[Marxism] Biden to Israel: Accept nuclear Iran

[Greg McDonald]

Biden quoted as saying that Israel will have to reconcile itself to a  
nuclear Iran
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Biden, Obama, Jews

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden was quoted Monday as  
telling senior Israeli officials behind closed doors that the Jewish  
state will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran.

In the unsourced report, Army Radio also quoted Biden as saying that  
he opposed "opening a additional military and diplomatic front."

Biden, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  
has long been considered strongly pro-Israel. His nomination as  
Barack Obama's running mate had been expected to shore up the  
Democrats' strength with U.S. Jewish voters.
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Army Radio said Israeli officials expressed "amazement" over the  
remarks attributed to him.

"Israel will have to reconcile itself with the nuclearization of  
Iran," Army Radio quoted Biden as telling the unnamed officials.

"It's doubtful if the economic sanctions will be effective, and I am  
against opening an additional military and diplomatic front."

Last year, in a widely quoted interview with year the Jewish American  
Shalom TV, Biden said, "I am a Zionist. You don't have to be a Jew to  
be a Zionist," adding that "Israel is the single greatest strength  
that America has in the Middle East," and that its presence as a  
strategic ally meant that America need station far fewer troops and  
warships in the region.