Former Democrat and current nut Lieberman: U.S. Should Weigh Iran Attack

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-iran,1,5107488.story?coll=chi-news-hed

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday the United States should consider a military strike against Iran because of Tehran's involvement in Iraq.

"I think we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq," Lieberman said. "And to me, that would include a strike over the border into Iran, where we have good evidence that they have a base at which they are training these people coming back into Iraq to kill our soldiers."

The U.S. accuses Iran of fostering terrorism and Tehran's nuclear ambitions have brought about international reproach.

Lieberman, the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000 who now represents Connecticut as an independent, spoke of Iranians' role in the continued violence in Iraq.

[thethinker]

1. He is a sick man

and needs to be committed.

[EFerrari]

4. Someday we're going find out he had a brain tumor or something.

[Totally Committed]

2. Any Democrat from Conn. who voted for this loser should be ashamed.

He is nothing but an AIPAC tool, and a cheerleader of perpetual war.

F*CK LIEBERMAN!

TC

[Cults4Bush]

3. cant say it any better! n/t

[BlackHawk706867]

5. Al Gore must be really saddened that he had this POS as his

running mate in 2000! What a fricken looser.... An attack on Iran would probably be the last attack that the US would ever make on anyone...

ww

[Kadie]

6. We should start putting a (N) next to his name...

"Former Democrat and current nut Lieberman"

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (N)


:thumbsup:

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Ever wonder, why Joe Lieberman on TV every time and never...

another independent?

[Joe Chi Minh]

8. I think the Russians, Chinese and a few others might not take too kindly

to it. Don't they currently have substantial stakes in their oil industry, and other areas? I think Putin has warned against it.

[Poll_Blind]

9. From Lieberman's speech to AIPAC (3/12/2007):

Given all the mistakes made in Iraq, all of the setbacks and disappointments, I understand how well-intentioned people have come to disagree about the war.

I also understand the frustration and exhaustion that so many people feel about Iraq, the desire just to throw up our hands and say, "Enough."

But I continue to believe that a withdrawal from Iraq, as many are now urging, would be a victory for Iran and Al Qaeda and the cause of Islamist extremism, and a catastrophic defeat for the United States and all who desire peace and security and freedom in the Middle East and here at home.

We are now implementing a new plan for success in Iraq, with new troops under a new commander. That is why I have called for a six-month truce in the political wars in Washington to give that new plan, those new troops, and that new commander a chance to succeed. And I call on all who care about security and peace in the Middle East, and security from terrorism here at home, to do the same.

Our fate is now inextricably linked to Iraq's. And our divisions cannot be allowed to become so deep that we cannot find unity in the face of Islamist extremism. Suicide bombers who kill civilians to make a political statement should not be allowed to triumph—in New York or Tel Aviv or Samarra. We must stand strong and united against barbarism—and, with your help, we will.

I understand the anger about Iraq, but I am deeply troubled by how this anger, and the feelings of animosity that many people have for President Bush, have begun to affect the way we talk and think about what is happening in the world beyond Iraq and America's role in it.

There is something profoundly wrong when opposition to the war in Iraq seems to inspire greater passion than opposition to Islamist extremism.

There is something profoundly wrong when there is so much distrust of our intelligence community that some Americans doubt the plain and ominous facts about the threat to us posed by Iran.

And there is something profoundly wrong when, in the face of attacks by radical Islam, we think we can find safety and stability by pulling back, by talking to and accommodating our enemies, and abandoning our friends and allies.

Some of this wrong-headed thinking about the world is happening because we're in a political climate where, for many people, when George Bush says "yes," their reflex reaction is to say "no."

That is unacceptable.

:puke:

PB

[Matsubara]

10. What a scumbag.

Why doesn't he just join the GOP?

Every time I think he can't possibly sink lower...

[Tesha]

11. He's more valuable to them as a mole. (NT)

[Octafish]

12. If you like the Iraq quagmire, you're gonna love Chimpageddon.

So, Smirko McCokespoon's favorite "Democrat" favors air strikes on Iran.
That would be about the only thing stupider than attacking and invading a country that was at peace with us.



I'd go into details why, but, unlike Bush and his cronies, I will never betray my country.

[upi402]

13. He wants to bomb, but no ground troops -it sounds like

Jesus, what IS it with these neocons (either D or R type)