Biden Gaffe Angers Turkish President

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “is not known as the kind of leader who readily admits mistakes, and Vice President Biden is well known for his capacity to make them,” the Washington Post reports.

“So after Biden claimed that Erdogan had acknowledged fault in enabling the flow of foreign fighters across the Turkish border, it was inevitable that a firestorm would ensue. Biden swiftly responded Saturday to a demand by Erdogan for an apology, saying he regretted the criticism of Turkey and also a suggestion that other U.S. allies had helped facilitate the rise of the extremist Islamic State group in Syria.”