Here's a piece on Sen. Joseph Biden's speech before the Council of Foreign Relations on Monday, Oct. 22, 2001, from The Drudge Report:
[b]Sen. Biden Questions Airstikes' Time Frame; US Risks Looking Like 'High Tech Bully'[/b]
[i]Wed Oct 24 2001 10:22:37 ET[/i]
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, [u]justified[/u] 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."
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And what would the 'justified' criticism [b]be[/b] that the US would be hearing from the Islamic World (EzraBenHun - 'Islamdom'), Sen. Biden?
Are these 'complaints' well-founded in your mind, Senator? And what's this 'high tech bully that only attacks from the air' b.s.
Is Bil Maher writing your speeches, Senator?
Eric The(Flabbergasted!)Hun[>]:)]