Lieberman on Surge: What’s “The Worst that Could Happen”?

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/?p=894

Over the weekend, I caught a snippet of CSPAN’s coverage of the McCain/Lieberman “surge” party at the American Enterprise Institute. It was after all the speeches, with the Senators kibitzing with reporters as the hour ran down.

In words that should trouble any Democrats counting Lieberman in their camp, Lieberman was praising Bush as a “great leader” for bucking American opinion, as expressed in the 2006 election, in his determination to double down in Iraq. Lieberman then said something incredible:

Even those opposed to the surge, he said, “ought to at least let us try it.”

“The worst that could happen,” he continued, is that this policy could become another partisan flashpoint in Washington.

Ahem. I believe, senator, that the “worst that could happen” is that a significant number of the 20,000-30,000 troops we send to police the hornets’ nest of Baghdad could come home in body bags.

[Bjorn Against]

1. My god what a sick bastard, he thinks a criticism of the war is worse than people being killed

That is essentially what he is saying, who cares if people die the worst thing that could happen is that people would criticize us because of a "partisan flashpoint". My god this guy is shallow.

[MikeNearMcChord]

2. It's obvious that Joementum doesn't have any Lieberman kin

heading over there. I would love to have this yo-yo, go to a couple of funerals for servicemen, and hear the answer to his asinine question.

[AtomicKitten]

3. I was physically ill watching him with McCain on CSPAN.

I am glad he is being identified as an Independent and not a Democrat anymore, and I hope his supporters now understand the ramifications of keeping him in office.

[marmar]

4. Lieberman is a poisonous snake....

and McCain has more faces than a masquerade ball.....

I watched that news conference, with those 2 asshats looking like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons and a Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle, respectively, and just shook my head. With leaders like those, who needs terrorists?

[bigdarryl]

5. what was the voters in Conn. thinking when they reelected this idiot

[jgraz]

6. I honestly think this guy is insane

He's not even aware of the shit that's spewing out of his mouth. How the hell did we get this many whack-jobs running our country???

[beyurslf]

7. Apparently the gentleman from CT doesn't understand the "worst" cost

of a war. Maybe we should have him fight over there for a few days so he can understand it.

[Imagevision]

8. These bastards couldn't care less when it's not their kids...

kill someone else's kid, over a phony illegal war, fighting for your country is one thing, this Bush war is pure bullshit if it wasn't the recent general's on the ground wouldn't have had to be replaced for not agreeing with the jerk-in-command!