Israel Matzav

He's a sweet-talkin' guy

If you all haven't figured it out yet, I spent way too much time watching television and listening to rock music in the 1970's. And since I have no place else to use those brain cells these days, I inflict them on all of you. So....

Let's go to the videotape.



Caroline Glick says that Joe Biden is a sweet talkin' guy. And while she believes that most of Israel's media will fall for him when he is here next week, Caroline has seen right through Joe Biden since Day One.

Glick said that Vice President Joe Biden will bring with him a message of “we love you” although, "despite his sweet talk," he has been the biggest defender of Iran. “Maybe he will talk about the 'American commitment to the security of Israel,' but this would be a gross lie,” Glick stated.

She added, “The journalists in Israel undoubtedly will be convinced and will call on our leaders to give Obama a chance.

Glick warned as far back as 2008 that President Obama’s choice of Biden as his running mate was a sign that the two could not be trusted.

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Glick pointed out that despite the pro-Israel talk, Biden was "a staunch supporter of an Israeli transfer of the strategically critical Golan Heights to Syria and…harshly criticized the Bush administration for its refusal to support Israeli negotiations with Syria. At the same time, he downplays the significance of Syria's strategic alliance with Iran and its sponsorship of terrorists in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. Belittling those ties, Biden has claimed repeatedly and without a shred of evidence that the Syrians really want to put all of that behind them.

“Biden's positions on Iran are even more troubling. Over the past decade, since Iran's ballistic missile program and its nuclear program came into full view, Biden has distinguished himself both for his refusal to support tough U.S. diplomatic moves against Iran…. In 1998, Biden was one of only four senators to vote against the Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act, a bill that punished foreign companies and other entities that sent Iran sensitive missile technology or expertise.”

The vice president also “was one of just a handful of senators who voted against a Senate resolution calling on the State Department to classify Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist organization,” according to Glick.

Smart women aren't fooled by sweet talkin' guys anymore. Maybe Israel's media needs a few more smart women like Caroline.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:54 PM