Robert Gates: Joe Biden’s Been Nearly Wrong on Every Foreign Policy Decision for 40 Years

MORGAN Joe Biden for ░░░░░░░░ the Vice President you ░░░░░░░░ that he s a ░░░░░░░░ guy down to Earth ░░░░░░░░ profane humorously self aware ░░░░░░░░ his motor mouth but ░░░░░░░░ also go on to ░░░░░░░░ which I think is ░░░░░░░░ fairly damning indictment of ░░░░░░░░ President Biden s been ░░░░░░░░ on nearly every foreign ░░░░░░░░ and national security issue ░░░░░░░░ the past four decades ░░░░░░░░ is a pretty as ░░░░░░░░ say damning verdict on ░░░░░░░░ Vice President GATES Well ░░░░░░░░ the context of the ░░░░░░░░ one of the interesting ░░░░░░░░ first of all I ░░░░░░░░ by that statement but ░░░░░░░░ is interesting in retrospect ░░░░░░░░ what I make clear ░░░░░░░░ the book is that ░░░░░░░░ most of the major ░░░░░░░░ policy issues in the ░░░░░░░░ Administration the Vice President ░░░░░░░░ I actually agreed whether ░░░░░░░░ was how to handle ░░░░░░░░ downfall of Mubarak in ░░░░░░░░ or our opposition to ░░░░░░░░ in Libya and so ░░░░░░░░ We did disagree and ░░░░░░░░ disagreed deeply on Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ I did resent the ░░░░░░░░ President s stoking suspicion ░░░░░░░░ the senior military with ░░░░░░░░ President But when I ░░░░░░░░ back to the early ░░░░░░░░ through the end of ░░░░░░░░ Cold War Vice President ░░░░░░░░ he was a senator ░░░░░░░░ against assistance for South ░░░░░░░░ that was going to ░░░░░░░░ the lifeline as we ░░░░░░░░ that country He voted ░░░░░░░░ virtually every element of ░░░░░░░░ Reagan s defense buildup ░░░░░░░░ strategy toward the Soviet ░░░░░░░░ including most of the ░░░░░░░░ weapons systems the B1 ░░░░░░░░ 2 bombers the MX ░░░░░░░░ and so on And ░░░░░░░░ voted against the first ░░░░░░░░ War when President George ░░░░░░░░ W Bush was in ░░░░░░░░ So I think there ░░░░░░░░ a pretty strong case ░░░░░░░░ that on a lot ░░░░░░░░ the big issues he ░░░░░░░░ mistaken MORGAN Is it ░░░░░░░░ for the United States ░░░░░░░░ America that the Vice ░░░░░░░░ according to the most ░░░░░░░░ defense chief of the ░░░░░░░░ four or five decades ░░░░░░░░ he s been wrong ░░░░░░░░ absolutely every foreign policy ░░░░░░░░ in that entire period ░░░░░░░░ Well frankly I don ░░░░░░░░ think any of that ░░░░░░░░ particularly a secret and ░░░░░░░░ don t think it ░░░░░░░░ new news to most ░░░░░░░░ who follow these things ░░░░░░░░