Lieberman Shrugs Off Failed Iraq Predictions, Now Claims ‘Road To Victory’ Goes Through Syria
Lieberman Shrugs Off Failed Iraq Predictions, Now Claims ‘Road To Victory’ Goes Through Syria
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) writes today in the Wall Street Journal that the U.S. “road to victory” in Iraq goes through Damascus, and urges Congress to “send a clear and unambiguous message to the Syrian regime“:
The United States is at last making significant progress against al Qaeda in Iraq–but the road to victory now requires cutting off al Qaeda’s road to Iraq through Damascus. […]
It is therefore time to demand that the Syrian regime stop playing travel agent for al Qaeda in Iraq.
When Congress reconvenes next month, we should set aside whatever differences divide us on Iraq and send a clear and unambiguous message to the Syrian regime, as we did last month to the Iranian regime, that the transit of al Qaeda suicide bombers through Syria on their way to Iraq is completely unacceptable, and it must stop.
Lieberman’s approach to confronting terror in the Middle East has only produced more violence and chaos. Shortly after the Iraq invasion — a move that Lieberman championed — he claimed the war would bolster the U.S. ability to take on Syria:
With victory in Iraq all but certain, U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman said Tuesday the United States should use what he called “very aggressive diplomacy” to handle Syria and other countries suspected of harboring terrorists.
“I certainly hope military action won’t be necessary against Syria,” Lieberman said. “I would guess that it will not be, and part of the reason it will not be is because we were willing to use our power in Iraq and made a very strong point there.” [AP, 4/15/03]
In an April 9, 2003 interview with NBC, Lieberman said the U.S. had “earned some strength” in its position vis a vis Syria because of the “mighty display of force in Iraq.” In fact, the very opposite of Lieberman’s prediction has occurred. The war in Iraq has bolstered the Assad regime in Syria, which now rests more comfortably knowing U.S. military options are limited. Moreover, Syria’s influence in the region has grown, not diminished, as a result of the Iraq war.
In an attempt to begin to repair the administration’s disastrous course in the Middle East, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Damascus recently to personally address U.S. concerns about Syria’s influence in Iraq. Pelosi delivered a “clear and unambiguous message” to Bashar Assad, “insisting that his government block militants seeking to cross into Iraq and join insurgents there.”
Lieberman’s response to Pelosi’s efforts to address Syrian support for terror was to attack, criticize, and smear her. Falsely implying Syria was behind 9/11, Lieberman said he “strongly disagreed” with Pelosi’s trip, calling it a “mistake” and “bad for the United States of America.” Lieberman has argued that talking Syria is like the “local fire department asking arsonists to help put out the fire.” His “message” to Syria should be viewed as such — not diplomacy, but rather another step towards military confrontation.
UPDATE: A McClatchy analysis demonstrates that Syria is not a major exporter of violence to Iraq. Looking at the origins of the suicide bombers in Iraq since 2003, only 8 came from Syria, compared to 53 from Saudi Arabia.
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Hey Joe, what happened to you and Shooters plans for Iran?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:35 amOr is this just more smoke blowing out your yarmulke?
Raven,
That smoke coming from Joe’s yarmulke could come in the form of a mushroom cloud if we don’t attack Syria.
Won’t you please think of the war profiteers?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:37 amSyria…Yemen…Brunei… whatever. Lets just bomb someone.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:37 amI liked him better when he was vicar of domestic morality. Does he do anything else except promote war in the Middle East?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:38 amLieberman: “I certainly hope military action won’t be necessary against Syria…”
I hope so also, because I have no idea where in the world old Joey thinks that these additional troops are going to come from.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:39 amHi, Z. :)
August 20th, 2007 at 10:41 amMy dissapointment that Gore was robbed of the Presidency is tempered by the realization that this S.O.B. didn’t get into the White House.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:41 amI liked him better when he was vicar of domestic morality. Does he do anything else except promote war in the Middle East?
Comment by Innocent Bystander — August 20, 2007 @ 10:38 am
Sorry Bystander, that is the reason the State of Israel elected him to the US Senate. It is what he does.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:41 amWhat a warmongering jerk. Can anyone take this clown seriously anymore? I think Tom Tomorrow nailed it with this found-art gem from the 50’s…
These people actually believe that crazy Moslems will dismantle the government–it’s a very real thing for them–like you or I might worry about mortgage payments, they worry about takeover by “Islamofascists”. That’s the fundamental disconnect between normal people, and some of the folks that post on this board–they are worried for their lives and can’t see a way out. Can someone wake them up please?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:42 amThe United States is at last making significant progress against al Qaeda in Iraq–but the road to victory now requires cutting off al Qaeda’s road to Iraq through Damascus.
