Friday, July 07, 2006
Steve Clemons Nails Why Lieberman's War Stance Is Harmful
From Washington Note:
First of all, editorialists should stop referring to everyone who OPPOSES THE IRAQ WAR as "anti-war".
This is not a battle between pacifists and hawks within progressive circles.
This is a battle between the appropriate times to deploy force and go to war and when not. Going after bin Laden and toppling the al Qaeda-harboring Taliban made sense and could have furthered American interests. Expanding this legitimate fight into the invasion of Iraq and a broader crusade in the Middle East has punctured the mystique of American power in the world and harmed America's security.
Joe Lieberman is unapologetic in his support for the Iraq War -- which I agree with former National Security Agency Director William Odom may be "America's greatest strategic blunder of all time".
While I have respected Lieberman's work and advocacy for a serious national technology policy and for progressive work on gay rights and civil rights, his support for the expansion of a significant challenge from Osama bin Laden into a crusade in the Middle East and war against Iraq calls for serious electoral consequences.
Lieberman has helped empower the course that we took and has not stepped back from his support of Bush on the Iraq War -- which has threatened America's global standing as well as moral and military credibility. Our security has now become more complex and our options in the future more limited.
Opposing Lieberman has nothing to do with being "anti-war", it has everything to do with being "anti-Iraq War" and trying to prevent the same kind of dangerous calculus from being followed in the future. If Lieberman helps empower thinking so potentially dangerous to American national security interests, he should be purged from the party.
Amen, brother.
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Joey Lieberman needs to bunk w/ Johnny McCain..they both shop at the Shrub's store,which sells us nothing but shitty,worthless goods and ideals.
The attacks McCain is taking from the right over his "temper" are hilarious! Did you see the one where he asks another GOPers if he's wearing a wire, then makes the guy pull his pants down to see if he's wired???
I dunno if the stories are true, but as we learned during the Swift Boat stuff, who cares if they're true? Just get those allegations out there and let Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, Wolf Blitzer and the rest do the dirty work for you!!!
Let's see if the mainstream media picks up on the story. They all love McCain (unlike John Kerry), so the GOP may have to work over time to get the McCain smears a wide audience.
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I dunno if the stories are true, but as we learned during the Swift Boat stuff, who cares if they're true? Just get those allegations out there and let Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, Wolf Blitzer and the rest do the dirty work for you!!!
Let's see if the mainstream media picks up on the story. They all love McCain (unlike John Kerry), so the GOP may have to work over time to get the McCain smears a wide audience.
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