IT'S ONLY JOE BIDEN, PAY NO ATTENTION:

U.S. denies approving Israeli attack on Iran (Maktoob, Jul 07, 2009)

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration denied on Monday that it is giving Israel the green light to attack Iran or that it is reconsidering plans to engage diplomatically with the Islamic Republic.

Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani, formerly the country's top nuclear negotiator, warned Tehran would hold Washington responsible for any such strike after Vice President Joe Biden said Washington would not dictate how Israel deals with Iran's nuclear ambitions.

But State Department spokesman Ian Kelly poured cold water on suggestions that Biden could be seen as giving the Jewish state a green light to attack Iran, which it views as an existential threat.

If nothing else, you have to marvel at a man who can make you nostalgic for Spiro Agnew.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 7, 2009 6:57 AM