AND THEY'RE CALLING SARAH PALIN BIZARRE? - AT 9:53 A.M. ET:  The man who won the vice presidency, Joseph Biden, is in Iraq.  In typical Biden fashion, he can't keep his mouth shut.  Consider this:

July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Vice President Joseph Biden told Iraqi leaders that the path to a secure peace lies in uniting ethnic and sectarian groups and said the U.S. might disengage from their country if it reverts to sustained violence.

Biden said he and President Barack Obama “appreciate that Iraq has traveled a great distance over the past year, but there is a hard road ahead if Iraq is going to find lasting peace and stability,” according to a press pool report of the vice president’s visit to Iraq.

COMMENT:  Is that dumb, or what?  Biden has essentially given the enemy a road map, showing exactly how to force the U.S. out of Iraq:  Just increase the violence and sustain it for a time.  In Vietnam the enemy learned how to play on American public opinion.  In Iraq the enemy doesn't have to learn.  The vice president is gracious enough to tell them.

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