Senator Joseph Biden (D—Del.), once touted as a possible Secretary of State in a Kerrey Administration, has been disgracing himself in front of the Euro—elites gathered at Davos. No, he hasn't shoveled handfulls of food into his mouth, but that might have been less humiliating.

Senator Joseph Biden said that even if Iran was a full democracy like India, it would want nuclear capability, like India. What the world needed to address was Iran's emotional needs, he said, with a nonaggression pact.

Yes, we should grant safety and security to tyrannical religious fanatics who are building nuclear bombs and openly state their intention to wipe israel off the map. because, after all, they have emotional needs, too.

What's next, Joe? Self—esteem enhancement for mullahs?

Havcing already been a no—show at a dinner in which he was to be the featured speaker, one would think that Biden would have watched what he was saying.

Ed Lasky and Thomas Lifson   2 4 05