Biden in First Gulf War: U.S. Will Bear 95% of Casualties

In the run-up to the First Gulf War, to which Joe Biden was adamantly opposed, Saddam used Biden's own words as propaganda against American troops. He replayed Biden's speech on local radio for the U.S. Armed Forces to hear just prior to the attack.

Biden went on for thousands of words about how "big nations cannot bluff . . . this is a serious mistake . . . when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. We are in a bit of a hole here . . . 95% of the casualties in the coalition will be American . . . It is not preposterous to suggest that we may have an occupying force in Baghdad for years. Maybe a month, but it could be years . . . four hundred thousand Americans sit in the desert ready to launch an assault that would be vastly larger than D-Day in its size and scope."

Once again, Biden's judgement was dangerously wrong.