To: longnshort who wrote (428671 ) 10/21/2008 6:47:05 AM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570361 He said it would be even sooner than 6 mos. It'll be an immediate international crisis. But Mac will win and it'll never happen.Barack Obama will face an international crisis early in his presidency, Joe Biden warns, fueling Republican charges that the Democratic presidential candidate's own running mate admits Obama is a blank slate in the face of coming national security threats. Speaking in Seattle on Sunday, Biden said he could guarantee that the world will want to find out if Obama is up to the job, which he assured voters he is. "Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking," Biden said. "Remember I said it standing here. if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. And he's gonna have to make some really tough -- I don't know what the decision's gonna be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you it's gonna happen," Biden continued. The Delaware senator's remarks were the second of their kind over the weekend. At a fundraiser in San Francisco, Biden said Obama's challengers will "find out this guy's got steel in his spine" whenhe is tested. elections.foxnews.com Both sides are getting intelligence briefings. The Obama camp has learned that military plans are being made in multiple places in the world - troops ready to move when empty O takes office. They think bringing Powell on board and having Biden talk tough will help.