Lieberman at the American Enterprise Institute

[reprehensor]

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Sen. Lieberman was at the American Enterprise Institute on Friday, talkin' bout surges. Lieberman and McCain were both invited to be there and present "reports from Iraq", and their speeches are available to view as streaming video on the AEI website;

http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.1446/event_detail.asp

The reports were at the tail end of a presentation by AEI resident scholar Frederick W. Kagan, a standard-issue Neocon.

At this important time, AEI resident scholar Frederick W. Kagan and former acting Army chief of staff General Jack Keane will release the updated and final version of phase one of “Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq.” The study calls for a large and sustained surge of U.S. forces to secure and protect critical areas of Baghdad. Mr. Kagan directed the report in consultation with military and regional experts, including General Keane, former Afghanistan coalition commander Lieutenant General David Barno, and other officers involved with the successful operations of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment in Tal Afar.

It's events like this which cause eyes to blur when defining differences between Democratic* and Republican foreign policy approaches.

A temporary, tepid surge is lukewarm, and unwelcome according to the American Enterprise Institute, a right-wing "think" tank. Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman agree. The two esteemed Congressmen attended a coming out party at the Institute headquarters. A study released last month, written by Frederick Kagan and retired U.S. Army General Jack Keane was on display on Friday, January 5, 2007. The Senators were there to discuss the dynamic. The intent was deliberate. The "right" Iraq Study Report supports the plan to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq, perhaps more so than the President's expected proposal.

The above quote is from Be-Think, which also has a link to a YouTube video of MoveOn protesting the event;
http://www.be-think.net/showDiary.do?diaryId=359

This is about shoring up support for more of the same, and a long-term presence in Baghdad. In the old days didn't they just call this colonialism?

Some people say (hey, if FOX can do it, so can I) this surge is just to stretch out the occupation until a Democrat is in the White House, making the embarrassing withdrawal from Iraq a Dem problem.

* EDIT: Technically an independent, my mind still identifies Lieberman as a Democrat.

[salin]

1. Lieberman (CFL - Con) is a train wreck.

one that one doesn't want to rubberneck to watch.