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January 4, 2020

Joe Biden falsely claims he didn't oppose bin Laden raid

By Thomas Lifson

Is Joe Biden senile?  Has he forgotten that in 2012, he spoke in public about the White House deliberations on the pending raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden and that he told the 44th POTUS, "Mr. President, my suggestion is we don't go"?

Or has he forgotten that the internet makes it possible for everyone to dig up recordings of what he said in the past?

His past opposition to the raid is now consigned to the Memory Hole about which George Orwell wrote.  Peter Doocy of Fox News caught Biden in Dubuque, Iowa as he was boarding his campaign bus and asked him if he would launch an air strike against General Soleimani if he had the same information as President Trump, noting that eight years ago, he said he opposed the bin Laden assassination.


YouTube screen grab.

Biden claimed, "Well, we did.  The guy's name was Osama bin Laden," and then he hastily turned away, walking toward his bus.

Doocy followed him and asked, "And didn't you tell President Obama not to go after bin Laden that day?"


YouTube screen grab (cropped).

Speaking over him, Biden contradicted his previous account:  "No, I didn't.  I didn't."

If Biden still has his mental faculties, then he must be counting on the media to whitewash his past public opposition to the bin Laden raid.  Compare the 2012 Biden with the 2020 Biden and make up your own mind.

Hat tip: Mike Nadler, David Rutz of the Washington Free Beacon.

Is Joe Biden senile?  Has he forgotten that in 2012, he spoke in public about the White House deliberations on the pending raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden and that he told the 44th POTUS, "Mr. President, my suggestion is we don't go"?

Or has he forgotten that the internet makes it possible for everyone to dig up recordings of what he said in the past?

His past opposition to the raid is now consigned to the Memory Hole about which George Orwell wrote.  Peter Doocy of Fox News caught Biden in Dubuque, Iowa as he was boarding his campaign bus and asked him if he would launch an air strike against General Soleimani if he had the same information as President Trump, noting that eight years ago, he said he opposed the bin Laden assassination.


YouTube screen grab.

Biden claimed, "Well, we did.  The guy's name was Osama bin Laden," and then he hastily turned away, walking toward his bus.

Doocy followed him and asked, "And didn't you tell President Obama not to go after bin Laden that day?"


YouTube screen grab (cropped).

Speaking over him, Biden contradicted his previous account:  "No, I didn't.  I didn't."

If Biden still has his mental faculties, then he must be counting on the media to whitewash his past public opposition to the bin Laden raid.  Compare the 2012 Biden with the 2020 Biden and make up your own mind.

Hat tip: Mike Nadler, David Rutz of the Washington Free Beacon.