In March 1992, in a speech at that year’s AIPAC conference, then-Senator Joe Biden slammed then-President George H.W. Bush for pressuring Israel.
Biden opposed steps by the Bush administration to condition loan guarantees to Israel on halting settlement construction in Yehudah and Shomron and holding peace talks with the Palestinians, even co-sponsoring a bill to force Bush to make the guarantees unconditional.
See the clip, posted by Forward reporter Jacob Kornbluth, below:
“Why is there any incentive for the Arabs to make any compromise in the peace talks, why if they know that they must only wait – for the US to do their bargaining for them,” Biden said. “Why would they compromise? Why would they be reasonable?”
“The absurd notion that publicly vilifying Israel will somehow change its policy – who do we think we’re dealing with? What makes us think that even if the administration is one hundred percent correct on the policy, what makes them think that in the midst of an election campaign, in the midst of a so-called peace talk, that we can publicly vilify a nation.”
“And think that any leader will say: ‘Now I will yield before the world and G-d because I have been told. What do we think we’re doing?”
“Now folks, think about this. Why? What is the purpose of doing what’s done? These are smart women and men who are putting together this policy. What is the purpose? Do you think that [Yitzchak] Shamir, in the middle of an election campaign, will say, ‘Mea culpa, I’m sorry, I’m really sorry. I changed my mind. Re-elect me.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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7 Responses
He forgot about that
He’s been very forgetful in his old age (just ask Hur)
He doesnt believe in anything, he just says and does whatever it takes to get (re)-elected.
Now this is a presidential Biden. Interesting indeed
Biden has consistently, for 50 years, taken whatever position will benefit him at the moment, always avoid distractions such as facts or principles. His consistency is proof that his mental abilities are as good as they were 50 years ago.
When he was younger he had more flair for the Broadway drama. No he’s too old & senile to barely put two sentences together.
@jpa “too old & senile to barely put two sentences together”
That should read “TWO WORDS TOGETHER”
memories of Papa Biden from last century.
The good old days, when he acted stupid because he was drunk not simply old…..