“Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy," Biden said. "And he’s gonna have to make some really tough -- I don’t know what the decision’s gonna be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you, it’s gonna happen.”

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archi...0/1572652.aspx


I'm confused. Is this another dumb slip by Biden, a warning to voters, or was there strategy behind him saying this?