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Oh, look, it's Joe Lieberman:
Ah, mavericks. Lieberman's too much of a stopped clock (like Bill Kristol, he's all-war, all-the-time) to say that you should always do the reverse of what he recommends, but suffice it to say that if you're the person in a controversy with the Lieberman-approved Iran policy, you're not the person with the best Iran policy. Indeed, it's worth recalling that Lieberman and resolution cosponsor Jon Kyl have been trying to gin up conflict with Iran for a long time. Here's some February 2006 reporting from yours truly:
Which isn't to say that Hillary Clinton is part of a plot to start a war with Iran. It does, however, seem worth noting that opposing a "rush to war" (which is what she said) isn't at all the same as opposing going to war.
Lieberman an unseen force in Democrats' clash
Connecticut maverick backs Clinton, criticizes Edwards on Iran policy
Ah, mavericks. Lieberman's too much of a stopped clock (like Bill Kristol, he's all-war, all-the-time) to say that you should always do the reverse of what he recommends, but suffice it to say that if you're the person in a controversy with the Lieberman-approved Iran policy, you're not the person with the best Iran policy. Indeed, it's worth recalling that Lieberman and resolution cosponsor Jon Kyl have been trying to gin up conflict with Iran for a long time. Here's some February 2006 reporting from yours truly:
At the front of the room was an American flag, a podium, a projection screen, and R. James Woolsey, former director of Central Intelligence who went more-than-a-little around the bend sometime after leaving the Clinton administration. He was one of the very first prominent commentators to finger Saddam Hussein as the likely culprit for the 9-11 attacks, doing so just after the strikes when no empirical evidence could possibly support the contention, and maintaining his view steadfastly even as evidence continued to be non-existent.
Needless to say, such loyalty to his own imagination has done nothing to diminish his standing in the neoconservative world or his access to mass audiences on cable television. On that January day at the Capitol, he was speaking on behalf of the Committee on the Present Danger (CPD), a think tank he founded in the summer of 2004 with various neocon B-listers under the nominal auspices of Senators Jon Kyl and Joe Lieberman. The occasion was the release of a six-page policy paper on Iran, which to no one's surprise reached the conclusion that “the United States' policy objective must be regime change in Iran.”
Which isn't to say that Hillary Clinton is part of a plot to start a war with Iran. It does, however, seem worth noting that opposing a "rush to war" (which is what she said) isn't at all the same as opposing going to war.
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