Lieberman: The United States Must Pre-Emptively Act In Yemen

[IndianaGreen]

Here we go again! Another war for General McCrazy to wage.

Lieberman: The United States Must Pre-Emptively Act In Yemen

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn) a renowned hawk and one of the foremost champions of the invasion of Iraq, warned on Sunday that the United States faced "danger" unless it pre-emptively acts to curb the rise of terrorism in Yemen.

"Somebody in our government said to me in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, Iraq was yesterday's war. Afghanistan is today's war. If we don't act preemptively, Yemen will be tomorrow's war," Lieberman said, during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday". "That's the danger we face."

The Connecticut Independent, who heads the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, made his remarks just days after a Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab -- a Nigerian with apparent ties to terrorist networks in Yemen -- failed in his attempt to blow up a plane above Detroit, Michigan.

In his appearance on "Fox News Sunday", Lieberman also argued that the botched attack should compel the Obama administration to abandon efforts to transfer suspected-terrorists out of the holding facility at Guantanamo Bay, saying that the complex is now well above international standards.

"I know the president made a promise he'd close Guantanamo because of what it represented in world opinion," Lieberman said. "But today it's a first-class facility. It's way above what's required by the Geneva Convention or our constitution. It would be a mistake to send these 90 people back to Yemen because, based on the past of what's happened when we've released people from Guantanamo, a certain number have gone back into the fight against us. Yemen now becomes one of the centers of that fight."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/27/lieberman-the-united-stat_n_404241.html

[Zynx]

1. Fuck you Joe.

And then the same people who support this stuff said we couldn't have more money for economic stimulus.

[Jamastiene]

2. Since when did we elect Lieberman president?

Oh...right...nevermind. :eyes:

[NewLIfeArea]

3. JOE MUST GO

Next time, Don't vote him again. he must go!!!

[silverweb]

4. STFU, Joe, and go away.

[IndianaGreen]

5. I expect Obama to send Rahm to tell Nancy and Harry for a blank check for war in Yemen

The HCR fiasco has shown that Lieberman plays the tune and the Administration dances to it.

[Xipe Totec]

6. It's like preventing mosquito bites by amputating limbs n/t

[IndianaGreen]

7. Here is some background on Yemen, posted in Editorials last week

"If we take this trade of Malacca away from them, Cairo and Mecca will be entirely ruined..." --Afonso de Albuquerque

Published on Saturday, December 26, 2009 by CommonDreams.org

Still Trying to Monopolize the Arabian Peninsula

by Dallas Darling

In recent times, and after World War I, Britain made Yemen into a crown colony and took control of its valuable port. The Port of Aden became a major international trading and fueling station for naval and commerce ships passing through the Suez Canal. The rise of Arab nationalism, combined with severe urban and economic problems, caused British opponents to launch a campaign of bombings, sabotage, and armed resistance. When Britain withdrew from the Yemen Arab Republic in 1968, domestic and international competition over the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula and Port of Aden increased. Although post-civil war Yemen held its first democratic election in 1993, it is still hampered by political, social, cultural, religious, and tribal divisions.

It was only a matter of time for the U.S. to once again become involved in Yemen's internal political and cultural affairs. Not only did the U.S. wrestle for control of Yemen during the Cold War, but it is the birthplace of Osama bin Laden's father, and it is where the USS Cole was severely damaged. Yemen is also home to several ultra-conservative Islamic movements, movements with ties to Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Egypt and that in President Obama's view, threatens U.S. national security and interests in the region. Behind the air strikes against al Qaeda targets and hideouts in Yemen, is the desire to monopolize and control the resources (especially oil), economies, peoples, and religions of the region.

In the end, the Global War on Terror is really a ruse for a centuries old dream by Western Powers to dominate the Arabian Peninsula. The thousands of Yemenis that demonstrated in southern Yemen denouncing the uncivilized and barbaric military campaign, ordered by President Obama, understand this. Is Yemen becoming a reserve base for al Qaeda, as a U.S. military official claimed, or is it becoming another military and trading outpost for the American Empire? Even though naval commander Afonso de Albuquerque claimed he and Portugal came in peace, when the city resisted, a witness described the bombardment: "The cannonballs came like rain, and the noise of the cannon was as the noise of thunder in the heavens and the flashes of fire of their guns were like flashes of lightning in the sky."

The 175,000 Yemeni refugees, and those who just lost family members, can attest to this.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/26-4

[beyurslf]

8. Why doesn't he just say just go to war with anyone who practices

Islam. It would be simpler for him that way.

[IndianaGreen]

10. because Lieberman will never include Saudi Arabia on that list

Saudi Arabia is backing the Wahhabi dictatorship of Saleh in Yemen, and continues to finance a global network of Wahhabi schools in which anti-Semitism is part of the curriculum.

The US will do anything to keep the corrupt Saudi monarchy in power.

[treestar]

9. Connecticut DUers

We will help you any way we can in 2012 to get this idiot replaced by a nonRepublican!

[niyad]

11. so, when are you going over there joe?

[zulchzulu]

12. What's funny about all this...

Lieberman wants another war and has no problem spending money on it instead of on our own people with healthcare reform. He also was whining about how we need to look into making people go through full-body scans at airports and that the "privacy people" need to just give it up.

The guy is certifiably insane.