| Just your monthly reminder from the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal that Connecticut currently has an absolutely insane person as its Junior Senator:
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.
We in the U.S. government should also begin developing a range of options to consider taking against Damascus International [Airport], unless the Syrian government takes appropriate action, and soon.
You can reach the offices of said insane person at the following numbers:
(860) 549-8463 Voice
(800) 225-5605 In CT
(860) 549-8478 Fax
(202) 224-4041 Voice
(202) 224-9750 Fax
Update: Of course, while Joe continues to agitate for expanding the disastrous war in Iraq into Iran and Syria, guess where most of the foreign fighters in Iraq are coming from?
So if they aren't from Iran, where are they from? Saudi Arabia--- 45%!....
...Has any general or Bush administration official called a press conference to denounce Saudi Arabia? No. Has Joe Lieberman threatened it with a war? No. Everything is being blamed on Iran because powerful American special interests want to get Iran, regardless of the facts.
Update 2: ThinkProgress has a fantastic post up chronicling the history of Lieberman's failed predictions and duplicity on Iraq and Syria over the past four and half years. Specifically:
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.... |
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