I have an idea. Dont sell weapons to Saudi Arabia. There you go, buddy.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:42 amThanks, Connecticut. Can’t you recall Droopy before he bites again?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:43 amGood morning, Juan. :)
August 20th, 2007 at 10:45 amthis guy gives Joes a bad name..
Oy….
August 20th, 2007 at 10:45 ammornin POPStar(TM)!
*sparkles*
August 20th, 2007 at 10:46 amI have an idea. Dont sell weapons to Saudi Arabia. There you go, buddy.
Comment by Juan C — August 20, 2007 @ 10:42 am
Or maybe getting Betrayus a good accounting system to keep another 190,000 weapons out of the insurgants hands might help as well.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:46 amhow about ANY accountabily system?!?!?!?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:47 amComment by whiteyfresh — August 20, 2007 @ 10:46 am
Heh. Good morning, whitey. Life treating you well?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:47 amI have an idea. Dont sell weapons to Saudi Arabia. There you go, buddy.
Comment by Juan C — August 20, 2007 @ 10:42 am
Better yet - sell arms to Saudi Arabia, Syria, AND Iran. It’s worked in the past. Maybe we can use the money to fund rightist movements in South America somewhere.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:47 am#11.
Speaking of Saudi Arabia, they now have a plan to fence their 506-mile border with Iraq in order to keep terrorists from crossing in to Saudi Arabia. Isn’t that a hoot?
Of course, without the migrant workers, I do wonder how they will get the lettuce picked and the hotel beds made.
lol
August 20th, 2007 at 10:47 amIt seems you, both, have better ideas than me. :)
August 20th, 2007 at 10:49 amit is Zooey, it is. You ever hear that one song on the way into work that is just THE right song, at the right time?
:)
August 20th, 2007 at 10:49 amThis blithering lunatic will have America at war with the entire Middle East for the next century.
Funny that he was against the Vietnam war when his time to serve came.
-GSD
August 20th, 2007 at 10:50 amI wish some one would slap duct tape over his miserable mouth, attach his pass port to his ass and send him back to Israel…Blessings
August 20th, 2007 at 10:51 amOf course, without the migrant workers, I do wonder how they will get the lettuce picked and the hotel beds made.
lol
Comment by tom — August 20, 2007 @ 10:47 am
You realize that Saudi Arabia runs on migrant workers, right? Mostly from Pakistan & Bangladesh. Gulf Arabs don’t do manual labor.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:52 amMore from this war profiteer:
It is therefore time to demand that the Syrian regime stop playing travel agent for al Qaeda in Iraq.
Al-Qaeda accounts for 5% of total terrorist activities, right?
Would you demand that Negroponte stops supporting Shiite death squads?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:53 amWarmongering Tool.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:53 am“You ever hear that one song on the way into work that is just THE right song, at the right time?”
:)
Comment by whiteyfresh
You mean like “Bus Rider” by the Guess Who?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:57 am;)
I wish some one would slap duct tape over his miserable mouth, attach his pass port to his ass and send him back to Israel…Blessings
Comment by Sharon — August 20, 2007 @ 10:51 am
shov-a that paaaassport!
August 20th, 2007 at 10:57 amup-a his asssssport!!
(bum-bum-bum)
send-a Rove a packing
to-a barred reeeesort!!!
he’ll-a give no reeeeetort!!!
Will somebody please tell Senator Lieberman that yes, we believe Israel has a right to exist, but we just don’t have the resources to invade all the countries in their vicinity? And furthermore, that it’s kind of stupid politically?
August 20th, 2007 at 10:58 amXactly Raven!
August 20th, 2007 at 10:59 amr maybe getting Betrayus a good accounting system to keep another 190,000 weapons out of the insurgants hands might help as well.
Comment by upside00 — August 20, 2007 @ 10:46 am
Don’t you know? Those 190,000 weapons are already in Syria– They’re parked right next to all of Saddam’s WMDs. We’ve got to go get them!!!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:00 amand harry reid is sane because he keeps this fellow in a position where he can screw up the people that want reform and don’t care for elective war?
folks, they are all nuts, if that hasn’t been clear before
August 20th, 2007 at 11:01 amHoly Joe has foot in mouth disease.
He can’t open that bejoweled piehole w/o spewing bullshit.
Joe, do you support a Palestinian State? I didn’t think so.
Do you support $30B to Israel? I thought so.
Joe, move to Tel Aviv, that’s where your ‘base’ resides.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:01 am“At last” we’re making progress? “At last”?
