Biden: "Only 5% of Taliban Incorrigible"

Not sure where Joe is getting his numbers. Must be from an MSNBC poll.

Joe Biden claims only 5% of the Taliban are incorrigible. This is ignorance of a profound and dangerous nature. There are lives in this man's hands. And unfortunately, most of the sons and daughters who may die as a result of his ignorance are conservatives.



And what of Obama's call to appeal to "moderate" Taliban? The Taliban responds by saying that Obama is smoking crack.

Afghanistan's Taliban on Tuesday turned down as illogical U.S. President Barack Obama's bid to reach out to moderate elements of the insurgents, saying the exit of foreign troops was the only solution for ending the war.

Obama, in an interview with the New York Times, expressed an openness to adapting tactics in Afghanistan that had been used in Iraq to reach out to moderate elements there.

"This does not require any response or reaction for this is illogical," Qari Mohammad Yousuf, a purported spokesman for the insurgent group, told Reuters when asked if its top leader Mullah Mohammad Omar would make any comment about Obama's proposal.

"The Taliban are united, have one leader, one aim, one policy...I do not know why they are talking about moderate Taliban and what it means?"