Lieberman and fellow travelers: They're Baaaack!

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From the Dreyfuss Report:




Just when we thought it was safe to go into politics, the Committee on the Present Danger raises its ugly head.



http://www.tompaine.com/articles/theyre_baaaack.php

In its mission statement, the CPD says:

In the authoritarian and tyrannical world view of Islamic terrorist ideology, America and the free world are too weak, too comfortable and too much in love with living to overcome the jihadist's maniacal commitment to a hard life and violent death in the name of Allah. It is likely that Bin Laden and his fellow terrorists were surprised by the post-9/11 American response to their operations, but that they still expect the nation's resolve to wane and dissipate, and its allies to withdraw in the fashion of Spain, in the process of open public debate that characterizes free democratic nations.


Of course, it isn’t Osama bin Laden that thinks America is “too weak, too comfortable and too much in love with living.” Those are precisely the CPD’s views, and they want to change it—to have a big tough America that bombs people and bosses countries around.

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1. "Lieberman, have you no shame?"

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In their Washington Post op-ed yesterday , Lieberman and fellow traveler Sen. John Kyl—not the sharpest knife in the Senate’s drawer—provide some useful Cold War history:

The Committee on the Present Danger was first formed at the dawn of the Cold War in 1950 to educate Americans about the growing threat of Soviet communism. Democratic senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson of Washington state revitalized the group in the mid-'70s; this time it was focused on working for a stronger stance toward the Soviets and the increased defense spending necessary to carry out that policy.
But Lieberman-Kyl make it clear that the purpose of the CPD is to make sure that America continues to be afraid, very afraid throughout this election year:

The liberation of Iraq has important implications for the region and for the broader war on terrorism. The leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties have so far stood firm in their commitment to finish the job in Iraq and to fight to victory the war on terrorism. But that bipartisan consensus is coming under growing public pressure and could fray in the months ahead. Although the tide is turning in the war on terrorism, a political undertow in this country could wash out our recent gains. We must not let this happen.

To make sure it doesn't, we are relaunching today the Committee on the Present Danger, a group of citizens of diverse political persuasions who will work to sustain and strengthen bipartisan support for the war on terrorism in Iraq and beyond.

I wonder in which candidate’s interest that is? Sen. Lieberman, have you no shame?