Senator Lieberman previously said — literally dozens of times, both in front of cameras and in the pages major newspapers — that we were making progress. He said in 2003: “We’re making progress.” He said in He said in 2004: “We’re making progress.” He said in 2005: “We’re making progress.” He said in 2006: “We’re making progress.” He said earlier in 2007: “We’re making progress.”
If he was wrong all of those times (because there is absolutely no way to interpret “at last” as anything other than an acknowledgement that we weren’t making progress before), why should we trust him now?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:03 amit is Zooey, it is. You ever hear that one song on the way into work that is just THE right song, at the right time?
:)
Comment by whiteyfresh — August 20, 2007 @ 10:49 am
Always a great start to a great day. :)
August 20th, 2007 at 11:04 am#32 - “They’re parked right next to all of Saddam’s WMDs. We’ve got to go get them!!!” Comment by Liebermen for Lieberman — August 20, 2007 @ 11:00 am
Good point! We sold Iraq all the WMD’s they’d ever need in the 80’s when we were the best of friends and Rumsfeld was sent to shake hands with Saddam. We want them all back, now!
/sarcasm
August 20th, 2007 at 11:05 amLieberman, of course, is not speaking as the Senator of the United States. He is, rather, speaking as a dual citizen of another country whose interests demand an American attack on the Syrian people.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:05 amTo thr best of my recollection, there is at least one major arms manufacturer in Joe’s “neighborhood”…
August 20th, 2007 at 11:05 amHow long do we as the American people have to put up with MORONS like Joe spouting his crap??
Send to a shipyard in Conn - put him in chains in the hold of ANY ship - and send him on his way to be dumped in the ocean with the rest of the garbage….
WHAT an idiot!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:05 amActually, Connecticut is plastered with arms manufacturers…..
August 20th, 2007 at 11:08 amLieberman, of course, is not speaking as the Senator of the United States. He is, rather, speaking as a dual citizen of another country whose interests demand an American attack on the Syrian people.
Comment by Anthonymason — August 20, 2007 @ 11:05 am
Has it ever occured to you that perhaps it is not the United States doing Israel’s dirty work in the Middle East, but instead it’s the other way around?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:08 amFor the record (ha!), we don’t sell weapons to the Saudis. We give them the weapons because everyone knows the Saudis just don’t have enough money to pay for all those jets.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:08 amAt any rate, we know what the (I) actually stands for after Lieberman’s name, and it has nothing to do with his home state.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:09 amI wish some one would slap duct tape over his miserable mouth,…
I think that should be called schmuck tape.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:09 amHave a great day Lady Z and all…The site is screwing up my puter again….Leaving…Blessings
August 20th, 2007 at 11:09 amYah, Afghanistan and Iraq are going so well America must start another war with Syria.
Joes should stick to solving the problems of the first two conflicts he helped to create instead of helping create another conflict.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:12 amCould this pathetic excuse for a US Senator be any more transparent in this overt shilling for Israel?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:13 amHave a great day Lady Z and all…The site is screwing up my puter again….Leaving…Blessings
Comment by Sharon
I clear my cookie and web caches often Sharon, and have javascript and java disabled. I do notice when using my mac {OSX} wordpress acts weird with the Firefox, Camino, Opera and other mac browsers as Im sure this site wasn’t designed for macintrash browsers, but winblows ones
August 20th, 2007 at 11:20 amGive Lieberman a pair of boots and a weapon and send his wrinkly ass to Damascas.
Let us know how you make out, Joe. OUR military doesn’t have the time or the resources for another of your boondoggles.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:21 amJoe Lieberman should do a Howard Dean impression. But instead of yelling out the American states he should yell out the Middle East nations he plans on attacking.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:23 am“That’s right Tom Harkin, first we’re going to Afghanistan, then Iraq, the Syria and Iran and Lebanon, then Saudi Arabia and Yemen and on to Pakistan and Libya………yeeeeaaarrrgghhhhhh..
-GSD
Great Patriot who understands the enemy.
Iran Vows to Hit US ‘Heavier in Future’
August 19, 2007
TEHRAN — The commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards yesterday threatened to deal heavier blows in future against the United States after Washington said it may label the force a terrorist group, according to news reports.
Local press in Tehran quoted Revolutionary Guards leader General Yahya Rahim Safavi saying he could understand Washington’s ire towards the group because of their recent successes against the US.
