Sunday News Show Round Up, Part 2: This Week
On This Week, Christiane Amanpour hosted General Ray Odierno, commander of troops in Iraq. The U.S. is set to withdraw most of its troops in Iraq by September 1st, but the country seems to be suffering a storm of instability. Violence in that country has been on the rise. And Iraq still has not formed a government since its elections in March.
To these concerns, Gen. Odierno assured Amanpour that regardless of the scheduled withdrawal, 50,000 American troops will remain in Iraq past Sept 1 to help Iraqi security forces stabilize the country. By that September 1st date, Odierno said that “We will see some first steps toward forming a government.”
During the roundtable segment of the show, debate focused on the lasting impact of the surge and what will happen to Iraq after American troops withdraw. To that end, Amanpour played the infamous clip of Vice President Biden saying last February, “I’m very optimistic about Iraq. I think it will be one of the great achievements of this administration.” Amanpour laughed as the Biden clip ended.
In light of the recent instability in Iraq, I wonder if Biden is as optimistic as he was back in February.
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May '10
Re: Sunday News Show Round Up, Part 2: This Week
You buried the lede. Amanpour laughed? Biden is truly a miracle worker. A national treasure, like Snooki.
Re: Sunday News Show Round Up, Part 2: This Week
I had a hard time keeping my Raisin Bran down watching Joe Biden talk about Iraq. And watching the simpering, egregious Amanpour nod in oily agreement with him.
Joe Biden's views on Iraq should be embargoed, like Chinese pet food. He's been wrong -- awfully, utterly, and almost disastrously wrong -- about Iraq since he first pointed a manicured finger at it. In Biden's Bizarro World, Iraq would have been partitioned years ago. He's "optimistic" about Iraq? He thinks it'll be an "achievement?" Perhaps, but if so, no thanks to him.
There's a guy in Crawford, Texas who deserves the credit. All of it. Because he certainly took the blame -- all of it -- from imbeciles and wafflers like Joe Biden.