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Joe Biden, the former Vice President and 2020 Democrat presidential candidate, has confused Iraq for Iran during a foreign policy speech.
Biden was addressing President Trump’s decision to order a drone strike that killed the Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.
In his statement, Biden said “Iran parliament, Iran parliament, voted to eject all Americans and coalitions forces from the country.”
Biden mixed up a recent vote that was held by Iraqi lawmakers and not by Iran.
The Iraqi lawmakers voted in favor of a resolution that calls for ending foreign military presence in the country.
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The measure’s objective is to get the U.S. to withdraw its roughly 5,000 troops positioned throughout the country.
During Biden’s New York City remarks, the former vice president urged President Trump to “stop tweeting” and re-enter the U.S. in the Iran nuclear deal in an effort to “build on it.”
He also called the killing of Soleimani, former head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, a “dangerously incompetent” action and a “strategic setback.”
“I have no illusions about Iran.
The regime has long sponsored terrorism and threatened our interests.
They’ve ruthlessly killed hundreds of protesters, and they should be held accountable for their actions,” Biden said.
“But there is a smart way to counter them — and a self-defeating way. Trump’s approach is demonstrably the latter.”
