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Steve Benen on Monday, August 20th, 2007 at 12:00 PM - PDT
Sen. Joe Lieberman, not content with two wars, is already picking his preferred target for a third. From his latest op-ed in (where else?) the Wall Street Journal:
The United States is at last making significant progress against al Qaeda in Iraq — but the road to victory now requires cutting off al Qaeda’s road to Iraq through Damascus. […]
When Congress reconvenes next month, we should set aside whatever differences divide us on Iraq and send a clear and unambiguous message to the Syrian regime, as we did last month to the Iranian regime, that the transit of al Qaeda suicide bombers through Syria on their way to Iraq is completely unacceptable, and it must stop.
TP highlights the many flaws in Lieberman’s approach.
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Syria is the Benadryl for our loving Vietnam War allergy sufferer from CT
Dear Connecticut,
Will you please keep a leash on your reich-winger Lieberman?
Sincerely,
America
So many to mass murder; so little time.
Let’s not forget about Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, or Americans for that matter.
Liberman has such concerns because its Israel first, not America. Let’s call it as it is.
Ahh, whaddya’ expect from a guy who’s been BUSTED FOR POLITICAL CROSS-DRESSING
Throw Lieberman in jail… he’s a terrorist trying to incite wars… and he’s definitely a traitor. Enough is enough.
Attacking another country will put us on course to doing the unthinkable, reinstating the draft.
The logic has been that we won’t attack Iran or some other country, because we don’t have the troops and we’d have to bring back the draft first.
For Bush, this thinking is backwards. Bush believes in acting first, then finding ways to cover his ass after. He screws up, then gets others to pay for his mistakes.
So it would be completely in character for Bush to start a war, without thought for the consequences. Once the war has begun, it will be self evident that we need a draft. Our politicians will slither all over each other trying to support the troops by bringing back the draft.
Im soo sick of Liberman shit, I can’t wait until he’s null and void! Hurry up “08.
It has never been resolved as to whether or not this person is a citizen of Israel. This is relevent considering he is always looking after another states’ interest above our own.
Another thing, the people of Connecticut did not elect Lieberman. Diebold selected him.
Damn, I had Iran in the office pool.
Damn straight!!
tim osman @ 10:
Somebody do something about this douchebag please!
Can’t we just reissued to LIE-berman his flak jacket and helmet and send him into
Syria to take care of the problem…and not to the market place, but to the area
where he says terrorists are operating…He might also need a rifle and ammo, so
if we can locate some of the 190,000 missing, then he could surely be given one
of them also.
tim osman @ 10:
I believe it’s been resolved that Michael Chertoff IS an Israeli citizen. What I don’t get is why this doesn’t doesn’t bother the xenophobes of the 28% brigade.
It’s like Austin Pendleton was inseminated with the seed of the Dark One and this was the result. Unfrickinbelievable.
Just think if he and Gore rightly took the WH in 2000, this loon could actually be running as president right now after 2 terms as the VP. Scary…..
dick and joe are trying to stop the regional war but they will fail like they did in Iraq.
“Stephen Biddle, a member of a group that advised U.S. Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq last year, and a military analyst with the Council on Foreign Relations, told the Sunday Times that the British have lost control of Basra and that the inevitable withdrawal from that city will be “ugly”.
Biddle … said insurgents and militia groups were likely to target British soldiers with ambushes, roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades as they leave.
“It will be a hard withdrawal. They want the image of a British defeat,” Biddle told the paper. “It will be ugly and embarrassing.”
He says “insurgents are calling the shots” in Basra.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/20/01555/4831
Have you noticed the media has stopped reporting on Iraq?
Lieberman and McCain have both gone bat$#!+ senile. Can’t Lieberman sign on as McCain’s running mate, pretty-please? Then we can, politically speaking, put both the codgers on the same chunk of icefloe and have done with ‘em. Keeping them in power is like leaving Charlton Heston in charge of the NRA.
I’m starting to think waterboarding may not be totally unacceptable in all circumstances.
For instance, if it would shut Lieberman’s warmongering mouth up, then I could probably support it.
RE @17: “Just think if he and Gore rightly took the WH in 2000, this loon could actually be running as president right now after 2 terms as the VP. Scary…..”
Keep this in mind the next time someone champions Gore for 2008, or any other member of the Donkey Mafia. Remember, their mascot is an ass for a reason.
These neo-cons should just bite the bullet and declare war on the entire middle east; it would save them the trouble of having to make a case for each country individually. They also better be ready to do a draft, unless they want to garrison each country with a only a brigade of troops. Maybe they’ll accompany their new strategy with the a new rallying cry for the troops: Fight smarter, not harder! Of course if the troops ever wise up they’ll probably start fragging politicians.