The comments came as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a new verbal assault on Israel, denouncing it as the “flag of Satan” and saying it may be facing disintegration.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:23 am*
UPDATE: A McClatchy analysis demonstrates that Syria is not a major exporter of violence to Iraq. Looking at the origins of the suicide bombers in Iraq since 2003, only 8 came from Syria, compared to 53 from Saudi Arabia.
_
REPEAT OFTEN.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:25 am.
I’m posting this from Damascus - really!
Just a small point, but perhaps when the US develops the technology to stop 10,000 Mexicans crossing their border every day, they could maybe export it to Syria to stop the 60 or 70 ( CIA estimate) mujahadine that supposedly cross from Syria to Iraq each MONTH.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:27 amComment by senilebiker — August 20, 2007 @ 11:27 am
Excellent point.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:29 amI think he means the road to oil [pipelines] goes through Syria. Joe appears to be rattling his saber at this point.
Washington should make it clear to Damascus that its genuine cooperation with the U.S. to control the Iraq-Syria border would entail American help in supporting the creation of a significant trade zone between Iraq and Syria, including reopening the oil pipeline between the two countries -Walid Phares
August 20th, 2007 at 11:29 amhttp://www.nationalreview.com/ comment/ phares_rabil200412150814.asp
Maybe we could could just convince Syria Liebermans not real, but only a cartoon character.
They might buy it.
After all, he sounds like Elmer Fudd.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:30 amYeah, this is simple one. Nobody in America gives a rat’s a$$ about Syria. They meddle with Lebanon much like we meddle with every other country in the world. That’s about all they do.
The reason Lieberman brings up Syria is because there’s growing support for giving them back the Golan Heights area that Israel unjustly occupies to this day. Lieberman is drumming up some good ole fashon uninformed hatred for Syria so this does not become a reality.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:31 amI think it obvious to the whole world holy Joe is Isreal in American clothing.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:33 amHundreds of thousands of Iraqis are now LIVING IN SYRIA as refugees - how many of them is Joe willing to let settle in the US?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:34 amJoe (I-Israel) Liebermann better watch out for that saber he keeps rattling, they have very sharp blades, and he might just cut his options for re-election.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:37 amComment by m12 — August 20, 2007 @ 11:23 am
Typical wingnut posting of news articles requires leaving out a link to the entire article, and snipping anything that runs counter to the wingnut agenda.
FULL ARTICLE
Not a threat to Israel. Hmmmm. Not quite as belicose as the wingnuts would have us believe.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:38 amThe comments came as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a new verbal assault on Israel, denouncing it as the “flag of Satan†and saying it may be facing disintegration.
Comment by m12
Mahmoud is in Iran, not Syria, ding-a-ling. Could you brainless trolls stay on topic, is that too much too ask?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:40 amMahmoud is in Iran, not Syria, ding-a-ling. Could you brainless trolls stay on topic, is that too much too ask?
Comment by Howard Klemp — August 20, 2007 @ 11:40 am
Actually…. it is!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:42 amComment by gummitch — August 20, 2007 @ 11:38 am
The reactionary submissive lemming trolls are scared of their own shadows. They read a few words and Joe My God the Sky is Falling!!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:44 amActually…. it is! Comment by upside00
Touche!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:44 am#51
Thanks for making the point of why we need to GET OUT of Iraq. We are creating tons MORE ENEMIES and our current enemies are getting more vocal and dangerous.
We should be spending the Iraq money on our DEFENSE and SECURITY, not attacking more countries and making more enemies.
Good Point!
August 20th, 2007 at 11:46 amThe amount of lying and spin is shameless and Lieberman is playing right along with the neo-con agenda.
Just look at this nonsense…
VIDEO - White House To Write Patraeus Report
August 20th, 2007 at 11:47 amhttp://beta.redlasso.com/ Community/ ClipPlayer.aspx?i=bac9f5da-e13e-4aff-8a3d-294bed3007b3
White House To Write Patraeus Report
http://beta.redlasso.com/ Community/ ClipPlayer.aspx?i=bac9f5da-e13e-4aff-8a3d-294bed3007b3
August 20th, 2007 at 11:48 amLove to see how much Joe gets from AIPAC.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:49 amYes, thru Syria…
August 20th, 2007 at 12:01 pmthat’s what the PNAC project talked about…
The Neocons go by the book, and the ‘Clean Break’ manifesto :” A New Strategy To Secure The Realm” is their guide.
OK, Joe. Step up to the plate and lead the way to victory through Syria with your exalted presence. You’re not too old. Show us what you’re made of. Rent a uniform, buy a gun and some nice body armor and boots and stuff. Lead the charge. We’re pulling for you, old buddy.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:08 pmLieberman…appears as an Israeli spy ‘agent and citizen of Israel’ working openly in the US government.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:12 pmLieberman…appears as an Israeli spy ‘agent and citizen of Israel’ working openly in the US government.
