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| Lieberman Delivers Major Address on "The Politics of National Security" |
| 2007-11-09 |
| Senator Lieberman stated, “Since retaking Congress in November 2006, the top foreign policy priority of the Democratic Party has not been to expand the size of our military for the war on terror or to strengthen our democracy promotion efforts in the Middle East or to prevail in Afghanistan. It has been to pull our troops out of Iraq, to abandon the democratically-elected government there, and to hand a defeat to President Bush. "Iraq has become the singular litmus test for Democratic candidates. No Democratic presidential primary candidate today speaks of America’s moral or strategic responsibility to stand with the Iraqi people against the totalitarian forces of radical Islam, or of the consequences of handing a victory in Iraq to al Qaeda and Iran. And if they did, their campaign would be as unsuccessful as mine was in 2006. Even as evidence has mounted that General Petraeus’ new counterinsurgency strategy is succeeding, Democrats have remained emotionally invested in a narrative of defeat and retreat in Iraq, reluctant to acknowledge the progress we are now achieving, or even that that progress has enabled us to begin drawing down our troops there. Senator Lieberman also indicated, “…there is something profoundly wrong—something that should trouble all of us—when we have elected Democratic officials who seem more worried about how the Bush administration might respond to Iran’s murder of our troops, than about the fact that Iran is murdering our troops. "There is likewise something profoundly wrong when we see candidates who are willing to pander to this politically paranoid, hyper-partisan sentiment in the Democratic base—even if it sends a message of weakness and division to the Iranian regime.” |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #7 Yosef again sprouting my own sentiments. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-11-09 22:37 |
| #6 lieberman has stones, and has it right 100% on this one. if more of the Demos wer like him the repubs would be in a lot more trouble than they are now... |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2007-11-09 20:03 |
| #5 Senator Lieberman also indicated, “…there is something profoundly wrong—something that should trouble all of us—when we have elected Democratic officials who seem more worried about how the Bush administration might respond to Iran’s murder of our troops, than about the fact that Iran is murdering our troops. "There is likewise something profoundly wrong when we see candidates who are willing to pander to this politically paranoid, hyper-partisan sentiment in the Democratic base—even if it sends a message of weakness and division to the Iranian regime.” Would these be considered as "neocon" sentiments? I hear that term thrown around by the hard Left as an all-purpose slur but if this is an example then count me as one also. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-11-09 20:01 |
| #4 Wonder what Ned Lamont's up to these days? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-11-09 17:14 |
| #3 "And if they did, their campaign would be as unsuccessful as mine was in 2006". WTF? He's still a Senator isn't he? I'd call that somewhat successful. In fact, since he changed parties and still won in liberal toilet like Connecticut, I'd call that pretty goddamned good. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-11-09 16:58 |
| #2 QFT |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-11-09 16:44 |
| #1 “…there is something profoundly wrong—something that should trouble all of us—when we have elected Democratic officials who seem more worried about how the Bush administration might respond to Iran’s murder of our troops, than about the fact that Iran is murdering our troops. And that, dear Senator, is the irrationality of the liberal left. It's the same disease that afflicted the Trunks during the Clinton era. The Trunks lost focus on the mission (the country) to pursue Clinton. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-11-09 15:44 |