Lieberman: ‘Our enemies are cheering’ after Obama consulted Congress on Syria

[Galraedia]

Source: Raw Story

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) on Sunday blasted President Barack Obama for asking for Congress’ approval before launching an attack on Syria over the President Bashar al-Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons.

“I was looking back,” Lieberman told Fox News host Chris Wallace. “Over my 24 years, never saw anything like it.”

The former senator insisted that the president now had authority to act and that it would be “catastrophic” if Congress did not give the green light to attack Syria.

Lieberman said that he would urge lawmakers — including his “amigos,” Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — to approve an action in Syria.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/01/lieberman-our-enemies-are-cheering-after-obama-consulted-congress-on-syria/

[Jefferson23]

1. Another disappointed war hawk..what a shock. n/t

[liberalmike27]

42. So

Come back and declare war Liebermann.

[Jefferson23]

44. If he could, he would. He was from my state...I do not ever want to see him in government again.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

78. "War hawk"? He's listed as a chickenhawk on the Chickenhawk Hall of Shame web site:

One of the most irritating men in the Senate. If he had gone into the service, he would doubtless have been a frequent — and deserving — recipient of blanket parties. Sadly, having entered into the more mature realms of public life, he has escaped this fate.

On the occasion of Lieberman's retirement announcement, Glenn Greenwald gave Joe a most fitting sendoff. In it he quotes Will Bunch's immortal line, "the only war he ever opposed was the only war he might actually have had to fight in."

http://www.nhgazette.com/display/?id=63

[Jefferson23]

79. Oh you know what I mean..semantics. Great pic though, lol. Thanks. n/t

[kelliekat44]

91. Notice the word "alleged" Liberman is just another neocon. nt

[Jefferson23]

92. That he is, and proud of it....the alleged Independent. n/t

[n2doc]

2. I sure like that "Former" label! n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. It does have a lovely ring to it.

[blackspade]

3. Lieberman can go fuck himself.

Him preaching about anything is a freaking joke.

[Mojorabbit]

22. He can fuck himself twice. The man has always been a joke. nt

[BillyRibs]

62. Hear,Hear!

[Arctic Dave]

4. Look at the list of scumbags who are for military involvment.

That should be a dead give away of why this is a bad idea.

All those guys are garbage.

[HardTimes99]

90. + Infinity! - nt

[Supersedeas]

100. Spot on

[adirondacker]

5. K&R for the biggest former democratic creepy douchebag. nt

[David__77]

6. Best anti-war educational material one could post.

This man rightly earned nearly universal contempt among Democrats for his servility to Bush and the neocons. Obama should do precisely the opposite of what is recommended by Lieberman.

I feel bad for his wife. I'm sure that soon he will be off to retire with his true loves McCain and Graham - what an awkward threesome...

[calimary]

8. Him AGAIN?????? Quisling.

Like anyone would really be interested in what he has to say anymore...



lieberman - GO AWAY. Give it up. Your party told you to shut up and go home. Your state finally told you to shut up and go home. AMERICA ITSELF told you to shut up and go home. Take a hint, 'eh?

[GP6971]

50. He's too dense to take a hint. n/t

[karynnj]

9. Never saw anything like it? He was the author of the IWR!

[MNBrewer]

10. FUCK JOE LIEBERMAN!

[Rebellious Republican]

11. My sentiments exactly!

[MNBrewer]

12. And that's exactly what I thought of him when Gore tagged him for VP nominee

TERRIBLE choice!

[SunSeeker]

82. Exactly! Helped Gore about as much as Palin helped McCain. nt

[coldmountain]

13. Senator from the Likud party representing General Electric

[Rebellious Republican]

14. Wow, you have summed it up with the least amount words better ...

than anyone could or will be able to do.

[Raksha]

57. You nailed better than anyone.

Just go away, Senator Likud...

Excuse me, I mean FORMER Senator Likud. I like the sound of that!

[coldmountain]

74. Many have said that the politicians should be like NASCAR with their sponsors on their clothing

When they're on TV they should list their their top 5 political contributors on the bottom of the screen.

[BuelahWitch]

72. I second that motion!

Fuck off Joe Lieberman!

[Erose999]

120. I'll co-sign that statement. Any nays? Bueller? Alrighty then, the motion carries. Joe

Liebermann, for the crime of being an asshole you are to fuck off, immediately. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Bailiff, take him away....

[randr]

15. Poor Joe, crawled out from under his rock

with a hard on for war.

