THE EARMARK

Mission accomplished. Because early this morning, Biden arrived in an exotic locale where he can stay out of the limelight, relax, work on his tan … fabulous Bosnia!

Many diplomats and experts consider Bosnia the least stable part of the Balkans whose troubles could potentially slow the region’s common desire to integrate into the Europe Union.

U.S. officials hope Biden’s Bosnia visit, ahead of trips to Serbia and Kosovo, will show support for a country where economic and political woes have worsened in recent months.

“The fact that the vice president is going is evidence that we are looking to demonstrate intensified U.S. engagement in the region, starting with Bosnia,” a senior U.S. government official, declining to be named, told reporters before the trip.

After Bosnia, they’re making him go to Serbia and Kosovo!

And did you catch that? The “senior U.S. government official” responsible for this whole extended punishment refused to be named … any guesses on who that might be?

(By the way, there are certain lows to which we will not stoop in our political comedy. You’ll have to do that yourself. Insert your own Hillary Clinton/Bosnian sniper fire joke here.)