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Home Front: Politix
Lieberman: I Was Not Brainwashed by U.S. Military; McCain: Yes, He Was
2011-02-28
Two senators said to be targeted by U.S. military seeking to use "psychological operations" to convince them to support the war effort in Afghanistan say they're fine with an investigation though they don't believe there's much to the story.

Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., who've been traveling in the Middle East for the past week, joked Sunday about a Rolling Stone article released last week that alleged that three-star Gen. William Caldwell ordered his staff to use military techniques to persuade them to back more money for training Afghan forces.

"Actually, I'm sure they succeeded with Senator Lieberman. There's no doubt about that," McCain laughed before adding that he and Lieberman supported the effort in Afghanistan all along.
Posted by:gorb

#3  Leiberman: "No, really. There were five lights."
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-02-28 19:02  

#2  ...well, give the response was given by a Senator with a (D) behind the name, at the time, the questioners' brains were trying to process answer since it probably didn't meet the expected outcome [see Senator Kerry(D)]. The subroutines were kicking in like "is he just playing us along" or the "how come the usual drivel isn't there".
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-02-28 09:44  

#1  Lieberman - "yes, they asked me questions and after I answered they would stare at me intensely for about a minute before asking the next one, it was kind of creepy..."
Posted by: Broadhead6   2011-02-28 09:10  

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