Thursday October 6, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

Last night Vice President Joe Biden hosted an annual event at the vice president's residence in honor of Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish New Year.

Biden said that "Israel is America's closest, dearest, and most morally-based friend."

Even though I would agree in many ways with the sentiment expressed by the vice president, this is just another in a series of "Biden-isms."

There are several other countries in the world that would like to claim those titles he bestowed upon Israel.

The vice president got it backwards. He should have said: "Israel and America are the closest and the dearest of friends. They are bound by a mutual sense of values and morals."
Adding the words "and the" in place of "is" makes all the difference in the world.

These speeches are matter of public record. The corrected form would not diminish the friendship between the United States and Israel. Rather, it speaks of their bond from a more mature and realistic point of view - a POV the VP should have.

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