Reply #32: From my vantage point [View All]

[Jacobin]

PNAC and its proponents from various ideologies is not simply a 'single issue' as some Lieberman supporters would have it; rather it is the central issue of whether we can look forward to some period of relative peace and stability, or whether we are going to be plunged headlong into some ill-thought through, all out conflagration involving most of the Middle East, with all that entails for energy resources in the short term and its affect on the economy, not to mention the potential to squander what's left of our military and treasure.

The Clinton back stab was opportunistic and enabled the extreme RW to gain control of the WH, when he was elevated to some noble position that made Gore think he needed to distance himself from Clinton (even though Clinton had a 65% approval rating during the impeachment proceedings). It was bad for the party, not to mention stupid politics, and it was bad for the country.

I think your analysis is exactly correct. Lieberman's loyalties lie first with his religion and second with himself. Even though he does not realize it, his support of the PNAC agenda threatens Israel far more than the geo-political realists who came before Commander Codpiece, who understood that the only way to deal with the stituation was to keep them talking and that as long as they were talking, they weren't shooting. Sad, but it worked. PNAC's 'final solution' I'm afraid is going to light a fuse to a larger bomb that we are in no way able to deal with.

peace (i fervently hope)