A DEMOCRAT WITH A CONSCIENCE - JOE LIEBERMAN
Senator Joe Lieberman, (D Conn.) after returning from his fourth trip to Iraq wrote an ob/ed article for The Wall Street Journal citing the successes in Iraq and that The United States must remain in Iraq until the job is done! This is a very bold move by Senator Lieberman who has been a supporter of the President's policy on Iraq and the other aspects of the War on Terror. He has followed his conscience and gone against the Democrat Party line of ant-war, anti-Bush and chosen to stand for what he believes is the right course. Somewhere in the halls of Congress the liberal leadership is even now composing some form of retaliation against Lieberman for so boldly and vocally admonishing his party for demanding that we need to pull out of Iraq now.
"It is a war between 27 million and 10,000; 27 million Iraqis who want to live lives of freedom, opportunity and prosperity and roughly 10,000 terrorists who are either Saddam revanchists, Iraqi Islamic extremists or al Qaeda foreign fighters who know their wretched causes will be set back if Iraq becomes free and modern. The terrorists are intent on stopping this by instigating a civil war to produce the chaos that will allow Iraq to replace Afghanistan as the base for their fanatical war-making. We are fighting on the side of the 27 million because the outcome of this war is critically important to the security and freedom of America. If the terrorists win, they will be emboldened to strike us directly again and to further undermine the growing stability and progress in the Middle East, which has long been a major American national and economic security priority."
In a nut shell Senator Lieberman has exposed the left for their folly of anti-war/Bush rhetoric and made the case for our continued presence in Iraq, (for the complete Lieberman article click on this posts title). He has described the success and mentioned the mistakes while showing how those have been overcome and used as a catalyst for greater success. The Senator chides both parties for their rhetoric on Iraq and mentions the worries of Iraqi leaders over America's commitment. " The leaders of Iraq's duly elected government understand this, and they asked me for reassurance about America's commitment. The question is whether the American people and enough of their representatives in Congress from both parties understand this. I am disappointed by Democrats who are more focused on how President Bush took America into the war in Iraq almost three years ago, and by Republicans who are more worried about whether the war will bring them down in next November's elections, than they are concerned about how we continue the progress in Iraq in the months and years ahead. "
Senator Lieberman has shown that whatever end of the political spectrum that one believes that when the United States is at war that IS NOT the time to jump ship for political expediency and criticize the war effort and what has been accomplished. Although there are many issues where I do not agree with the Senator, on this I do applaud him for standing for what is right even in the face of scorn from his party and possibly even a backlash in his next election cycle because of the lefts total anger at the President and all of his policies especially Iraq. Senator Lieberman has proven that he is a man who is a leader and not a camp follower who votes and follows his morals and his conscience regardless of the consequences !
Ken Taylor
"It is a war between 27 million and 10,000; 27 million Iraqis who want to live lives of freedom, opportunity and prosperity and roughly 10,000 terrorists who are either Saddam revanchists, Iraqi Islamic extremists or al Qaeda foreign fighters who know their wretched causes will be set back if Iraq becomes free and modern. The terrorists are intent on stopping this by instigating a civil war to produce the chaos that will allow Iraq to replace Afghanistan as the base for their fanatical war-making. We are fighting on the side of the 27 million because the outcome of this war is critically important to the security and freedom of America. If the terrorists win, they will be emboldened to strike us directly again and to further undermine the growing stability and progress in the Middle East, which has long been a major American national and economic security priority."
In a nut shell Senator Lieberman has exposed the left for their folly of anti-war/Bush rhetoric and made the case for our continued presence in Iraq, (for the complete Lieberman article click on this posts title). He has described the success and mentioned the mistakes while showing how those have been overcome and used as a catalyst for greater success. The Senator chides both parties for their rhetoric on Iraq and mentions the worries of Iraqi leaders over America's commitment. " The leaders of Iraq's duly elected government understand this, and they asked me for reassurance about America's commitment. The question is whether the American people and enough of their representatives in Congress from both parties understand this. I am disappointed by Democrats who are more focused on how President Bush took America into the war in Iraq almost three years ago, and by Republicans who are more worried about whether the war will bring them down in next November's elections, than they are concerned about how we continue the progress in Iraq in the months and years ahead. "
Senator Lieberman has shown that whatever end of the political spectrum that one believes that when the United States is at war that IS NOT the time to jump ship for political expediency and criticize the war effort and what has been accomplished. Although there are many issues where I do not agree with the Senator, on this I do applaud him for standing for what is right even in the face of scorn from his party and possibly even a backlash in his next election cycle because of the lefts total anger at the President and all of his policies especially Iraq. Senator Lieberman has proven that he is a man who is a leader and not a camp follower who votes and follows his morals and his conscience regardless of the consequences !
Ken Taylor
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