Comment by outside trader — August 20, 2007 @ 12:12 pm
Not unlike Darth as a spy agent and employee working openly for Halliburton, BlackWater and the multi-national oil companies openly in the US government.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:15 pmWhat was the James Bond Russian acronym for the “death to spies”
August 20th, 2007 at 12:34 pmSM….?
I still don’t understand why Lieberman is not required to register as a foreign agent.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:58 pmIsn’t it very dangerous for the press to actually allow him to spew his manhood? Does anyone take him seriously?
He volunteered to carry 43’s water and volunteered to be a lame duck senator heading into the next election.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:05 pmYour country loves you!
Comment by Makarios — August 20, 2007 @ 1:04 pm
Has Israel declared a National Joe Lieberman Day?
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[Howard Klemp?]
August 20th, 2007 at 1:06 pmWhat a joke.
What about the road through Saudia Arabia. Joe and the rest ignore that road. That road can stay open - geopolitical concerns and all. Keep pumpin’ that oil!
Its all a game folks.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:14 pmno no lie berman the road to victory is the other way get a map joe the u.s. is over here west. someone help joe find the u.s. hes lost as usual.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:14 pmAnd when I say your county, I mean, of course
Comment by Makarios —
And when I say your county, I mean, of course Isreal
(don’t mention it)
August 20th, 2007 at 1:17 pmSure wish Lieberman would work in the interests of the United States of America instead of Israel’s! Israel can take care of itself. No more proxy wars.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:27 pmTo Joe Lieberman, US armed forces are merely an imperial army serving at the behest of Israel.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:27 pmSenator Lieberman is
1 A Jew
2 An Israeli
3 An American
the whole Middle East thing is about Israeli perceived security not oil
August 20th, 2007 at 1:30 pmNice work on that Katrina oversight Joe. You’re credibility on anything is the same as the White House’s….zero. Bubkus. Hurry up and switch to the Repubs already.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:30 pmApparently for a sore loser like Joe the road to victory runs thru Bush’s bloomers.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:36 pmConnecticut had its chance to rid the US Senate of this creepy parasite but let him off the hook.
And it was a lot of Dems who did that, too. I sure hope they can live with themselves! What a d!ckhead they have representing them now.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:38 pmHere’s an idea forya, Joe: Why don’t you and all those crazy Connecticut repuglicans who voted forya go attack Syria? (take your Israeli flag withya, leave your American flag at home)
August 20th, 2007 at 1:47 pmLast I checked, Joe has been better on the surge predictions than Dingy Harry Reid. Or Nancy Pelosissima. Joe: 1, Nutroots,0,
August 20th, 2007 at 2:04 pmLiberman is a politician and as such the only thing that he cares about is power,control and money.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:13 pmLieberman is an Israeli agent who wants to use the U.S. military to attack every Arab and Muslim country that is not friendly to Israeli interests. Lieberman is a dangerous demagogue who should be contained.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:22 pmLieberman knows he’s lying. He thinks average Americans are unaware that he’s lying. But most of us average joe’s aren’t as stupid as he thinks. We know he’s looking out for Israel’s interests, not America’s.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:26 pmLook Joe, if Israel wants to invade Syria they should just go ahead. Our troops are busy worn out.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:36 pmBottom line:
War (read “invasion and occupation”) supporters have no credibility left regarding Iraq, let alone Syria and/or Iran.
They told they knew where Iraq’s WMD were. They told us Hussein had reconstituted his nuclear weapons program. They told us Hussein was a threat to the region and the world, and that invading was a good idea because US troops would be greeted as liberators.
Well, none of that was true.
But now they want us to believe them when they just know Syria and Iran are helping Iraq’s insurgents, and that they know how to resolve that “problem”. Right.
All this spinning is really nothing more than an attempt at distracting from the fact that it is the occupation of Iraq that is causing American soldiers to die -Iranian/Syrian “meddling” or not. Or maybe they’re trying to cleanse their conscience by causing even more death and destruction in the Middle East. I bet that somehow, in some maniacal, deranged way, that “logic” make sense in the neo-con mind.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:37 pmObama says the road is through Pakistan. One is an ally, the other an enemy………..Dems looking stupid as usual.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:39 pmJoe.
You have my permission to go over there (alone) and see what you can do about that dreadful situation in Syria. I’m sure there are plenty of people who would chip in on your plane fare.
Still have that flak jacket and helmet?
