Believe it or not, there was a time when Joe Biden resisted calls to tell Israel to “show restraint” after its citizens were attacked by terrorists, defended Israel’s right to go after Hamas or Hezbollah’s weapons, even if they’re located at airports or hospitals or in residential areas – after admitting that the terror orgs sometimes hide missiles and rockets in these areas.
Biden also acknowledged that sometimes innocent people are killed in a war as a country is carrying out its legitimate objectives.
In the recently resurfaced video from a July 19, 2006 press conference then-Sen. Joe Biden, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) addressed reporters about a Hezbollah attack on Israel, U.S. foreign policy, and humanitarian aid to Lebanon. A week earlier, Hezbollah launched a rocket and mortar attack into Israel from southern Lebanon…
