With even some of its most ardent proponents telling us that Bush's Nixonian escalation "surge" in Iraq will result in an immediate upswing in U.S. casualties, Joe Lieberman is saying, "Oh what the heck. Let us have some fun. What's the worst that could happen? A few more thousand dead? BFD. None of them will be my kids."
Over the weekend, I caught a snippet of CSPAN's coverage of the McCain/Lieberman "surge" party at the American Enterprise Institute. . . .Lieberman was praising Bush as a "great leader" for bucking American opinion, as expressed in the 2006 election, in his determination to double down in Iraq. Lieberman then said something incredible:
Even those opposed to the surge, he said, "ought to at least let us try it."
"The worst that could happen," he continued, is that this policy could become another partisan flashpoint in Washington.
The man's callous disregard for the price other people's families will have to pay for his warmongering leaves me gobsmacked. Anyone else want to have a go?
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