Good! You’ll need them. Got a rifle and ammo? I’m sure we can rustle that up for you too.
Oh, and it’s been nice knowin’ ya, Joe!
:-D
August 20th, 2007 at 3:00 pmJew Lieberman only has one allegiance and it sure aint America!!!
August 20th, 2007 at 3:22 pmThis nutcase gives Jews a bad name. Ship his ass off to Syria.
August 20th, 2007 at 3:24 pmAs with anything else to do with the claims by Lieberman and neoConservatives, they must be told to “prove it.” He has no data or factual evidence. Whenever the liar of Connecticut speaks, people should just shout: “Prove it!”
August 20th, 2007 at 3:30 pmInstead of joinng the Repuglican party, Joe should drop the charade and joined the Knesset so he can truly represent the only people he really cares about - the Israelis.
August 20th, 2007 at 3:42 pmSome day we may discover which national entity Leiberman actually works for. One thing’s beyond doubt, it sure the heck ain’t America.
August 20th, 2007 at 4:16 pmWhat a Jack-Ass, complete and utter failure of a human being.
His answer to a failed policy??
Give it a shot again.
And as for syria exporting terrorists, I guess we should bomb Italy too(also had 8 suicide bombers).
Oh wait , that will never happen, to many white folk.
And Saudi Arabia , with an astounding 53?!!
No white folk. We COULD bomb them into oblivion……
Oh but wait , Bush is in the pocket of the Saudis. And what is more un-American and traitorous than allowing a foreign government dictate policy to the U.S.?
August 20th, 2007 at 4:25 pmI am glad “Comment by upside00″ explains Israel’s voting in CT. I knew those guys were good but I never thought they were registered to vote in CT. Such a finesse within the USA is astonishing. Does upside00 think they could get me elected emperor of the universe or maybe King of Canada? I’d be ever so grateful. I’d declare Israeli voters day wherever I went. I’d even assign upside00 to the honorable position of head toilet cleaner in the entire universe.
August 20th, 2007 at 4:34 pmComment by Kal — August 20, 2007 @ 4:34 pm
You must be from Connecticut. So sorry for your situation. But I forgive you!
August 20th, 2007 at 4:45 pmjoe lieberman is a piece of shit.
August 20th, 2007 at 4:56 pmIs there ANY country in the Middle East - except Israel of course - that Dust-Bag Joe DOESN’T want to bomb the crap out of? How many times has Haddassah beaned him in the head lately?! This guy is out of his MIND.
To: upside00 - HEY! I live in CT (borned and raised) and I certainly did NOT vote for Dust-Bag in the last election and the only reason I voted for him as VP was because of Gore … be nice … not all of us in CT are ignorant dolts.
August 20th, 2007 at 4:58 pmSHAME ON YOU, MR. LIEBERMAN! You are only a mouthpiece for the right wing lobbies that finance your campaigns.
This is disgusting and typical of the corruption in the White House and Congress. It is time to stop these lies and constant agression against the populations of the Middle East. The Syrian regime is as opposed to Islamic fundamentalism as Saddam Hussein regime was. Have we not learnt anything from our mistakes? It is time we stop allowing our leaders to mislead us into conflicts that have nothing to do with our interests, or even security!
August 20th, 2007 at 5:02 pmDoes it scare any of you that if Gore had won in 2000 and then again in 2004 this clown would be our presumptive nominee? We would be nominating this doofus for the Democratic ticket. Yikes!
August 20th, 2007 at 5:05 pmLieberman’s support for this president and his mismanaged war has led to him losing the democratic primary to Ned Lamont. Every prediction Lieberman has made about the Iraq war, Iran and Syria has been proven wrong. Yet again he has chosen a misguided ideology over the facts.
August 20th, 2007 at 5:11 pmThe US military in Iraq has PLAINLY said the number one country supplying insurgents into Iraq is SAUDI ARABIA. The Sunni House of Saud has said they done as much as they could to stem the tide of insurgents into Iraq but are powerless to stop it. What do we do? Yell at them? Threaten them with sanctions? No! We sell them 20 BILLION in new arms. 20 billion in new arms to the #1 Country supplying insurgents. Anyone who knows the Arab world knows almost all of the middle east will never tolerate a Shiite dominated government in Iraq, and the Bushies are now starting to realize that.
BTW, Assad is Shiite. Do we really think the Shiites in Iraq and Iran will stand idly by when we attack (The only Shiites in the neighborhood)?
August 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pmI’m sad to say that I think the proximity of Syria to Israel rules Lieberman’s priorities? Everything goes through the Israel filter!
