http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7069/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/oops-biden-never-supported-partition-iraq <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;Mr. Galbraith&#039;s influential view that Iraq should be broken up along ethnic lines is considered offensive to many Iraqis&#039; nationalism. Mr. Biden and Mr. Kerry, who have been influenced by Mr. Galbraith&#039;s thinking but do not advocate such a partitioning of the country...&quot; But in 2007, Biden co-sponsored a measure to divide Iraq into three regions. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Thursday's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/middleeast/12galbraith.html?sq=glanz&amp;st=cse&amp;scp=2&amp;pagewanted=all">off-lead story</a> by James Glanz and Walter Gibbs is on recent revelations that Peter Galbraith, an "unpaid adviser to the Kurds" who has influenced Democratic policymakers like former senator/VP Joe Biden and Sen. John Kerry, stands to make millions from his closeness to the Kurds and a Norwegian oil company.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/oops-biden-never-supported-partition-iraq" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Gaffes JamesGlanz JoeBiden liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias PeterGalbraith TimesWatch WalterGibbs Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:38:00 +0000 admin 7190 at http://archive2.mrc.org