Biden is right. Bush wouldn't admit his loss, though, because his little boy mentality wouldn't allow him to pick up his marbles–what marbles he has–and go home. The only thing we can do is hope for the best and no new wars. We have paid too much in lives and treasure.

This is no surprise - anyone with any sense would have known this before going in and could have easily predicted this outcome. I don't believe Bush/Cheney's reasons for going into the war are as stated (and revised & stated…). Too bad no one in congress has had the sense to impeach these two.

Change that to IF he wins now and IF he wins in 2012.

Senator Biden is right and wrong.
We need to differentiate between the surge which worked and the surge which did not.
The surge of the troops did not.
The surge of dollars- by which we bought the Sunnis and the Shia militias - only worked.
Stop the surge of the dollars and then let us all see what happens.
I do not know why both parties are afraid are not recognizing or giving cognizance to the surge of the DOLLAR which is the only weapon which seems to be working.

I really hope obama pick biden for vp a person with "true" experience
obama/biden 08

This is a never ending war, Arabs have been fighting each other since the beginning of time. Their loyalty is like some people in this country, here today, gone tomorrow. Even if it ends, we will soon be in Africa. If Obama is the next president, you can take it to the bank. Then again, he will be running for re-election on January 21, 2009. So let me change that to January 21, 2012 , we will be in Africa.

Why can't they do a "surge" to get rid of inner city gang violence? At least this way, the military will be working from home. Heck, there might be a chance that this idea could be a lot safer than the dirt roads of Iraq.

The 'surge/escalation works' to increase America's budget deficit!

Declaring that the 'surge/escalation works' is like the declaration that the Iraq war was won.

The escalation of a war against those who have no respect even for their own lives is to ALSO disrespect our own lives.

See the thousands of years of Semitic endless cycles of vengeance, violence and barbarism, which to this day shows no end in sight.

Also see the 1400 years of insane islamic sunni-shia endless vengeance, violence and barbarism.

That is what awaits Americans in Iraq.

Americans should only be protecting the Iraqi oil fields (and keeping an eye on al kaida) to ensure the smooth flow of the world economy, and to provide revenue for the Babylonians to rebuild their own country.
Other than that, Americans ought not to be involved.

This is the man that should be the Democratic nominee and next president of the United States plain and simple

Good it's about time that we recognize this and I applaud Biden for this.

Why doesn't McCain mention in his success stories the hundreds of deaths and the deserting Iraqi soldiers in the past month????

Funny as it is… Biden is criticizing the Iraq government for not getting it together. Thus the troop surge is a failure. The DNC controversy over the FL and MI delegates has gone on JUST as long as the surge. Is he speaking on behalf of the "pot" or the "kettle"?

Right on Joe!!!

Talk about stating the obvious!

So, that leaves surrender, a term Biden is only too easy to embrace. Fortunately, the majority of Americans are not.

This is old news. We are concerned about the economy now.

that's why we need to get out. You should have known this Biden! But nooooo, you had to give Bush the benefit of the doubt. Now hurry up, rally those democrats, and BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Biden is a disappointment. All of his critical comments are made with an obvious political spin. Nothing he says is without bias. Its unfortunate that we can't get people with common sense and honest, factual opinions to represent us in government.
As we've seen in all of the candidates and most of our "Politicians", each uses a different word to describe their outright lies and they always try to 'spin' (read 'twist') the truth to support their views.
Its probably their training from law school that makes them think they can get away with lying and making up whatever they want until they're caught…. and then they try as hard as they can to lie their way out.
Can't they see that we watch television, too? We're wise to their antics. The basic fact is that we simply must make up our own minds and not listen to these "Politicians" who can only spout their own agendas.

the violence will probably just build up over time. time to get out.

I agree that the surge has not caused a major impact on the war in Iraq. Just because a few areas of the country seem more secure does not mean that the United States being there is necessary. Until the country can go for a month without attacks or killing of anyone, can we say the surge is successful. The idea that the surge is successful is just another BIG LIE of the current administration.
Perhaps if all our troops left the country, they would decide to come together for peace, but I doubt it. The different factions of the country have fighting and fueding for a hundred years.
After we left Viet Nam, that country calmed out and worked out their differences. The same could happen in Iraq.

No kidding the surge is a failure….what is MORE troubling is the White House renewing the Blackwater Contract….How smart is that? You have the Iraqi Government angry over the renewal, and the United States cannot afford to disenfranchise the government of Iraq.