Iran is not the primary problem; Afganistan is an annoying sideshow; Osama in Pakistan is not a big issue. Only Syria warrants mention
August 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pmWhen’s Lieberman going to take advantage of the Israeli “Law of Return” so he can promote his pro-Israeli CHICKENhawkish* attitude to the Israeli people? If he’s so gung-ho for a war with Syria, maybe he needs to get his butt to Israel and volunteer to serve with the IDF (which is apparently having more difficulty getting young Israeli men to fulfill their draft obligations; it seems that the young Reform Jewish and secular Israeli men are becoming disenchanted with the exemptions being granted to young Orthodox and ultraOrthodox Jewish males–apparently these men who attend a yeshiva and are married with two children before age 25 are exempt from serving in the Israeli military).
*It’s very interesting to note that when Lieberman not only received deferments in the Vietnam era (education AND “family”) but the SOB also ran as an ANTIWAR candidate when he first ran for the Connecticut Senate. I suppose that when you’re so old that you could only be accepted for military service if they’re taking anyone over the age of 5, it’s a lot easier to become PROWAR.
August 20th, 2007 at 5:32 pmWhat a complete fool/tool this man has become.
August 20th, 2007 at 5:40 pmLIEberman was on Fox this afternoon giving Neil Cavudo a lengthily explanation that he had seen a “secret” report that exposed that almost all of the suicide bombers were recruited in North Africa and brought into Iraq through the Damascus airport. Joe plans to apply pressure on Syria as soon as he gets back to Washington. Neil, who sat in silence while all this was explained to him, said “it’s so very good to see you Senatorâ€. Saudi Arabia, the country where most of the bombers come from, was not mentioned once.
August 20th, 2007 at 5:49 pmHey Joe, YOU NEED TO RUN THROUGH IRAN! Preferrably with an M16 and a 65 pound pack on your back, “dodging bullets all the way”.
August 20th, 2007 at 5:50 pmI’m not interested in anything DROOPY has to say.
WOWZY WOWZY WOO WOO
August 20th, 2007 at 6:19 pmLieberman has a double standard. He urges diplomacy with Syria a country Bush refuses to engage and then criticizes Pelosi when she tried to deliver the message as she had every right to do. Hastert made several trips as speaker that Clinton advised against and she was right to do what she did. Lieberman is a hypocrite.
August 20th, 2007 at 6:22 pmLieberman is a traitor for Israel, as are most neocon war hawks.
There will be no deportation to Israel. He’s going straight to Hague, and then Hades.
August 20th, 2007 at 6:24 pmLieberman is spewing this because Malarki is in Syria.
dick did the same thing when Malarki went to Iran.
August 20th, 2007 at 6:28 pmIf we really wanted to put an end to state sponsered terorism, we’d nuke Israel NOW.
August 20th, 2007 at 6:44 pmLieberman is devoted to his religion — not democracy and he will continuing espousing support for Americans to fight and die protecting his beloved country, Israel.
August 20th, 2007 at 7:16 pmWhy does anyone bother commenting about republican Lieberman comments.
August 20th, 2007 at 8:12 pmCheney only has this puppet out in front as a tool talking propaganda BS for his policies.
Lieberman made me sick when some of the democrats truned from the demcrat candidate Lamont in the general election. So democrats openly supported Lieberman others supported Lieberman by not really supporting Lamont in the general election.
That should have shown democrat voters , that the democrats were not going to take a serious effort to stop the war in Iraq or Impeach Cheney and Bush.
This guy is an absolute nut. I wouldn’t feel this way if he had
August 20th, 2007 at 9:03 pmsome real time experience in the field but he doesn’t. His expertise is sitting on his butt and making mundane and meanless statements. There is no path to victory, only a path to further human misery. A wise man knows when to fold but he usually has a dog in the fight and this guy has no interest, personal or otherwise. Go to Bagdad, get a rifle, go on a combat patrol and if your live I’ll listen to you, otherwise shove it.
You lie and We die, Semper Fi
Why do I have to go to the BBC to find this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6954321.stm
Because our corporate whore media sucks.
Geez.
August 20th, 2007 at 9:36 pmOne of the few dems who get it.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:15 pmThe litte bastard want to attack more countries than Cheney. Now that is maD.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:28 pmHes a memeber of the Likud party
August 20th, 2007 at 10:30 pmLeona Helmsley has been reincarnated in drag as Joe Lieberman
August 21st, 2007 at 1:43 amI’ve got a better idea.
He should move to Isreal and join their army.
Until then, he’s nothing but a hypocrite.
