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Lieberman Delivers Major Address on "The Politics of National Security"
Senator Lieberman stated, Since retaking Congress in November 2006, the top foreign policy priority of the Democratic Party has not been to expand the size of our military for the war on terror or to strengthen our democracy promotion efforts in the Middle East or to prevail in Afghanistan. It has been to pull our troops out of Iraq, to abandon the democratically-elected government there, and to hand a defeat to President Bush."Iraq has become the singular litmus test for Democratic candidates. No Democratic presidential primary candidate today speaks of Americas moral or strategic responsibility to stand with the Iraqi people against the totalitarian forces of radical Islam, or of the consequences of handing a victory in Iraq to al Qaeda and Iran. And if they did, their campaign would be as unsuccessful as mine was in 2006. Even as evidence has mounted that General Petraeus new counterinsurgency strategy is succeeding, Democrats have remained emotionally invested in a narrative of defeat and retreat in Iraq, reluctant to acknowledge the progress we are now achieving, or even that that progress has enabled us to begin drawing down our troops there. Senator Lieberman also indicated, there is something profoundly wrongsomething that should trouble all of uswhen we have elected Democratic officials who seem more worried about how the Bush administration might respond to Irans murder of our troops, than about the fact that Iran is murdering our troops. "There is likewise something profoundly wrong when we see candidates who are willing to pander to this politically paranoid, hyper-partisan sentiment in the Democratic baseeven if it sends a message of weakness and division to the Iranian regime. Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-11-09 |
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