Oh…forgot…Bush thinks he can do anything he wants.

Unfortuneatly, this is political posturing ahead of next week's testimony. GWBusch & Dick Cheney have killed more americans than the 911 attack, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens.

Impeach. Put on trial for war crimes. Have the Fed. Govt. raid the Bush/Cheney/Rove coffers completely (100% tax) to pay for at least 1 hour of this war. I called for it over and over… Now, it's the Democratic leadership who are offering excuses. You are correct Sen. Biden. This is a failure. What are you and Nancy, and Harry, and the other Dems. going to do?

Maybe it's time Americans turn to the world community and ask them to do what we have failed to do.

He is the right guy for the job. Always ha been!

Political Reconcillation has not happen in the Balkans either and we and Nato have had Troops there 13 Years! As soon as we leave they will be killing each other again. They have been killing each other as longs as the Muslims have> Biden is a Post Viet Nam Democrat who thought we won with dignity, even though it cost 2.85 million civilans their lives since we did not fight to win and they let the communist regimes have their way. I am soory but since we started the noble act of throwing out a ruthless dictaor who was being armed in vilation of UN Resolutions by our friends in France, Germany, China and Russia. Joe Biden are you willing to invade Pakistan to get OBL.

I am surprised that Bush is adamant on war. Though he seems fully persuaded about his strategy, i believe the wise voices if Joe Biden are clear to him and he knows that he's wrong but wants to just work an unworkable strategy. Wars cannot solve anything especially dumb wars.

thank you very much.I've been saying this about the surge but no one seems to be listening. It hasn't fulfilled its original purpose. This is yet another example of the Bush administration moving the goal post on this issue

thank you very much.I've been saying this about the urge but no one seems to be listening. It hasn't fulfilled its original purpose. This is yet another example of the Bush administration moving the goal post on this issue

you can sat that again. john mccain will ruin this nation if he is elected. please Americans do the right thing elect obama or hillary. i prefer obama but hillary would be better than mccain

Tell it like it is, brother!

there are no failures in illegal wars.

just more illegal actions taken by an unconstituionally led government.

there is only one candidate left in this race who will end the war, understands the econmy, and is telling the truth.

unfortunately- most americans aren't educated enough to know what the constitution really is.

it is a limit on government, and the gaurantee of our personal liberties, which are being eroded before your eyes- if they are open.

This is the man that should be the next President. I hope either Hiullary or Obama take him as the VP. His experience and level headed world view are so vastly superior to McCain that it is overwhelming. McCain is a new George Bush. More war in the wrong places for the wrong causes and more debt. Biden would not let that happen if he could stop it.

Joe's right again! Biden for VP or at least Secretary of State,.
Both Dems can use his foreign relations expertise.
Stan Rice

Biden would've made a fine President, especially at this particular time when we are involved in two wars and there is talk (on the Republican side) of getting into another. He has the creds in foreign policy that all the other candidates (except for McCain) lack, along the judgement and wisdom that McCain lacks.

Yes, he has his faults. For one thing, he sometimes talks too much. But it's a mystery to me that he could never get above 1-2 pct in the polls - he should've at least been a serious contender. I blame it, partly, on the media fixation with the horse race. They decided early on that it was between Clinton and Edwards, with Obama as the dark horse.

Someone have to say it.
The only problem is that Bush defines success in everything.
It seems there is no failuire in Iraq, even if there is war it is a success.

Can Bush define success so that we will hold him on that please?

Obama/Biden 08!

I feel the republicans have no idea how to fight a war of ideals and think they can win such a war will only military strength. Well they are wrong we no way to win this war with military might and need to find a way to fight it and win that doesn't involve killing and death.

When the Bush administration was paying Iraqi warlords millions of dollars to stop the insurgency, they said the surge is working. It's a ticking time bomb…….nothing is working in Iraq except the insurgency. Please let's get out until our pride consumes us! A word to the wise is enough!

I think Biden is right but the funny thing is. WHAT HAS BUSH DONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN A FAILURE OR A DESASTER???????