The same goes for all the other chickenhawks who dodged the draft themselves but want to draft kids today (Cheney, Romney, Giuliani, etc).
August 21st, 2007 at 2:06 amDear middle east. Pleas PLEASE keep in mind that not all americans are like this, and the oppinions and motives expressed by this and other warmongering nut-cases are not the majority but unfortunately they are the ones who end up in power by cheating and backstabbing and bribing. We are trying to get rid of them, but we keep getting arrested and brutalized by police and our signs keep getting confiscated. I would also like to apologise on behalf of america for constantly supplying the criminals and warmongers in your countries with weapons. (or ‘loosing’ our weapons that then ’somehow’ end up in the hands of common rioters, pillagers and thieves) It’s just that there are some VERY large companies in this country for whome it would be unacceptable (financially) if this war ended any time soon.
August 21st, 2007 at 3:20 amThere is no point in delaying the inevitable clash with Iran. Iran is ,after all, killing our troops in Iraq. Iran is supplying sophisticated IEDs to terrorists inside Iraq. Iran is a STATE SPONSOR of terror…sung to the melody of “barbara ann”…..BOMB BOMB BOMB IRAN…til they cry uncle!
August 21st, 2007 at 5:22 amJoe, just move to Israel and run for the Knesset, OK? And leave us alone.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:38 amAre you or aren’t you already an Israeli citizen??
JL’s a putz. Must have taken a hit off of the same bone Cheney and Bush are smoking.
August 21st, 2007 at 9:21 amLieberman is always on a winding road to somewhere to get another war going. Why not put him on the front line and let him lead the charge…such a brave man.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:04 amMaybe someone or the other should clue-in the honorable independent (today right of center, tomorrow? Who knows?) Senator from the dear state of CT to recent cold-war-like military manuoeuvrings from the Soviet U and China; Also to the fact that the Russians have as much as 3 times the size of the nuclear arsenal we have; Also to specific ’strategic’ partnership of these 2 single-person-decides-when-to-push-the-button countries with most of these mideast countries, including Syria. Also to the fact that most of the diplomatic capital we collected through the enactment of the Geneva Conventions till 2000 has been completely squandered.
Ah, maybe the honorable senator is in the true form of us having also become another one of those single-person-is-the-sole-decider-and-whatever-else-in-a-constitutional-democracy-wherein-3-arms-of-government-have-equal-share-in-governance country
Is the honorable Senator looking for ways to provoke a nuclear engagement?
It would be appropriate if the honorable senator addresses these points.
Why bother (had dinner with the man last night), here’s his response.
TERRORISTS ARE COMING - VOTE FOR ME!
TERRORISTS ARE COMING - VOTE FOR ME!
TERRORISTS ARE COMING - VOTE FOR ME!
TERRORISTS ARE COMING - VOTE FOR ME!
May the advent of accelerated knowledge-acquisition continue to enlighten voters to check the records/sources before making-up their minds on a candidate instead of towing the status quo no matter what electorate ‘blocks’ they appear to represent
August 21st, 2007 at 10:08 amWhat “strong point” is he talking about we made, by invading Iraq? He’s as delusional as Phil Spector.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:31 amThis guy is such an Islamophobe. Though I’m not surprised considering he is a Jew. CT wake up and stop electing this moron.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:38 pmLIEberMAN rattles swords like he rattles his jowls - everytime he opens his mouth…LIEberMAN is a leader of the “Armageddon - Bring It On!” movement. Though he doesn’t seem to know it, he’s really a tool of Israel which is a tool of the Christianistas who want to BE there when the end of the world comes so they can see Jesus. If LIEberMAN would take the time to read the fine print in his contract with the Far Right Religionists he would learn that Israel and all the Jews must perish for this to happen…and Christianistas can’t wait for the end to come!
August 21st, 2007 at 2:28 pm“k0$herr j0e LIE-BRRR-Mench” is at ID again! WAHABI ZIONI$T!
August 21st, 2007 at 3:00 pmHere’s another opinion…
Tens of thousands of years of name-calling has not done a fig to advance sapien’s cause.
Enough of all the unnecessary name-calling, please!
Let’s have a much more civilized debate so we can understand where everybody is coming from, without exceptions.
I thank you for your support.
August 21st, 2007 at 3:10 pmWar mongering has gone on long enough. Gravel, Kucinich, Paul. Therein lies our only hope of getting ot of Iraq. Now. completely. forever.
August 21st, 2007 at 3:19 pmthe country s broke but Jew Lieberman lobbied for 30b dollars for his home state of Israel
August 21st, 2007 at 6:06 pm