tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post5699063253276052955..comments2023-10-30T11:04:56.461-04:00Comments on Musings: Re: Losing the ThreadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-90719680273310766652007-07-23T19:23:00.000-04:002007-07-23T19:23:00.000-04:00I still disagree - the President didn't gain anyth...I still disagree - the President didn't gain anything from the Lieberman amendment; and the Republicans will use anything to "put the Democrats on the defensive". The correct riposte is "Anyone who did not know that at the outset, that replacing Saddam by anything but another Baathist in Iraq would lead to a great expansion of Iranian influence, and thus "Iranian success" should not have had any say in US foreign policy."Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-45785804869183248382007-07-23T12:27:00.000-04:002007-07-23T12:27:00.000-04:00I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.htt...I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.<BR/><BR/>http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/liebermans_new_party_line.html<BR/><BR/>"Lieberman presented it as a consensus proposal. “Whether you are for or against the war,” he said on the floor, “I hope we can all find common ground in making this statement.” They almost could: It was adopted, 97-0. But Republicans immediately sought to put Democrats on the defensive. At a news conference with Lieberman and GOP leaders, South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham said, “If you believe that everything in Sen. Lieberman’s amendment is true, how could you engage in a strategy that would at the end of the day allow Iran to be successful?”"Rick Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683506454119367958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-38248913187740661092007-07-16T11:51:00.000-04:002007-07-16T11:51:00.000-04:00I hope you're right. I still think the text of tha...I hope you're right. I still think the text of that amendment is alarming, in repeating unsubstantiated propoganda that Iran or it's agents are "murdering" US troops. I don't trust Democrats ever since the majority of them voted to give Bush power to conduct a disastrous war in Iraq in 2002 (and Reid was one of them).<BR/><BR/>--Rick TaylorRick Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683506454119367958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-90239934850309897482007-07-15T09:45:00.000-04:002007-07-15T09:45:00.000-04:00Rick, I trust Senator Feingold, and on this he wri...Rick, I trust Senator Feingold, and on this he writes <A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2007/7/13/141751/474/167#c167" REL="nofollow">on dailykos.com</A><BR/><BR/>" Lieberman amendment (15+ / 0-)<BR/><BR/>While I don’t agree with Senator Lieberman when it comes to Iraq, his amendment having to do with Iran offered yesterday was not controversial because it basically just required a report on Iran’s role in Iraq and any responses by the US government. <BR/><BR/>by Senator Russ Feingold on Fri Jul 13, 2007 at 01:29:57 PM PDT"Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952506.post-26118945745170557382007-07-14T22:36:00.000-04:002007-07-14T22:36:00.000-04:00I hope there were more ammendments than those two,...I hope there were more ammendments than those two, otherwise it's hardly "defanged." Even if it expressly disavows military action against Iran, it gives the administration a club to hit the Democrats with. Look. You've agreed Iran is purposefully killing American troops, now what are you going to do about it?<BR/><BR/>--Rick TaylorRick Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683506454119367958noreply@blogger.com