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April 21, 2007

Senator Lieberman's Statement on Majority Leader Reid's Comment that the Iraq War is "Lost"

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You just gotta love this guy; a Democrat with common sense that's knowledgeable of the threat we face from Islamofascism, the importance of our defeating them in Iraq and the relationship between winning there and being safe here, and who is in fact (not just talk) a true American patriot, is hard to find. But Joe Lieberman is a full cut above the rest: Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today made the following statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comment that the Iraq War is "lost:"

"This week witnessed horrific terrorist attacks by Islamist extremists in Iraq, killing hundreds of innocent civilians and leading Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to declare that the war is 'lost.'

With all due respect, I strongly disagree. Senator Reid's statement is not based on military facts on the ground in Iraq and does not advance our cause there.

Al Qaeda's strategy for victory in Iraq is clear. They are trying to murder as many innocent civilians as possible in an effort to reignite sectarian fighting and drive us to retreat from Iraq.

The question now before us is whether we respond to these terrorist attacks by running away as Al Qaeda hopes - abandoning the future of Iraq, the Middle East, and ultimately our own security to the very same people responsible for this week's atrocities - or whether we stand united to fight them.

This is exactly the wrong time to conclude that we have lost the war in Iraq, or that our new strategy has failed. Instead, we should provide General Petraeus and his troops with the time and the resources to succeed. We should not surrender in the face of barbarism."

Posted by Richard at April 21, 2007 11:27 AM

Senator Lieberman's rebuke of traitorous "Al-Qaeda Majority Leader" Harry Reid is reassuring in these most dark and dismal times in our nation's history. But talk is cheap. What he should do is put his money where his mouth is and switch parties, thus taking away the Senate Majority Leadership from Reid and America's enemies!

Althor

Posted by: Althor at April 21, 2007 3:32 PM

he should do is put his money where his mouth is and switch parties, thus taking away the Senate Majority Leadership from Reid and America's enemies! If Lieberman actually did that, Pelosi, Reid, and the rest of the liberal Democrats would totally "lose it." They would go stark, raving, mad. And the traitorous bastards would deserve it. It also may be the only way to save our country from sliding to total dhimmitude.

Posted by: abdul at April 21, 2007 6:56 PM

To All:

Maybe, if Harry Reid would have spent time in the military ... as he was required to do in the 1960s ... instead of dodging the draft, he would be taken more seriously.

Reid's statements about Iraq can be reduced to his commitment to the military and his country when it was his time to serve. He opted out then, just as he opts out now. Reid is the typical Democrat: alligator mouth and hummingbird butt.

With Aloha,

Posted by: harry at April 22, 2007 11:06 AM