Joe Lieberman has done and said many dumb things...and today is no different for Holy Joe. He helped to kill Senator Webb's amendment requiring that our soldiers are allowed to stay at home for the same amount of time that they are deployed. Our troops are weary from five years of constant battle and they need adequate time to breathe. But Joe doesn't think so, and neither do his friends in the GOP. To Webb's credit, he had a quick response to the lunacy of Lieberman.
From Think Progress:
On the Senate floor this morning, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) said that proposals to withdraw troops and restore the strength of the armed forces are “legislating a defeat” in Iraq.
This afternoon on CNN, responding to Lieberman’s criticisms, Webb reminded the public that he was warning in September 2002 that we were “heading for trouble” if we went to war in Iraq:
I was warning about the consequences of invading and occupying Iraq well before we went in. … I don’t know where Sen. Lieberman gets his opinions about how well we’re doing. […]
You have a government in Iraq that has no power. It has very little power — it cannot compel action and it’s surrounded by armed factions that retain the power. That is not a situation we’re going to resolve without the interaction of all the countries in the region in a positive, proactive diplomatic way. And that’s what I’ve been saying for three years.
And now the bill is dead. Thanks a lot Joe. Just remember come election time who actually supports the troops and their families.
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