DONALD SMALLER LIGHTER MILITARY RUMSFELD
ROBERTO BUSHES B*&%$^ GONZALES
DICK 5 TIME DEFERMENT CHENNY
AFGHANISTAN
IRAQ
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
TAX CUT FOR THE RICH
GLOBAL WARMING
KATRINA
DEPLETED OUR MILITARY
IRAN
PUTTING US IN DEBT TO CHINA
CIVIL LIBERTIES
GAUTANAMO
TERRY SHIVO

And the list goes on and on and on, this has been the most Incompetant adminastration we have ever had. Do we really want another term with MCcain??? It does not matter if you are a Republican or Democrate we need a change in a very bad way
thats why we need OBAMA don't let this chance slip through our fingers

WAKE UP PEOPLE

OBAMA 08

May be more troops and another surge will do the trick, how about that?

Come on, it does not take an 'Albert Einstien' to figure this out. The sooner we get out of this mess, the better it is for all of us, but like 'Obama' said; "we must be as carefull getting out as we were careless going in".

Go 'Obama' go …. 08!

A.M. Saqib
Houston, Texas

Joe, I do not believe you are smart enough to comment on surge and troop buildup in Iraq. I wonder if such comments help the Iraqi situation. Why don't you talk to Gen Petraeus and then give your comments. besides it is not your business to comment on our troop activities in Iraq. You are not commander-in-chief niether you are in the military. Our expert commanders on the grtound will make that judgement and comments. Keep your mouth shut..

My thought on this is the fact that President Bush is playing typical politics for 2012. He is setting it up that no way when a Democrat in 2008 gets into office they can actually fix all the things wrong Bush has caused. This will play on the thought of people that democrats couldnt do all the promises made in the 2008 election. Doing this will probably put another republican in office come 2012. This will set it up for Jeb Bush easily, Please think before you vote or we could end up with Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Clinton, Bush…. the list could go on as there is Chelsea Clinton as well…That is more of a nightmare than many may think..

We need someone new and energetic in the whitehouse fighting for what the american people want and need and not what the Clintons and Bush want us to think we need.

Obama 08

None of the three candidates have firm plans for how to deal with Iraq. (Obama has multiple plans depending on whether you listen to him on the stump or what his advisors tell other govts.) The Dems have lost some credibility on the issue. They have been very weak on many issues since they took over.

Boy.. Speaking of error in judgements the last few days. This man Biden doesn't seem to have any judgement of his own at all. Mr. Biden the Party Line Bull Dog. Mr. Biden's is completely blind to anything successful that hurts his beloved Party.

Of course it's been a failure. It will always be a failure in Iraq.

Biden, you obviously are blind and should be immediately taken out of office. The troop surge helped me and my fellow troops stay ALIVE. YES ALIVE

Joe Biden always tells it like it is and makes sense. He has been around a long time and doesn't seem like the type to okey dokey anyone. Maybe he'd be a good VP for Obama.

This is one of the few members of Congress who ACTUALLY DOES have a son serving in Iraq. Therefore I trust what he says over any of them. Bravo for telling it like is is Senator Biden.

Two words for Biden; I agree.

what about the Dems' successes since they took over Congres?….

Which is why we need Senator Clinton to win the nomination and then the general election. She will get our troops out of Iraq. She won't say one thing in public and another behind closed doors. Senator Obama does not have an adequate plan to get the troops home. Senator Clinton has a specific plan which CNN has chosen not to air when she released her plans. Senator Obama is tainted. I watched FOX NEWS yesterday. The Republicans will not hesitate to use anything they can get their hands on against our nominee. Rev. Wright and all his other lies will play a roll in the election in the Fall. Oh, by the way, the public is ready for a woman president who is tough as nails. Senator Clinton is great and will do well for us.

Biden get a life, you know, the world knows, that we are not leaving Iraq anytime soon.
Tired of hearing the Iraq war used for party gain.
McCain has said that he was staying till the job is done.
Clinton says she is leaving within the first year, but her people are saying it may be longer, depending on how it is going.
Obama is saying he is out in 16 months but his staff is letting everyone know that it will be longer.
Combat troops will not be out before the summer or early fall of the 2012 election.

Don't like how we got into this war, but we need to finish it, The world needs Iraq with a stable goverment. Leave to quick and you hand the keys to Iran, and like it or not Iran will have to be dealt with by winner this fall.
I think Hillary is best suited to deal with the issue of Iraq and Iran.
McCain is a little to wishy washy on it for me,He is a hawk one day a dove the next. Obama would just be in over his head, he was against Iraq from day one, you can make the claim now and look good, but with the intel all the others voted for the war with, it really scares me to know that he would not of voted for it and with his anti jewish friends I am not sure if he would do what is best for the USA.
Obama is to close to to many anti american, anti white, anti jewish
marcist people for me to trust. Sorry obama people but like a great american once said,,,,If you lay down with dogs, you gonna get fleas..

