Joe Biden Said That?

Thanks to Jim Bass from Attack Machine for this one. During the VP debate from 2008, Biden was asked about the "Israeli-Palestinian conflict". He rambled for a bit (here's the transcript) and then let this loose:

When we kicked -- along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, "Move NATO forces in there. Fill the vacuum, because if you don't know -- if you don't, Hezbollah will control it." Now what's happened? Hezbollah is a legitimate part of the government in the country immediately to the north of Israel.

Here's the video; skip to around 1:08 for the good stuff:

Andy McCarthy at National Review asks the obvious question "Exactly when did this kicking occur? Has anyone alerted Sheikh Nasrallah?" McCarthy notes that not only did this never happen, and also that if Obama or Biden had proposed that NATO make such a move it would have driven their Leftist supporters bonkers.

It's a shame that Sarah Palin didn't call Biden on this one on the spot; that would have been devastating. Maybe next time!