Lieberman: "I think there is only one choice" (military attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Yeah, I know...Newsmax. But what are ya gonna do?

:eyes:

Launching a military attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities will be the “only one choice” left for the United States if new economic sanctions fail to convince Tehran to halt its bomb-making program, according to Sen. Joseph Lieberman.

Only through “crippling sanctions do we have a chance to convince the Iranians to stop this nuclear weapons program,” Lieberman, an independent Democrat from Connecticut, told the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Stiffer sanctions are necessary in order to “save ourselves” from having to make the most difficult choice, which he said was “doing nothing in regard to a nuclear Iran, and taking military action.”

“Because this is the choice we will be faced with and to me in that moment I think there is only one choice, but we don’t have to make it now, and it’s why these sanctions proposals are so important,” Lieberman added, in comments reported last week by the WashingtonTV.

Lieberman was referring specifically to an Iran fuel sanctions bill introduced to Congress in April, which would impose sanctions on foreign energy companies that sell refined petroleum products to Iran and the insurance companies that insure the tankers destined for that country, the WashingtonTV explained.

http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/lieberman_iran_nuclear/2009/08/03/243208.html

[jaxx]

1. Get the duct tape.

And he's no democrat either!

[hlthe2b]

3. My thoughts exactly.... Yet another undervalued use of duct tape

Uggh, Lieberman. I am so over this moron.

[Malikshah]

2. Funny, one doesn't have to check now whether its Joseph or Avigdor... both

are batshit crazy thugs whose hunger for civilian blood knows no bounds.

[hlthe2b]

4. exactly... equally insane...

[steelmania75]

5. How about sending Bill Clinton over there?

That seemed to work well in getting the two journalists out of North Korea.

[Metta]

6. Happy karma, Joe. You're an idiot and a waste of human incarnation. You miss the point of it all.

Too bad for us you still have a platform.

[DefenseLawyer]

7. Hop on, Joe.

[Kingofalldems]

8. The biggest mistake Al Gore ever made

[spanone]

9. yea and joe would have nuked north korea too.

[anonymous171]

10. Let Israel do it. They have nukes. nt

[Daylight]

11. What other choices are there?

If the sanctions don't work what other choices are there besides simply letting them get a nuke?

It's easy to put down someones idea, harder to come up with another idea that would actually work.

Keep in mind the reason Iran can't be allowed the nuclear bomb is because they keep talking about how they are going to destroy Israel and shove them into the sea. If they could be trusted to use it only in self defense or only for electricity it would be no big deal. The problem is they can't be trusted because of the crap they keep saying.

[DefenseLawyer]

13. As opposed to say, Stalin

He could be trusted.

[Malikshah]

14. When the foundation of one's argument is based on a falsehood, all else is lost.

Stop drinking the kool-aid and sharpening the knives of execution. Enough blood has been spilled thus far.

[Mosby]

15. If their intentions are peaceful why don't they let the IAEA

inspectors do their jobs?

[Malikshah]

17. Now now..it's an "n" not a "q".... We've been down that bloody road before

One would think some folks' bloodlust would be satiated by now.

[Daylight]

18. Where is the falsehood?

[Malikshah]

19. We can go round and round, but here you go.

Keep in mind the reason Iran can't be allowed the nuclear bomb is because they keep talking about how they are going to destroy Israel and shove them into the sea.


Just a word of warning-- don't try and defend the falsehood. You will just waste your time and embarrass yourself.

Ignorance at this point in time is no longer an excuse. You should be ashamed.

[Mosby]

21. The Iranian regime have made themselves clear re Israel

but by all means keep denying reality, I suppose this billboard in Iran was planted by the Mossad:

[Malikshah]

22. In English no less for all the Iranians who don't know Persian.

OK, then. Reality clearly means something different in your universe.

[Daylight]

23. I noticed it was posted in several languages not just English.

TEHRAN — Iran's conservative new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said Wednesdaythat Israel must be "wiped off the map" and that attacks by Palestinians would destroy it, the ISNA press agency reported.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/world/africa/26iht-iran.html

[Malikshah]

24. Wow-- from 2005... 4 years of debate and discussion of what was said between then and now

completely overlooked....

Denial ain't just a river in.... oh never mind.

Enjoy the oblivion.

[Daylight]

28. How about the Huffington post. as a source.

Issues with Israel are also very much about Iran, so that part first. Israel doesn't want Iran to have nuclear weapons, not surprising in that Iranian leaders have threatened to wipe out the Jewish state.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/obamas-cairo-adress-two-m_b_252370.html

Next your going to tell me that Iran financing Hezbollah is just my imagination.
http://story.argentinastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/527451/cs/1/

If Iran gets the nuke they will use the nuke or they will threaten to use the nuke to get Israel out of the Middle East.

That is not a false premise.

[LynnTheDem]

16. Oh pulleeeese.

Like our only choice was to invade Iraq.

:eyes:

[Bluerthanblue]

12. fine- if we have "only one choice" I choose NO- not to

use the military option.

A "choice" means there is an option-

:shrug:

[Vidar]

20. Israel is more than capable of handling this by itself.

[havocmom]

25. Who cares what Netanyahu's Senator wants

I have had it with Joe Lieberman. If he wants war, he should strap on a helmet and have at it. He can leave the rest of us out of his fight.

[RagAss]

27. Amen.

[Arkana]

26. Joe Lieberman is at the point where he'd nuke Disney World

if someone told him it was a threat to Israel.

[The Gunslinger]

29. Hand the man a rifle and put him on a plane.