US Vice President Biden hits nerve in Russia (Biden: Russia is a weakened nation)
WaPo ^ | July 27, 2009 | By LYNN BERRY Posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 6:45:43 PM by Islander7
MOSCOW -- An interview U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gave to an American newspaper was front-page news Monday in Moscow, where his characterization of Russia as a weakened nation hit a raw nerve.
Biden said Russia's economic difficulties are likely to make the Kremlin more willing to cooperate with the United States on a range of national security issues.
"I think we vastly underestimate the hand that we hold," he said in an interview to The Wall Street Journal published Saturday.
Biden's comments appeared to catch the Kremlin by surprise, coming less than three weeks after President Barack Obama said on a visit to Moscow that the U.S. wants to see a "strong, peaceful and prosperous Russia."
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What a moron.
But smarter than Palin right?