We could use their “logic” to solve the immigration problem in one fell swoop: we just inform Mexico that we’ll attack them unless they start controlling their border.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just tell the countries we don’t plan on attacking anytime soon?
Rusty Shackleford @ 11:
Do they have a bikini version of the burka?
The Iranians are bombing the Kurds:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq.....25,00.html
Yellow - you can’t be serious. Any fool should be able to understand that Liberman has a soft spot in his heart for Israel and all it’s entanglements. Zionism might as well be an all out banned word in the American media, but it most certainly means something. And Liberman certainly shows his connection to this movement and thus we can see how it motivates his fucked up conclusions on what he promotes as U.S. foreign policy.
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Kryptman @ 13:
I’d callhim a douchebag, but douchebags actually serve a purpose.
Neocon madness. It’s not just ideology…it’s policy.
ysbaddaden @ 24:
Have you not heard of the Burqini?
getalife @ 25:
but, but, but we’re at last making significant progress against al Qaeda in Iraq - just ask Joe!
ysbaddaden @ 23:
I’m sure that Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia already know they’re safe.
It’s the rest of us who should be looking over our shoulders.
The vast majority of foreign al-Qaeda fighters in Iraq are Saudis. The only clear and unambiguous message we have sent to the Saudis is a 20 billion dollar arms sale.
imagine, he is in office until 2012! I still cannot believe he was re-elected last year
getalife @ 25:
Crap.
Is this true? Does it matter?
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President Bush has never been shy about falsely linking the 9/11 attacks to his war in Iraq. Now, the Bush White House apparently is planning to reach a new low in symbolic cynicism when it comes to selling its Baghdad debacle. General David Petraeus will deliver his much anticipated Iraq surge progress report on September 11 itself.
For the details, see:
“Surprise! Petraeus to Testify on 9/11.”
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“The British are not facing what the Americans were facing in Saigon, which was a well-equipped army as opposed to disparate murderers and terrorists”. He was responding to claims by Bush adviser Stephen Biddle, who warned the British would have to fight their way out in an “ugly and embarrassing” retreat.
Yet they are retreating…
. . .send a clear and unambiguous message to the Syrian regime, as we did last month to the Iranian regime, that the transit of al Qaeda suicide bombers through Syria on their way to Iraq is completely unacceptable, and it must stop.
Yes, let’s send a message to those negligent Syrians who let al Qaeda suicide bombers travel through their country. As opposed to sending a clear and unambiguous message to the al Qaeda suicide bombers themselves:
www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com
This is the one thing I really don’t understand about the Neocons. Trying to make a patsy out of every country in the Middle East that utters a belligerent word about Israel is one thing, but are the Saudis really not anti-Semitic enough for them?
Weaseldog @ 39:
Basra is a port. Personally, I cant imagine why the local Shia wouldnt provide security for the British as they load onto ships. The British exit is what they want, I dont think they want arclite strikes.
PNAAC Minister @ 31:
More proof that the war [sic] is going swimmingly.
Who died and made Lieberman the international sheriff? He needs to STF up before we get into any more wars and kill any more people.
I say that we should make him the Mideast envoy.
the troops will mutiny, and we can end this foolishness.
Weaseldog @ 35:
I think dick and joe are trying to stop Regional war that has begun.
England has lost Basra, China and Russia are allied with Iran, the Iraq government has failed and our media is silent. Malarki is in Syria.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6954321.stm
Looks like we can get info from England’s media.
Bad Foreign Policy, I wonder who he has at heart.
Comment #37 If this is true that Gen P will give his report on 9-11, this is as awful as bush standing on the Abraham Lincoln and saying mission accomplished. Talk about using deaths for political reasons, this takes the cake.
Dr. Matt @ 42:
Dr. Matt @ 42:
This is underreported. The Kurds are being provotative in Turkey and Iran …
http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/ar...../iran2.htm
http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/ar.....an1308.htm
Notice the perspective that western Iran and southeastern Turkey are kurdistan.
I THINK IRAN SHOULD ATTACK THE KURDS - AS SHOULD TURKEY.
Sorry for raising my voice. But Bush’s prescious Kurds are monumental shit disturbers and your fucking children will die as a result. ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?
Weaseldog @ 35:
Yes, it is true…and what does matter is fact that we have to get this type of news
from the Guardian(foreign news)since it is NOT reported by our MSM…
If I’m not mistaken, this is his fourth, after Iran!
POP, I was thinking more along the lines of his campaign commercial that used images from 9/11 when he had earlier said it was an incident that should never be politicized. When called on that one, the administration’s response was that it was legitimate to show the historical record and Bush’s place in it.
Sigh.