2000-2008: Warrior on Terror
2002: Coup Against Venezuela's Hugo Chávez
Joe Biden carefully avoided taking a public stance on the coup in Venezuela but later wanted to “ratchet” up efforts to get Hugo Chávez out of power.
Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill is co-founder of Drop Site News. He was previously a Senior Correspondent and Editor-at-Large at The Intercept and is one of the three founding editors of The Intercept. He is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international best-selling books “Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield” and “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.” He has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, the former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. Scahill has served as the national security correspondent for The Nation and “Democracy Now!”. He continues to host the podcast Intercepted.
Scahill’s work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism’s highest honors. He was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award, in 1998 for foreign reporting and in 2008 for “Blackwater.” Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film “Dirty Wars,” which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Follow Jeremy on Mastodon at @jeremyscahill@journa.host. He can be reached at jeremy@dropsitenews.com.
Scahill’s work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism’s highest honors. He was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award, in 1998 for foreign reporting and in 2008 for “Blackwater.” Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film “Dirty Wars,” which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Follow Jeremy on Mastodon at @jeremyscahill@journa.host. He can be reached at jeremy@dropsitenews.com.
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2000-2008: Warrior on Terror
2002: Holding Prisoners at Guantánamo and Denying Them POW Status
After 9/11, Joe Biden supported sending people to Guantánamo Bay prison and denying some prisoner-of-war status.
2000-2008: Warrior on Terror
2001: September 11 and the Patriot Act
Joe Biden did not just proudly vote for the Patriot Act, he took credit for many of its provisions.
2000-2008: Warrior on Terror
2000: Calls to Remove Saddam Hussein Unilaterally
Joe Biden, the top Democrat on the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was willing to use unilateral U.S. force to attack Iraq.
1996-1999: The Bombing Senator
1999-2000: Plan Colombia
Joe Biden was a key player in militarizing the war on drugs in the U.S. and in Latin America.
1996-1999: The Bombing Senator
1999: NATO Bombing of Serbia and Montenegro
Joe Biden was an enthusiastic proponent of the 78-day bombing of Serbia and Montenegro and wanted to send in ground troops.
1996-1999: The Bombing Senator
1998: Bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan
Joe Biden applauded Bill Clinton’s bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan that was justified by relying on dubious intelligence as well as a strike in Afghanistan.
1996-1999: The Bombing Senator
1998: Operation Desert Fox
Joe Biden set aside his historical concerns about war powers to support Bill Clinton’s bombing of Iraq to “cripple” the country.
1996-1999: The Bombing Senator
1996: Expanded U.S. Bombings in Iraq
Joe Biden wanted the U.S. to wield its “big stick” in bombing Iraq to secure oil supplies.
1996-1999: The Bombing Senator
1996: Helms-Burton Act Against Cuba
As a senator, Joe Biden supported draconian sanctions against Cuba, but he changed his tune two decades later when he became vice president.