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Biden claims to have served as a 'liaison' during Six-Day War despite still being in law school at the time
2021-12-03
[FOX] President Biden said he met with former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and served as a liaison between Israel and Egypt during the Six-Day War despite still being in law school at the time.

The president, who spoke during a menorah lighting in celebration of Hanukkah Wednesday at the White House, appeared to be referring to a meeting he had with her just prior to the October 1973 Yom Kippur War. It's not clear what he meant by his role as a "liaison."

"I have known every — every prime minister well since Golda Meir, including Golda Meir," Biden said. "And during the Six-Day War, I had an opportunity to — she invited me to come over because I was going to be the liaison between she and the Egyptians about the Suez.

"And I sat in front of her desk," he continued. "And she had a guy — her staff member — to my right. His name was Rabin. And she kept flipping those maps up and down. She had that bevy of maps — sort of kept it — and it was — it was so depressing what she was — about what happened. She gave me every detail."
Depressing? Israel won the war in six days. And could have won more territory if the world powers hadn’t stepped in to ram a cease fire down their throats in order to prevent Israel’s neighbours from losing even more.

Posted by:Skidmark

#13  He was so bad I had to tell you about it twice!
Posted by: Raj   2021-12-03 19:09  

#12  My first job outta college had me doing mutual fund accounting at State Street. Our client was Mass. Financial Services (MFS) and one of the people I was working with was a liaison to MFS. Dude was one of the biggest ass-kissers I've ever seen in my life.
Posted by: Raj   2021-12-03 19:06  

#11  My first job outta college had me doing mutual fund accounting at State Street. Our client was Mass. Financial Services (MFS) and one of the people I was working with was a liaison to MFS. Dude was one of the biggest ass-kissers I've ever seen in my life.
Posted by: Raj   2021-12-03 19:06  

#10  In case you don't get the reference to the hapless Mk Magoo:

Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-12-03 17:21  

#9  President Magoo
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-03 15:38  

#8  Its true, I was there as a young war correspondent.
Posted by: Brian Williams   2021-12-03 13:26  

#7  He has told versions of this story many times over his career. I was at a meeting where he claimed to have ridden in a jeep with Golda Meir. The audience was very impressed.

Some people still believe Joe's malarky, typically the more elderly Jews who are lifelong Democrats and donate money to the ADL and SPLC.



Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-12-03 12:16  

#6  Same people who jerked off to "muh 25th Amendment" and got an erexion lasting more than 4 hours from just hearing the word "emoluments" have no problem with Joe's finances or mental health.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-12-03 11:49  

#5  The poor man lives entirely in his dream wprld. And in that dream world he probably did imagine his playing a big role in some war or other. That says nothing about the real world.
Infortunately he is constantly in that dream world, where he heroically sacrifices part of our emergency oil stock t to lower gas prices for a day or three by two cents a gallon.
Posted by: Goober Choluque6459!   2021-12-03 11:36  

#4  It was the Six Day Suez Yom Kippur War
Posted by: European Conservative   2021-12-03 10:29  

#3  love it merrick
Posted by: Chris   2021-12-03 09:17  

#2  No he hasn't. He's always been a bullying coward and a liar.

Menachem Begin had his number ("Don't threaten us... This desk is designed for writing, not for fists"):

In 1982, prime minister Menachem Begin testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Then-senator Biden told Begin that US aid to Israel could be cut off if actions in the West Bank did not cease.

Begin responded, “Don’t threaten us with cutting off your aid. It will not work. I am not a Jew with trembling knees. I am a proud Jew with 3,700 years of civilized history.

"Nobody came to our aid when we were dying in the gas chambers and ovens. Nobody came to our aid when we were striving to create our country. We paid for it. We fought for it. We died for it. We will stand by our principles. We will defend them. And, when necessary, we will die for them again, with or without your aid.”

Biden slammed on the dais, clearly angry with what Begin was saying.

Begin continued, “This desk is designed for writing, not for fists. Don’t threaten us with slashing aid. Do you think that because the US lends us money it is entitled to impose on us what we must do? We are grateful for the assistance we have received, but we are not to be threatened. I am a proud Jew. Three-thousand years of culture are behind me, and you will not frighten me with threats. Take note: we do not want a single soldier of yours to die for us.”

= Take THAT, you posturing piece of shit.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-03 00:55  

#1  Sounds like Biden was played a fool.

He hasn't changed has he?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-12-03 00:40  

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