Lieberman: Bombing Iran Has A Certain Appeal To It

Think Progress:

On right-winger Bill Bennett's radio show this morning, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) expressed his openess to bombing Iran, saying that there is "an appeal to it." Discussing the West Virginia primary results, Bennett praised what he claimed was Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) transformation into his "style" of politician, which he said is someone who "throws down a shot of liquor and bombs Iran."

Lieberman whole-heartedly endorsed the "appeal" of the hawkish caricature Bennett had created:

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Comments

[MAC2]

Like Donna Brazile says the McCrazy train is leaving the train station. Our wizzle Joe needs to stand tall like a man and get on board. But we all know Joe will stay under the Dem. party umbrella so he can maintain his Chairmanship. What a shame for the people of Conn. this guy is all about Joe L.. and how he mess this country up. Oh well in 5 months we will run these thieves out of DC and he can get a real job.......­..........­..........­..........­..........­...Go Obama

[betz55]

Lieberman is an Israel firster and needs to move back to israe.
The Iran issue is 100% Israeli, Iran is no danger to the US. Make Israel adhere to the standards that it and the US want to impose on Iran. Israel refuses to sign the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty ,which Iran has done. Israel refuses to allow IAEA inspections of their nuke facilities, which Iran has done. Israel refuses to comply with any UN resolutions, which the US protects it from. This should be brought up everytime the word Iran is spoken.

America"s media silence about Israelis nuclear weapons and their lack of membership to the NPT while maintaining such harsh rhetoric with regard to Iran"s nuclear program, which is legally allowed to enrich uranium as a NPT member, is an example of the kind of outright double standard that the United States has been following in its foreign policy.

And we try to get Iran " an NPT member " to stop enriching uranium and expect not to sound outright hypocritical? Iran has every right to defend themselves against Israel. The IAEA in Israel ? The reaction would be spectacular and filled with claims of persecution and divine right.

It"s absurd the pretense that Israel stands as the pathetic guardian against the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the ME. Israel is the biggest bully, destabilizing, warmongering, belligerent aggressor there and needs to be dealt with before Tehran.

[SCG]

Thank God one one thing, Lieberman never became VP . But the price was high.

[DMHendrix]

Can't someone...­anyone...p­lease...ma­ke Joe Lieberman shut the hell up and go away.

[stepintothelight]

This man just makes me question my desire for peaceful resolution of a conflict that never should have been. I do not agree with the principles of Israel under Zionist leadership but I have always remained soft because of the innocents caught in between. The chess game that these manipulative Zionist continue to play with America has run it's course. Call me whatever name applies but I am sick of being twisted in the wind on Israels right to exist while it's leaders continue to promote the worst stereotypes of negotiating with it's citizens.

[jhamm1]

He would.

[wadenelson1]

Is this man certifiably insane? There is "an appeal" to bombing a country, starting a war? Holy Christ, what does he think war is, a chessgame?

America doesn't attack countries that don't attack us. Or at least we didn't use to. We don't send our young men to fight and die because there's "an appeal" to it. We don't ruin our economy supporting such wars unless our very lives and liberty are at stake.

These old white guys running (ruining) our country these days should be in asylums, not office.

[disgustedbyitall]

so does bombing greenwich, but that doesn't mean it's smart. but don't let that stop you, joe.

[TimSearl]

Lieberman. A man with genocide in his heart, who wears his heart on his sleeve for all to see.

[faith]

It is time to let Israel stand on its own. They pick a fight and then expect the U.S. to clean up the mess. If Israel cannot get along with its neighbors or defend itself without our help, well, then maybe that nation should be assimilated by its neighbors in the same way it is attempting to encroach upon its 'brethren' palestinians. Enough war. Time to make peace.

[user]

Joe Lieberman has proven once again that he has no morals. Collective Punishment is something for dictators and madmen who don't really value human life. It is something that has bothered me about Zionists for a long time. Never Forget seems to be a one way street. What is going on in Gaza right now isn't defensible morally. Yet to Zionists it's all ok. The cognitive dissonance makes my head hurt. When Hillary made that statement my heart sunk. I once thought she was something that it obvious she's not. I proved to me what I had thought previously that she wasn't qualified to be president. To be president especially after Bush one should be first a reasonable person and a moral person, now I have to doubt Senator Clinton on both counts.

[bobo209]

United States and Israel twist, stretch and dye the truth to achieve their goals at the expense of their people and world victims. These two states have twisted and warped every human principle; they have turned the entire planet into rivers of blood. Millions of mothers grieve before they sleep; millions of mothers wish they had died before they lost their loved ones. These two states are actually hurting their people far more than they are hurting their victims. These two states may have murdered several millions in the last five decades, but their people will have to live with a tremendous amount of guilt and shame for many centuries to come

[julieeiluj]

Perhaps he only says this kind of stuff to see his sick face in the news.

[eahce]

Cui Bono, Who's interest is lieberman really serving in his quest to bomb Iran? I really don't think it is that of the United States, since we are doing so miserably in Iraq and Afghanistan. I really think lieberman should be called on his desire to bomb Iran and sacrifice even more of our soldiers in the Mid East forwho's benefit. If they do decide to bomb Iran Billary Strangelove should play the part of Slim Pickens to the end.

[doug108]

Lieberman was responding to Bennet's description of Clinton as a redneck, barroom brawler. Lieberman's "it does have an appeal to it" is not specifically about bombing Iran.