[Mnemosyne]

16. Screw you, Joe. You are one of the main reasons that Gore wasn't in the WH in 2001. nt

[bitchkitty]

21. No.

We didn't lose, it was stolen. I think that the election would have been stolen in any case. But I do agree that Lieberman was as horrific choice.

[Mnemosyne]

99. I know of the theft, quite well. I helped post in the election reform forum, several years ago. I

knew several people that voted for Nader because they couldn't stomach Lieberman. It made me sick, they were good Dems.

I agree though, it was the theft more than any other factor, and not that much has changed. They still count the votes.

[TomClash]

17. Israel's Senator

Still shilling for his paymasters, even from oblivion.

[avaistheone1]

98. Israel appears to really want the US to start bombing Syria posthaste.

Their wishes are not veiled at all.

The US should not acquiesce to them.

[jsr]

18. Well, we must attack Syria ASAP to protect Israel

because Assad is Hitler.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/white-house-congress-syria-protect-israel-96133.html
White House to Congress: Help protect Israel
By: Jonathan Allen
September 1, 2013 07:10 AM EDT

The Obama administration is using a time-tested pitch to get Congress to back military strikes in Syria: It will help protect Israel.

Israel’s enemies, including Iran and the terrorist group Hezbollah, could be emboldened if Congress fails to approve action against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, senior administration officials said Saturday.

And for the second day in a row, President Barack Obama publicly cited the threat against Israel if Assad’s reported use of chemical weapons goes unchecked. “It endangers our friends and our partners along Syria’s borders, including Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq,” Obama said Saturday in the Rose Garden. “It could lead to escalating use of chemical weapons, or their proliferation to terrorist groups who would do our people harm.”

Secretary of State John Kerry also referred to Israel repeatedly as he made the rounds on all five major Sunday morning news shows — as well as comparing Assad to Adolf Hitler.

[NMDemDist2]

38. isn't the opposite true?

if we attack Syria, won't that give Iran justification to attack Israel??

that's what i thought anyway......

[daleo]

43. Maybe not justification

But possibly motivation, anyway.

[Raksha]

61. Syria might not even wait for Iran.

On a Syrian Facebook page I looked at last night (I am not going to link to it), at least one person was threatening revenge/retaliation against both Israel and the U.S. if the U.S. attacks Syria.

[Lasher]

117. And if we attack Syrian government installations,

how is it that the al Qaeda factions of the insurgency would not be encouraged? That is a confusing article.

[Igel]

86. It gets hard to keep up.

I mean, Blair said Saddam was Hitler.

Bush II said Saddam was worse than Hitler.

Now Kerry compares Assad to Hitler.

For Godwin's sake, is there such a paucity of imagination among politicians that everybody bad must be compared to Hitler? Do we have a quota of Hitler similes and metaphors that must be utilized to keep the economy going?

[jimlup]

19. Lieberman's opposition gives me reason to be happy with Obama's decision...

I really hate that Joe Lieberman is still a senator. When will we have heard the last of this right-wing hack?

[bitchkitty]

23. Still a Senator? n/t

[truebluegreen]

24. He isn't.

Doesn't mean he'll STFU, but it does mean nobody cares.

[Spirochete]

87. He's not a senator anymore

he just likes war and death. Hopefully, he won't get it, and he'll throw a tantrum and stab himself in the eye with a pencil or something.

[silvershadow]

20. Honestly, his opinion is relevant how? nt

[GP6971]

48. Only to his ego

[Ocelot]

25. Naturally KARL ROVE is one of the Syria Cheerleaders also..

I've been saying it all along, the push to attack Syria is being orchestrated by Karl Rove, Joe Lieberman and lots of other familiar Neocon assholes who want to relive their Iraq "glory days" all over again. You can bet that Rove is scripting many of the embedded internet trolls you see pushing for airstrikes.

On Wednesday, the Foreign Policy Initiative—which was started by Bill Kristol, Dan Senor, Robert Kagan, and other hawkish-minded policy wonks—sent a letter to Obama, urging him to slam Assad in response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria: "At a minimum, the United States, along with willing allies and partners, should use standoff weapons and airpower to target the Syrian dictatorship’s military units that were involved in the recent large-scale use of chemical weapons."

