Lieberman lays the groundwork for another war...

[Wetzelbill]

RJ Eskow
Lieberman Lays the Groundwork For Another War


This week Joe Lieberman reprised a role he played so well in 2002. He paved the way for another needless and tragic war by outmaneuvering his Democratic colleagues on the Senate floor. This time he forced them to pass an amendment that seems reasonable on the surface, but which lays the groundwork a a new attack that could turn pro-Western Iranians into anti-American terrorists. It passed just as a new poll confirms that the Iranian leadership's policies are wildly unpopular with their own people.

Lieberman's 2002 "Rose Garden" appearance with Bush - where he endorsed the authorization for war in Iraq without further changes - destroyed ongoing negotiations to limit the President's war options that were taking place between Democrats like John Kerry and Republicans like Richard Lugar. (Kerry described that move - a betrayal of genuine bipartisanship - in our 2006 conversation.) Now he's done it again.

The Lieberman amendment sets the nation up for a Gulf of Tonkin moment - one that can be used to justify military strikes against Iran, with the President reassuring the nation that he has bipartisan support. It was worded in such a way that voting against it would have been political suicide for Senators.

Does that scenario sound familiar?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/lieberman-lays-the-ground_b_56093.html

[flyarm]

1. that man disgusts me..how can we rid ourselves of that pig????????

i realy can not stand to watch or see him..he is in the same category for me as little lord pissy pants..and impossible watch!!

snd if he comes on the tv when i am not prepared..he gets the nerf ball at the tv!!

fly

[MADem]

2. And the 96 Senators who voted with him are what? Bystanders?

The three who didn't vote were

---Hiding out from Diapergate

===Recovering from a brain insult

^^^Dead.


Lieberman couldn't have laid any groundwork at all without help, now. He's not almighty.

He may be an asshole, but he rounded up every possible and available vote. Ninety Seven to nothing.

[Swamp Rat]

3. He must be some sort of Svengali

lizard.

:D

[MADem]

4. A Great and Powerful Wizard of Connecticut, perhaps? NT

[Wetzelbill]

5. yeah I have no shame

so I'll kick this bad boy.