BIDEN'S MATH - AT 1:27 P.M. ET:  Vice President Joseph Biden, at a press conference in Brussels, analyzed the makeup of the Taliban in Afghanistan:

In response to a question about how many of the Taliban might be considered "moderate" and therefore open to reconciliation, Mr. Biden ticked off some percentages.

"Five percent of the Taliban is incorrigible, not susceptible to anything other than being defeated. Another 25 percent or so are not quite sure, in my view, [of] the intensity of their commitment to the insurgency," Mr. Biden said during a press conference.

"And roughly 70 percent are involved because of the money, because of them being . . . paid," he said.

COMMENT:  I wonder where he got those numbers.  Only five percent are incorrigible?  How would anyone know that?  Would you buy a used military strategy from this man?

March 10, 2009