Lieberman: Surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is working
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Lieberman: Surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is working
Associated Press
Published July 1 2007
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Sen. Joe Lieberman renewed his long-standing support for U.S. troops in Iraq on Sunday, days after a leading Republican on foreign affairs broke publicly ranks with the Bush administration.
Sen. Richard Lugar, of Indiana, said he had reached the conclusion that sticking with the current strategy will not serve U.S. security interests. He also said it is almost impossible to establish a stable government in Baghdad in a reasonable time. Other prominent Republicans, such as Sen. John Warner of Virginia, have indicated their patience is running out.
But Lieberman, I-Conn., whose support of the war cost him the Democratic nomination in his own state, said the recent surge in U.S. troops there is effective and that "we've got the enemy on the run."
"Time may be running out politically in Washington, but it's not running out in Iraq, and that's the tragedy here," Lieberman said Sunday on "This Week" on ABC. "The fact is that the surge has just been fully implemented in terms of personnel being there. On the facts, reduced violence in Baghdad and incredibly reduced violence in Anbar province to the west which Al Qaida in Iraq was in control of about a few months ago. The surge is working."
The top commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, is due to present a progress report to Congress in September. Lieberman said there will be time then to decide the next step.
"I think we basically made a promise that we were going to give General Petraeus and the young men and women wearing the uniform for our country, that are putting their lives on the line, who believe in this new strategy, give them the chance to work over the summer to see whether we could make it work," Lieberman said.
Lieberman lost the Connecticut Democratic nomination last summer to anti-war candidate and political newcomer Ned Lamont, but won his fourth term when he ran as an independent in November. He caucuses with the Democrats but made it clear Sunday that his choice for the country's next president will be based on personal and not political reasons.
He recently praised two GOP candidates - Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for disagreeing with their party on immigration and abortion, respectively. But Lieberman, the Democrats' nominee for vice president in 2000, said that it is not an indication that he'll endorse a Republican over a Democrat. Fellow Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, a Democrat, is among the presidential hopefuls.
"What I'm saying is that the way we choose the leader of this country, and a critical election coming up in 2008 is not the best way to do it. And what happens is that the core constituencies to the left and right drive the selection," Lieberman said. "The candidates tend to chase after those constituencies, and the rest of us in the middle, Independents, Republicans and Democrats, don't have much say."
Lieberman said he found the position of the leading Democratic candidates disappointing in respect to the Iraq war. Both Sens. Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama voted against the latest funding bill because it didn't have a timeline for troop withdrawal."
"It does seem to me now that the leading Democratic candidates for president are competing with each other to see which one can more quickly pull more of our troops out of Iraq, while our troops are there fighting and now succeeding with a lot on the line," Lieberman said.
Copyright © 2007, The Associated Press
Lieberman: Surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is working
Associated Press
Published July 1 2007
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Sen. Joe Lieberman renewed his long-standing support for U.S. troops in Iraq on Sunday, days after a leading Republican on foreign affairs broke publicly ranks with the Bush administration.
Sen. Richard Lugar, of Indiana, said he had reached the conclusion that sticking with the current strategy will not serve U.S. security interests. He also said it is almost impossible to establish a stable government in Baghdad in a reasonable time. Other prominent Republicans, such as Sen. John Warner of Virginia, have indicated their patience is running out.
But Lieberman, I-Conn., whose support of the war cost him the Democratic nomination in his own state, said the recent surge in U.S. troops there is effective and that "we've got the enemy on the run."
"Time may be running out politically in Washington, but it's not running out in Iraq, and that's the tragedy here," Lieberman said Sunday on "This Week" on ABC. "The fact is that the surge has just been fully implemented in terms of personnel being there. On the facts, reduced violence in Baghdad and incredibly reduced violence in Anbar province to the west which Al Qaida in Iraq was in control of about a few months ago. The surge is working."
The top commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, is due to present a progress report to Congress in September. Lieberman said there will be time then to decide the next step.
"I think we basically made a promise that we were going to give General Petraeus and the young men and women wearing the uniform for our country, that are putting their lives on the line, who believe in this new strategy, give them the chance to work over the summer to see whether we could make it work," Lieberman said.
Lieberman lost the Connecticut Democratic nomination last summer to anti-war candidate and political newcomer Ned Lamont, but won his fourth term when he ran as an independent in November. He caucuses with the Democrats but made it clear Sunday that his choice for the country's next president will be based on personal and not political reasons.
He recently praised two GOP candidates - Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for disagreeing with their party on immigration and abortion, respectively. But Lieberman, the Democrats' nominee for vice president in 2000, said that it is not an indication that he'll endorse a Republican over a Democrat. Fellow Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, a Democrat, is among the presidential hopefuls.
"What I'm saying is that the way we choose the leader of this country, and a critical election coming up in 2008 is not the best way to do it. And what happens is that the core constituencies to the left and right drive the selection," Lieberman said. "The candidates tend to chase after those constituencies, and the rest of us in the middle, Independents, Republicans and Democrats, don't have much say."
Lieberman said he found the position of the leading Democratic candidates disappointing in respect to the Iraq war. Both Sens. Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama voted against the latest funding bill because it didn't have a timeline for troop withdrawal."
"It does seem to me now that the leading Democratic candidates for president are competing with each other to see which one can more quickly pull more of our troops out of Iraq, while our troops are there fighting and now succeeding with a lot on the line," Lieberman said.
Copyright © 2007, The Associated Press
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he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
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