NO one cares what mister hair transplant thinks or does.

It is time for us to tell the Iraqis that they need to settle their own differences. Tell them we will help them diplomatically and politically, but no longer militarily. The same factions that are fighting with each other now, have been fighting with each other for 1000 years. We are not going to resolve anything with more fighting. We can't fix this. They have to fix it themselves, and I have not seen much evidence that they really want to fix it. If they don't want to, we can't make them. We need to remove one of the obstacles, and that is our occupation of their country. How would we feel if they were occupying our country, trying to force their policies on us? We would never stop fighting them until they left. We are not helping them.

You may wish to google Retired General William Odom for his recent testimony about the need for rapid orderly withdrawl from Iraq. He will also tell you what you can expect from General Petraeus.

Well I guess it needed to be said and I admire him for saying it… but in light of the recent developments over there (the mutiny of the Iraqi soldiers, the escalation of violence, and the hold on troop redeployment), I hardly consider Biden's statements a news flash.

More partisan politics.

Biden is right.

Well, at least it is not another MLK article. I know, I must be a racist, if I'm sick of this topic. I believe you can have too much of something, We have had more speeches and topics on race in the last few months, then King himself gave in a lifetime.

I really hope our US media makes the connection that the war in Iraq is as important as the economy and actually has a lot to do with the economic downturn we are seeing. The media should continue to gril the Bush administration on it's goals for Iraq and clearly show the american people how useless this war has been.

Biden is probably one of the smartest men in congress.

What a dream team

Clinton & Biden, it wouldn't take long to get theis country back in shape if they were in charge.

Hillary & Biden 08

Its amazing that more senior democrats aren't saying this….had the surge worked our men and women would be packing their duffle bags and turning in their TA-50….but NOOOOOOOOOO! This thing will be dumped off on the next President (oBama) to make it look like he "lost" the war. This thing was lost after the 2 nd month of combat operations, that's when we should have pulled out completely and let the arab league or the UN or NATO police it.

It is a phony, trumped up margin of success. They put more soldiers in, so they could take less soldiers out.

I don't believe anything Bush and the Republicans are doing.

Brilliant Joe!! Now do something about it.

The people that supported this mess from the beginning should read their history books and pay attention to those that know what they are talking about; like Ike said never send our troops to the Middle East, these surges are like the build ups in Viet Nam and Korea, they always look good for awhile but are doomed to failure.

How do any of you so called leaders sleep at night?

Joe Biden was my favorite Democratic candidate b/c he didn't:

1) attend a racist, Anti-American church
2) tell the public one thing about pulling out of NAFTA and pulling troops out of Iraq but really mean the total opposite
3) get endorsed by Louis Farrakhan
4) make friends w/ two guys who bombed the U.S. Capitol
5) lie about how much money Tony Rezko raised for him

no comment. i am looking for obama clinton stories. hihihihhh. thus the only reason i come here.

I agree Mr. Biden. Whatever happened to that plan that would divide Iraq into 3 smaller countries, one ruled by the Kurds, the Sunni's and the last by the Shiit's. That is the only plan that I believe can work.

Obama Richardson 08!!!!

The Surge is what I would characterize as a "Leaky Boat Syndrome".
Your boat starts leaking. Instead of finding and fixing the problem, you start bailing. It helps as long as you keep bailing harder. Once you stop bailing, the boat starts filling with water again.

Without an overarching strategy for resolving Iraq's internal issues, more troops are just going to quiet things down for a while, and make the Iraqi government even more dependent upon the US. In the recent attempt to overpower the rebel armies, Iraqi soldiers deserted by the 100's as soon as the bullets started flying. That lack of resolve is inherent in the entire Iraqi political system. More American troops won't fix that. As a result, of course the surge is not having any lasting effect.

We need to get three things out. We need to get Al Malaki out of office and replaced with a leader who the Iraqis respect. We need to get Bush out of office and replaced with a leader the world respects. We need to get our troops out of Iraq and replaced with Iraqi soldiers. After all, it's their country. If they don't have the guts to fight for their own turf, then they deserve to lose it.

