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To: Selectric II who wrote (3603)	10/8/2001 7:48:03 PM
From: spiral3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

On Hardball with Chris Mathews last week Biden pretty much stated that action, with a capital A, against Iraq was pretty much inevitable at some point. I was surprised by what seemed to be his complete and utter conviction about this. Did anybody else see this interview. I agree with CB on the Japanese bomb issue. CB: In the three days between Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9), there was plenty of time time for the Japanese to respond. It took the Japanese five days to surrender (August 14), after Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, should we have dropped a third bomb as well (rhetorical ?) It took another thirty one days before the War officially came to an end (Sept 2, 1945). While it’s true that after the first bomb Truman warned the Japanese to give it up NOW, the decision to drop the second bomb will always be controversial, much more so than the first. CB: You can play "what if?" all you want, but you'll never have the real answer, so don't allow your imagination to convince you that your guess about what would have happened is the truth. Agree completely.

To: Selectric II who wrote (3603)	10/8/2001 8:15:19 PM
From: Jill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I agree he's rude & arrogant, but you can't fault him for how he handled the interview today, & besides, these are not his opinions, this reflects administration policy

To: Selectric II who wrote (3603)	10/25/2001 1:12:09 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Another Joe Biden statement: Wed Oct 24 2001 10:22:37 ET The top Democratic lawmaker on foreign policy said Monday that unless the bombing of Afghanistan ends "sooner rather than later," America risks looking like a "high-tech bully," the Wilmington News Journal reports. "Every moment it goes on, it makes the aftermath problems more severe," said Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan group of foreign policy experts, Biden said he understands the bombing is required to help safeguard U.S. special forces operations, and that requirement creates a difficult balance. Biden stressed that, like most Democrats, he has supported President Bush - but the "honeymoon' might get rockier soon." "The longer the bombing goes on, the more susceptible we are to criticism, justified and unjustified, in the Islamic world," he said. "With every hour that passes, the United States pays an escalating price in the Arab world, and faces complaints that it is a high-tech bully that only attacks from the air." drudgereport.com