So today, Dubya attacked Sen. Obama, while in Israel, as an appeaser for making the statement that when President, he'll extend diplomatic gestures to Iran.

Then Joe Biden shot back with this gem, quoted from CNN---

“This is bullsh**t. This is malarkey. This is outrageous. Outrageous for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, sit in the Knesset…and make this kind of ridiculous statement,” Biden said angrily in a brief interview just off the Senate floor.

“He’s the guy who’s weakened us. He’s the guy that’s increased the number of terrorists in the world. His policies have produced this vulnerability the United States has. His intelligence community pointed that out not me. The NIE has pointed that out and what are you talking about, is he going to fire Condi Rice? Condi Rice has talked about the need to sit down. So his first two appeasers are Rice and Gates. I hope he comes home and does something.”

He quoted Gates saying Wednesday that we “need to figure out a way to develop some leverage and then sit down and talk with them.”

So, the question becomes, will Bush demand Rice and Gates to resign? Gates said this yesterday---

The United States should construct a combination of incentives and threats to engage Iran, and may have missed earlier opportunities to begin a useful dialogue with Tehran, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.

"We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage . . . and then sit down and talk with them," Gates said. "If there is going to be a discussion, then they need something, too. We can't go to a discussion and be completely the demander, with them not feeling that they need anything from us."

Nice Bush, go sit down in the corner, until Jan 20, 2009.

I mean really, Bush broke the first commandment of US politics, partisan hackery ends at the water's edge. Outside the US, we are all Americans, not R's or D's. Second, before he starts attacking Obama, he really should look at what his Secy's of Defense and State are saying on the issue. Lastly, Bush should think before he speaks, or at least ask Condi to think for him.