 7, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Michelle and Biden go to the same botox doctor!
Frances on April 7, 2009 at 9:15 PM
I can hear Obama in the background screaming “Shut him up!”
GarandFan on April 7, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Isn’t that amazing? Both major parties had their tickets flipped upside down.
Translation for the dense among us – I sure wish Joe was running foreign policy instead of the lunatics programming the TOTUS.
platypus on April 7, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Justified CO2 Emissions by Oppressed Citizens of the World
ex-Democrat on April 7, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Act of Unmitigated Fervor
Grafted on April 7, 2009 at 9:27 PM
H.I.C.-Had It Coming
califdreamnred on April 7, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Insurance-Policy Joe, playing his role. Oh, what a dim-bulb.
PaCadle on April 7, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Huh?
Saltysam on April 7, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I can hear the producer in Wolf’s headset:
“he’s off script Wolf, cut to commercial…“
Saltysam on April 7, 2009 at 10:21 PM
“When sea kittens attack.”
Hog Wild on April 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Biden apparently missed the Democrats efforts at extending the War on Terror to allow Obama to throw the switch and turn off access to the Internet in case of a terrorist attack. You all are supporting that bill, right? You’re with us, or you’re against us!
….I feel safer already.
popularpeoplesfront on April 7, 2009 at 10:47 PM
So joe says “war on terror” instead of “global war on terror” meaning (to him) that Iraq is excluded form that (not mentioning Iran’s fiddling in their cupcakes) however the war in Afghanistan IS a war on terror….just not global.
Ok.
He’s still stupid.
Spiritk9 on April 7, 2009 at 10:58 PM
I think Joe Biden did well enough in responding but it’s clear that Islam or Islam inspired terror, which is ever a subtext in all these “man caused disasters”, is always protected by its never being mentioned.
Wish we could have heard Biden’s response at the end to the question of allowing men in Afghanistan to rape their wives. That too has a background in the fundamentalist interpretation of the Koran. Again Islam is embarrassingly at the center of annoying matters but it cannot be mentioned. It is the putrefied ideological core of the mid-East conflicts and outrages that, for political expediency, must be covered over.
Chessplayer on April 7, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Wolf is thinking to himself. Thank God I don’t have to interview Cheney as VP anymore I just have to spoon feed this lightweight….
Caper29 on April 8, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Man, he’s dumb.
Last I heard Al Queda had cells operating in over 60 countries worldwide.
So, now its down to a couple of rocky outcroppings in Pakistan?
So the Global War on Terror is pretty much a mop up operation, now?
Maybe that’s what he meant.
And maybe the Prostrate President was “just bending over to shake hands” with the King Abdullah.
Saltysam on April 8, 2009 at 12:34 AM
If this idiot was a Republican VP, I’d still be repulsed by him.
What’s amazing is that these Libtards still stick up for him no matter how inept he is.
Dr. ZhivBlago on April 8, 2009 at 12:53 AM
“Stand up, John” Oh, for God’s sake….
One heartbeat away from the presidency.
Captain America on April 8, 2009 at 12:57 AM
Poor Joe.
I honestly liked Biden more than most liberal dems before the election. I thought he was a bit of a mav and sorta endearing…spoke his mind. Kinda genuine in his goofyness.
He probably doesnt like being vp as much as he thought he would.
The Wall on April 8, 2009 at 1:21 AM
Well, that, um, cleared things up, sort of, or something.
CP on April 8, 2009 at 4:31 AM
an empty suit and a twit…what an administration
Bevan on April 8, 2009 at 8:03 AM
I still think
Theater War Against Terror
is a better name for it.
todler on April 8, 2009 at 8:12 AM
+1
ladyingray on April 8, 2009 at 9:07 AM
OT – Don’t forget the online show with Bret Baier tonight after the on air show – the panel will be there too!
ladyingray on April 8, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Obama’s close personal relations?
scrubbiedude on April 8, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Seems to me Biden isn’t up to speed on why the “Bush Doctrine” called for action in Iraq.
Bonhomme on April 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM
getalife is attacking obama?
obama is going downhill fast.
sonofdy on April 8, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Life-interrupting escapades?
Sweet_Thang on April 8, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Discrete population-control endeavors?
Sweet_Thang on April 8, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Undocumented-worker career moves?
Sweet_Thang on April 8, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Undocumented-worker career moves?
Sweet_Thang on April 8, 2009 at 12:44 PM
getalife’s heroes antics?
Sweet_Thang on April 8, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Three of the biggest idiots on earth!
Herb on April 8, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Distractions.
TexasDan on April 8, 2009 at 5:13 PM
+1
Al in St. Lou on April 8, 2009 at 5:38 PM
“man caused disasters”???
Notice how quickly so-called feminists are to give up on gender neutral terms when its describing something bad. we must use terms like chairperson and congress person and humankind, but its MAN caused disasters. Is Napolitano a man hater?
American Elephant on April 8, 2009 at 8:10 PM
The only thing creepier would be Bin-Biden explaining the facts of life to a circle of children…kind of a botoxed, drunken, Amtrak-riding Art Linkletter if you will.
Dr. ZhivBlago on April 8, 2009 at 8:27 PM
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