My respect for Joe Lieberman continues to grow. The country could use more guys like him. Lieberman has an Op-Ed is in Friday’s Washington Post,
Why We Need More Troops in Iraq
By Joseph Lieberman
Friday, December 29, 2006
I’ve just spent 10 days traveling in the Middle East and speaking to leaders there, all of which has made one thing clearer to me than ever: While we are naturally focused on Iraq, a larger war is emerging. On one side are extremists and terrorists led and sponsored by Iran, on the other moderates and democrats supported by the United States. Iraq is the most deadly battlefield on which that conflict is being fought. How we end the struggle there will affect not only the region but the worldwide war against the extremists who attacked us on Sept. 11, 2001.
It is really troublesome that so few in Washington speak so directly and candidly about Islamic fundamentalism. They are at war with us, and we still don’t get it. Instead of guys like Lieberman in leadership positions we get guys like Democratic Rep. Silvestre Reyes running the Intelligence Committee. Here’s a guy who doesn’t know Shiite from Shineola when it comes to our enemies.
Should we believe what Iran is saying? Some wave off the crazy statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the tyrant in the Members Only jacket, by saying he is just a front man for the mullahs, they hold the real power. Well, ok, that’s true. So what are the mullahs saying? Here is Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei this weekend,
The American government, the domineering capitalism of the West and the corrupt Zionist political lobbyists have begun to sense the living truth of the Islamic awakening, and by admitting that their military might is useless against this truth, they are using all their power to employ political ploys and tactics. The entire Muslim Ummah, whether the political, cultural and religious elite, or the masses of people, must remain vigilant more than ever before, and try to identify and foil the conniving schemes of the enemyâ?¦
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