Bomb Iran … yeah, not so much
The State Department today walked back suggestions from Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday that the U.S. would allow Israel to take military action against Iran.
Veep Joe Biden is the gaffe-gift that keeps on giving. From AFP:
The Obama administration poured cold water Monday on any notion it is giving Israel the green light to attack Iran or that it is reconsidering plans to engage diplomatically with the Islamic republic.
Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the United States would not stand in the way of Israel in its dealings with Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
But State Department spokesman Ian Kelly rebuffed suggestions from reporters that Biden could be seen as giving the Jewish state a green light to attack Iran, which it views as an existential threat.
Somehow this doesn’t inspire confidence in the vice president’s ability to be the administration’s front man on Iraq.
Sources:
AFP, July 6, 2009
US not giving Israel ‘green light’ to attack Iran
ABC News, July 5, 2009
‘This Week’ Transcpript: Joe Biden
Hot Air, July 7, 2009