Let’s see about this surge: Iraq's troops can’t fight a small battle and when asked to fight they desert; we don't have enough troops to fight in Afghanistan because we have been bogged down in Iraq for 5 years. And now, McCain wants to have another 4 years of the same. At this point even Hillary looks good, but Obama looks even better.

No one in Congress care while childrens are still dying except the Soldiers Oops they are dying too. Bring America's Soldiers home.

Joe Biden for President…oh wait..err…Yeah!

GO BIDEN!!!

So what! Who cares what this insignificant liberal loser says anyway?

Wow!!! If the American people had been told the truth from the beginning……….Plain and simple, we should not have been there in the first place. It is way overdue for us to leave.

Your right Mr Biden, this war is a mess and will NOT get any better any time soon. It is time for American to make a some serious decisions, and to hold the Iraq Government accountable for may aspects of this war. Mostly the cost of rebuilding, and the cost of financing. There is no excuse for our military to pay so much for oil there when the wells and production is in place, the fuel and oil should be FREE. Also they need to unite and get their act together as a country and stop killing each other, it is so senseless the way the just kill one another because of their tribal differences.

Biden and all the Liberal Democrats in Washington are full of it. This is again a political strategy that will backfire on the Democratic Candidate. It also undermines our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The enemey can't wait to have these Liberals retreat so they can push their Jihadist Agenda. All they have to do now is sit and wait. Victory is theirs. Instead of critizing someone who is trying to do something to protect the American Public, why don't you come up with your own plans. Better yet, DON"t, let the Military do their job and stop meddling in Military affairs, which you know nothing about.

The alternative Policy through legislation? What are you going to do throw papers at them. Good luck with that strategy.

Joe Biden is exactly right. The surge is a failure. Along with John McCain's presidential bid.

That's the only thing Senator Mccain in hanging on to silly war monger trying to convince people that the Surge is working,i know nothing is working than for we to evacuate another mans land,OBAMA PLEASE BRING OUR TROOPS HOME

Was that…COMMON SENSE? FROM A POLITICAN? IT'S A MIRACLE!

When will Biden endorse Obama?

if you are not the vp, there will have been another failure

Whatever the Iraqis want to do with their own nation is none of our freaking business!!!!!!

Apologize to them, withdraw our army immediately and unconditionally, and compensate their sufferings in full.

and try not to make the same mistake again and again and again, expecting a different results!

but History teaches us one thing: we never learn from history. so i'm not holding my breath.

Nice to hear some genuinely straight talk on Iraq!

I dont understand people and how can this surge be a failure ? Ok Biden lets do vietnam all over again and let all those poor souls be punished for are mistake , and for those of you who are to young to remeber we left all of those who help and they paid a very very big price for supporting america! Why are you so selfish and can care less of anyone but yourselfs.

How many centuries have these people had their differences?

We hope to have them kissing and making up in a few years.

I demand we send troops to occupy Petland and force cats and dogs to cease their constant bickering.

It's really simple. Obama got it right upfront. Hillary and McCain did not. Any plan by Hillary or McCain to end the war in Iraq is only necessary because of their ineptitude when they voted to authorize the war.

White 63 year old woman for Obama!

Word! Good for Biden to chime in on this. He was the one guy during the campaign who really knew what he was talking about on the subject of foreign policy, both past and current.

JOE IS RIGHT!

Come on Joe! We can't undo a life time of problems in a few years! Get real!

Obama : Disgrace to America

No matter what you say or do, individuals like Sue will always support the Clintons, given the multiple sins and scandals that they have given to this great nation.

As I consistently say, as a Catholic, I will always say the Rosary to our Lady of Perpetual Help for anyone who votes for the Clintons. This will be like bringing back the sins of "immorality, greed, adultry and so on" to the White House and this great nation!

Bush's latest failure, "The Surge", just as predicted by many leading military experts, cannot unify a country that America invaded pre-emptively and illegally to control its oil and build permanent bases there. Just as most of us would become "insurgents" if an invader destroyed our government and infrastructure while killing beloved family, friends and neighbors, the Iraqi people have shown in poll after poll that they see us as an occupying invader, NOT a "liberator" forcing our way of life and values onto a culture 4,000 years older than ours. To waste more American blood and treasury, and to continue to wreak havoc on the incredibly suffering Iraqi people, is a surge of just one thing…..Bush's insatiable adolescent ego

Finally! Someone has the guts to say it! And, to have it come from Biden gives this statement much more legitimacy.

Thank you

Obama '08