For more than a week, Obama has been calling out senators — not by name, but by implication — when he campaigns in their states. Until Saturday, he had pointed the finger only at Republican lawmakers.
But on Saturday night he was to attend a private fund-raiser in Connecticut, home state of Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the former Democratic nominee for vice president, who voted with Republicans on the withdrawal measure.
Lieberman did the right thing, and he eloquently explained his stance in a recent speech:
"It is my deeply held conviction," Lieberman said, "that these people are not only wrong, they are disastrously wrong - and that the withdrawal they demand would be a moral and security catastrophe for the U.S., for Iraq, and the entire Middle East, including Israel, and our moderate Arab allies" An American defeat in Iraq Lieberman said, would be a victory for Al Qaeda and Iran, two of the bitterest enemies the free world is facing. It would vindicate our enemies’ perception of America as "weak" and as easily driven by the threat of terrorism. Moreover, it would confirm the fears of our friends - not only in Iraq, but also throughout the world – "that we are unreliable allies who will abandon them in the face of danger."
If we leave Iraq, and a horrific terrorist attack occurs under President Obama's watch, I wonder how he will react? Will he run to the United Nations?
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