This week, while pundits were busily figuring out how to twist the words of the GOP debaters such that they would sound like they wanted to immediately attack Iran (preferably with "tactical nukes"), Joe "My Hero" Lieberman put it right out there, no further dissembling required!
"I think we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq," Lieberman said. "And to me, that would include a strike over the border into Iran, where we have good evidence that they have a base at which they are training these people coming back into Iraq to kill our soldiers."
Just one question before you do though...Would you mind explaining to us why Joe's suggestion is nuts, but shelling the crap out of portions of Somalia isn't? Last time I checked, we weren't at war with Somalia any more than we were at war with Iran, nor are the militants there killing U.S. soldiers, so what gives?
Ohhhhhh, you mean because the Somali government has *asked* us to do this it's OK? Well, then it seems we have all the more right to take action within Iran's borders because unlike the Somali government, those acting to aid in the killing of our soldiers in Iraq are doing so with their government's approval. So wouldn't it follow that we are in a state of de facto war with Iran already? And if we're not, can you tell me why not?
Either way, when looked at through this lens, Joe's comments don't seem so nutty now do they? In fact, he sounds like the only sane voice in Washington anymore. God bless him.
Posted by insomnomaniac at June 12, 2007 2:38 PM | TrackBack