CSMonitor: Joe Biden says Egypt's Mubarak no dictator, he shouldn't step down...

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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backc...dn-t-step-down

Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the PBS NewsHour tonight with the most direct US governent comments yet about the gathering Egypt protests against President Hosni Mubarak's 29-year reign.

Ahead of a day that could prove decisive, NewsHour host Jim Lehrer asked Biden if the time has "come for President Mubarak of Egypt to go?" Biden answered: "No. I think the time has come for President Mubarak to begin to move in the direction that – to be more responsive to some... of the needs of the people out there."

Asked if he would characterize Mubarak as a dictator Biden responded: “Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things. And he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interest in the region, the Middle East peace efforts; the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing relationship with – with Israel. … I would not refer to him as a dictator.”

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Who told Biden what to think ?

[Cowlesy]

What did you expect a leader of America to say? That people should have the right to self-determination and to be free of tyranny?

Puhhhhlleaasssee......Imperial ambition always comes first....that's how America rolls.

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In MBA school, Biden is what we would call a contra-indicator. That is to say a an extremely high percentage of being wrong consistently.

If it wasn't for the "assault weapons" ban,he would still be an insignificant senator form an insignificant state.