Biden’s Bad Foreign-Policy Ideas

Joe Biden has been wrong a lot on foreign and defense policy. A lot. This year’s presumptive Democratic presidential nominee voted against the 1991 Gulf War, in which the United States and a broad multinational coalition quickly achieved their goals, and in favor of the 2003 Iraq War, and regretted both votes. Years into hostilities, he that brought some stability to both Iraq and Afghanistan and that “the Taliban per se is not our enemy.” He argued for even as Iraqis voted for cross-sectarian political lists. And he that killed Osama bin Laden. These stances suggest not only that he lacks a philosophy of how to use military