Joe Biden: Out Of His Depth

Sen. Biden said something during the debate last night that was so wrong and, frankly, stupid it took my breath away. Needless to say the MSM never noticed. However, Michael Totten did notice:

In Thursday night’s vice presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin, Biden said the strangest and most ill-informed thing I have ever heard about Lebanon in my life. “When we kicked — along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, “Move NATO forces in there. Fill the vacuum, because if you don’t know — if you don’t, Hezbollah will control it.” Now what’s happened? Hezbollah is a legitimate part of the government in the country immediately to the north of Israel.” [Emphasis added.]

What on Earth is he talking about? The United States and France may have kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon in an alternate universe, but nothing even remotely like that ever happened in this one.

Nobody – nobody – has ever kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon. Not the United States. Not France. Not Israel. And not the Lebanese. Nobody.

Joe Biden has literally no idea what he’s talking about.

It’s too bad debate moderator Gwen Ifill didn’t catch him and ask a follow up question: When did the United States and France kick Hezbollah out of Lebanon?

The answer? Never. And did Biden and Senator Barack Obama really say NATO troops should be sent into Lebanon? When did they say that? Why would they say that? They certainly didn’t say it because NATO needed to prevent Hezbollah from returning–since Hezbollah never went anywhere.

Maybe Biden is working under the assumption that the average American is so ill informed when it comes to foreign affairs they will believe any damn fool thing he says, but remember, Joe Biden is on the Democratic ticket because he supposedly improves their knowledge base on foreign affairs.

Just imagine how bad that makes Obama on the subject.

My mind reels with sarcastic replies.

Now, just imagine the media response had Palin made such a remark.