Joe Lieberman has an Op-ed in the Opinion Journal advocating for war with Iran:
Our objective here is deterrence. The fanatical regime in Tehran has concluded that it can use proxies to strike at us and our friends in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine without fear of retaliation. It is time to restore that fear, and to inject greater doubt into the decision-making of Iranian leaders about the risks they are now running.
I hope the new revelations about Iran’s behavior will also temper the enthusiasm of some of those in Congress who are advocating the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. Iran’s purpose in sponsoring attacks on American soldiers, after all, is clear: It hopes to push the U.S. out of Iraq and Afghanistan, so that its proxies can then dominate these states. Tehran knows that an American retreat under fire would send an unmistakable message throughout the region that Iran is on the rise and America is on the run. That would be a disaster for the region and the U.S.
The threat posed by Iran to our soldiers’ lives, our security as a nation and our allies in the Middle East is a truth that cannot be wished or waved away. It must be confronted head-on. The regime in Iran is betting that our political disunity in Washington will constrain us in responding to its attacks. For the sake of our nation’s security, we must unite and prove them wrong.
I don’t know what tickles me more- the fact that Lieberman’s agitation is based solely on the words of one individual, or the fact that the right wing is already swallowing this up and gearing up the rhetoric. Captain Ed busts out the old tried and true gibberish:
In truth, the Iranians have been at war with us since 1979, a fact that Jimmy Carter ignored for 444 days and almost every President since did for the entirety of their terms. Now the Senate wants to take up the ISG’s recommendations and pass them into law, based on the notion that we can negotiate for good terms with a nation that has done nothing but attack our interests for a generation. It moves American denial from the absurd to an art form — and Lieberman seems to be the only statesman in Washington pointing out the obvious.
Got it? We have been at war with Iran for three decades, we just didn’t know it or were not MAN ENOUGH TO ADMIT IT. Fortunately, we have brave men of the blogosphere to push us towards war. This whole bullshit about us being at war with Iran is little more than a PR push towards war, and you should not be fooled.