Lieberman urges military strike on Iran

[dajoki]

US senator urges military strike on Iran
Financial Times
By Guy Dinmore in Washington
Updated: 18 minutes ago
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19155822/

Joe Lieberman, an outspoken Congress hawk, on Sunday proposed that the US bomb Iran to stop alleged support for Iraqi militia.

The Democratic senator, who ran independently in the 2006 midterms after losing his party's support, came close to suggesting in a television interview thatthe US take military action to stop Iran's suspected nuclear weapons programme.

"I think we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq," Mr Lieberman told CBS. "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 to kill our soldiers."

Mr Lieberman is believed to be the first leading US politician to call publicly for Iran to be bombed over its actions in Iraq. But his views reflect growing anger and frustration in the administration and military.

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Asked if he was suggesting an attack by ground or air, Mr Lieberman said he would leave that to the generals, but he thought "a lot of it" could be done from the air. Not to take action would be seen as a sign of weakness, he said.

[Benhurst]

1. Send the old devil to The Hague for past, present and future war crimes.

[bigdarryl]

2. What a DICK HEAD!!!!

[liberal renegade]

3. True colors!

What a putz!

[PDJane]

4. To take action would be stupidity.

To bomb Iran after they signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (unlike Israel) and the US agreed, originally, to allow them to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes would totally demolish the American reputation.

Well, not totally, I suppose. It would prove to the entire world that the US is a bully.

[liberal renegade]

5. i think we've already proven that...

[number6]

6. what a dork

Joe Lieberman, an outspoken Congress (dork) hawk....

[baldguy]

7. We should round up all these war mongers

and put them in the concentration camps they themselves had Halliburton build. Joe Lieberman & him fellow travelers are a bigger threat to the safety & security of America than any Muslim extremest ever was.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. I Hope Connecticut is Real Fucking Proud

Were they high when they re-elected him over Ned?

[Supersedeas]

11. Bush's boy

[Telly Savalas]

9. Somebody forgot to tell the Senator to not take the brown acid.

[Tom Joad]

10. I expect not a peep of concern from Hillary.... more likely another photo-op with Joe.