"Gird Your Loins" -- Code for 'Guard Your Loins'

Joe Biden warned Americans to "gird your loins" because Obama will be tested by an international crisis during his first six months in office.

"Mark my words...It will not be six months before the world tests Barack
Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking...we're gonna have an
international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy...And
he's gonna need help...Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not
gonna be apparent that we're right."

So, Joe Biden is predicting an international crisis and is worried that Obama can't or won't pass the test.

Sounds to me like Biden is campaigning for McCain.

"In other words, Biden is forecasting inaction by Obama in the face of testing by a dictator...It’s that Biden himself expects what will appear to be a weak response from Obama to testing by a dictator"

John McCain's response:

"Just last night, Senator Biden guaranteed that if Senator Obama is
elected, we will have an international crisis to test America’s new President.
We don’t want a President who invites testing from the world at a time when our
economy is in crisis and Americans are already fighting in two
wars.

What is more troubling is that Senator Biden told their campaign
donors that when that crisis hits, they would have to stand with them because it
wouldn't be apparent Senator Obama would have the right response.

Forget apparent. Senator Obama won’t have the right response, and
we know that because we’ve seen the wrong response from him over and over during
this campaign. He opposed the surge strategy that is bringing us victory in Iraq
and will bring us victory in Afghanistan. He said he would sit down
unconditionally with the world's worst dictators. When Russia invaded Georgia,
Sen. Obama said the invaded country should show restraint."

"Isn’t it awfully dangerous to forecast weakness on the part of an American president".

It seems every Joe knows.

Joe, The Plumber knows the truth about Obama's tax policy.

Joe, The Running Mate knows the truth about Obama's foreign policy.