Lieberman Pushes Iran War Resolution in Senate with Kyl/Graham

[babylonsister]

Lieberman Pushes Iran War Resolution in Senate with Kyl/Graham (Matt Stoller)
This is remarkable.

I think the Iranian -- this fanatical Iranian governmental leadership, which exhorts the Iranian people to shout "Death To America!," which talks about wiping out Israel, they are not going to do what we simply ask them courteously to do unless they know that there's a credible threat, a force behind that. And that's what I'm saying.

Incidentally, Wolf, I'm very glad that I'm going to be -- to announce to you that I'm joining with some of my colleagues -- Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and others -- and we're going to be introducing a Sense of the Senate resolution on this defense authorization bill that will state the facts that the American military has made public about Iranian actions which have led to the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers. And basically I'm hoping this will give the Senate an opportunity to make a strong, unified statement to the Iranians -- stop it. That's -- that's the message.

BLITZER: And you're saying, actually, these are acts of war on the part of the Iranians against the United States?

LIEBERMAN: Well, look it, when -- when you support an effort, through your proxies, carried out by a section of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which reports to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and you're killing hundreds of Americans, to me, that's a hostile act. That's an act of war.

Wolf, I heard your excellent interview on Sunday with General Lynch. And, you know, at one point, you asked him about Iran and he said in a very specific way -- I believe he said that he had lost seven American soldiers in his unit and I believe he said 45 wounded as a result of explosives and other weapons systems that he knew had been brought into Iraq from Iran and were being used by Iraqi terrorists who were trained by the Iranians.

Now, you -- we -- we simply cannot put up with that. No matter what you think about the war in Iraq, you can't let the Iranians be responsible for killing hundreds of American soldiers --

[Mythsaje]

1. No, let's actually attack them

so they (and idiots like Leiberman) can be responsible for killing thousands. Makes sense.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

2. A Nonissue from an Unperson.

This guy and all of the boring people in Connecticut who voted him back are nothing more than unwanted gifts from nether regions caught on a stiff breeze (farts in the wind). Lindsey Graham from SC? Asshole. He's one of the McCain-ites who recently toured a market in Bagdad with some other senate-folk and, after walking around surrounded by soldiers and wearing a few tons of flak jacket, proclaimed that the open-air market in Bagdad was as safe as one back home in SC. Then the dumbass went on to say "I bought five rugs for five bucks!" completely forgetting that his home state, once a national leader in the textile industry, has been gutted by jobs moving overseas.

Lieberman's been promised something, by somebody, to be the point person for this Iran war drumbeating.

As for Ahmadinejad in Iran, well, he's got the microphone, and years of practice (he was one of the students that took over the US embassy back in 79). And the world's current crop of "world leaders" include a bewildering array of dumbasses who regularly put feet in mouths.

[babylonsister]

5. Joementum wants to use the US military to do battle

as a proxy for the Israelis. IMO. And welcome to DU!

[scarletwoman]

3. Tell you what. I'll volunteer to give Lieberman a blow job if you all will supply the cameras.

I've had enough of this bozo... :grr:

sw

[Madspirit]

4. Let's Hire Someone

We don't want to sacrifice you like that.
Lee

[scarletwoman]

7. Thanks, I appreciate your solicitude. I've just had it up to HERE with this asshole!

If a pro can be found to do the job, fine with me. But I want him taken DOWN, even if I have to do it myself -- that's how much he pisses me off!

sw

[Rex]

14. I second that

No need to waste your soul on Joe, he eats them.

[babylonsister]

6. Oh, no!

:puke:

But your patriotism is noted! :D

[scarletwoman]

9. LOL! Don't mind me, I've just been driven completely crazy by all this shit.

It's all the fault of my weird subconscious.

This is the honest truth: back during the Nixon administration, I had a really graphic dream that I was part of a serious underground organization dedicated to bringing him down, and I was the one who volunteered to seduce Tricky Dick. In the dream I got him into bed -- inflagrante delicto -- and my cohorts burst into the room with cameras. Voila! The end of the Nixon administration!

Yes, it was TOTALLY gross! But I was happy to do it for my country! :D

sw

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

10. Maybe Ol Joe . . .

. . . will pop up in Ms. Palfrey's telephone records!

:spank:

[sniffa]

8. joementum is a true LiberaL

a LiberaL's LiberaL or so i hear.

[defendandprotect]

11. Joe . . . the man who would be Vice President - !!!!!

How lucky were we that Gore lost-- ????

[Alexander]

17. You think we are lucky Gore lost?

Perhaps you prefer Bush/Cheney?

[defendandprotect]

18. Gore won and should be president -- but . . .

in the sense that he was about to inflict Lieberman on us as VP, I think we should give that some thought from time to time.

Would you prefer to overlook that reality?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

12. He and McCain are just plain f'n nutso...

his "opinions" have no merit.

[Elspeth]

13. THIS is the guy Cindy Sheehan should haunt night and day

Instead of trying to work for peace, even slowly, Lieberman is trying to extend the war to the next country over.

[G_j]

15. I wonder what happened to the Code Pink woman who went on a hunger strike

demanding that he talk to her about his bomb Iran remarks.
She eventually collapsed in his office I believe (of course, he wouldn't speak with her), but I know nothing more.

[Nikki Stone1]

16. Hey LIEberman, how about YOU go to Iran with a rifle and a bunch of MREs

Send us a postcard. :)

[Swamp Rat]

19. k&r

[Emit]

20. Lieberman and Kyl are both Honorary Co-chairs of The Committee on the Present Danger

http://www.fightingterror.org/

Here's some history:

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/groupwatch/cpd.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_the_Present_Danger