But the letter—which was signed by Elliott Abrams, Fouad Ajami, Max Boot, Ellen Bork, Eliot Cohen, Douglas Feith, Joseph Lieberman, Clifford May, Joshua Muravchik, Danielle Pletka, Karl Rove, Randy Scheunemann, Kristol, Kagan, Senor, and dozens of others—demands that Obama go further. It calls on the president to provide "vetted moderate elements of Syria's armed opposition" with the military support necessary to strike regime units armed with chemical weapons. That is, the neocons and their allies have CW-ized their pre-existing demand for the United States to arm the rebels.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/08/neocons-push-obama-go-beyond-punitive-strike-syria

[DRoseDARs]

26. Someone misses being in the news... Way to go, Liebersnivelinglittleshit.

Lookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatmelookatme

[polichick]

27. LOL - Lieberman IS the enemy, him and his neocon pals.

[rhett o rick]

28. I agree, Lieberman and his corporate handlers are the enemy. nm

[BlueMTexpat]

29. Just go away, Joe.

Just. Go. Away.

The ONLY good thing about the stolen election of 2000 is that Joe was never thereafter anywhere close to serious consideration as a Presidential candidate. The decision to put him on the ticket was the WORST decision Al Gore ever made.

[OmahaBlueDog]

30. American democracy works best when it is confusing and dumfounding other nations.

Perhaps it's another nation's turn to play world cop.

[robinlynne]

31. This man seriously needs to go away. the aount of dmagae he has done to our country is

dumbfounding.

[bemildred]

32. All the old chicken hawks are bleating like sheep now. nt

[tofuandbeer]

33. Who is this guy?

[GP6971]

36. Former senator from

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Connecticut. A traitor to the democrats

[go west young man]

34. Our enemies my ass.

Maybe his enemies.

[SCVDem]

35. "Our enemies are cheering..."

Then Liebermann should stop cheering!

[W T F]

37. Bahwaaaa!!!! "How am I going to be able to criticize Obama for not following the Constitution now?"

[Dawson Leery]

39. Joe Lieberman DODGED THE DRAFT the same way Dick Cheney did.

Both supported the Vietnam War and both got out of service by going to college.

[avaistheone1]

97. Lol

That makes him a thoroughbred chicken hawk. He is the real deal.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

40. Lieberman stopped being a threat when....

[thesquanderer]

41. And this guy came within 527 Florida votes of being VP

In hindsight, not one of Gore's better moves.

[thucythucy]

45. And I'M cheering because this guy is no longer a senator. nt

[sakabatou]

47. Sod off, Joe.

[bemildred]

49. I suppose I must be one or "our enemies" then.

'Cause I am cheering.

[andym]

51. His opinion now is meaningless. His opposition to the public option and then lowering Medicare age

while he was a senator is inexcusable.

[Politicalboi]

52. Go away Loserman

Oh and FU too chicken hawk.

[grammiepammie]

53. Joe Lieberman

I am sick to death of all of them. No matter what our President does, he is criticized. The right has been screaming to do something about Syria and now, all of a sudden, no one will support him. I am sooooo tired of everything. Just once, I would like to see someone from the Republican party come out in support of our President. Enough is enough. He is black - get over it. Whatever happened to supporting the President in the time of crisis?

[SummerSnow]

54. Can't stand this fuck.

His shit stains have more credibility than him

[cheapdate]

55. Possibly the most compelling argument yet against US military action.

[Raksha]

56. Just go away, Holy Joe.

We waited a long time to be able to ignore you, and we aren't going to stop now.

[iandhr]

58. Why does anyone care what he says.

[DearAbby]

59. Strange Lieberman has held the office of Senator

how easily he shirks the constitutional role of office, and delegates congressional authority to the executive branch. Last week they were screaming about being involved...but not tooooooooo involved. They are too busy playing partisan games to actually do their fucking jobs.

This strengthens our role, we are not afraid to using the constitution are we?

[JEB]

60. Joe the turd leaves another skid mark.

[Chaco Dundee]

63. that's strange

So why is Lieberman not cheering?he is the enemy.

[libodem]

64. A pox on his house

Israel isn't the 51st state and he is not their representitive. He just thinks he is. You can sure tell who wants to get Iran next and from where this push for war emanates . Oil pipelines, must be people, like corporations. They count as reasons for war. Covert reasons. But the reason, never the less.

[tavernier]

65. Well, that does it!

If I was waffling the least bit, Joe's wise advice has tipped the scales for me.

DON'T DO IT, PRESIDENT OBAMA!

[Mickju]

66. Who cares?

Who cares what this pathetic cretin thinks about anything? He has always been wrong about almost everything. Buzz off, A hole.

[MyNameGoesHere]

67. Another one that supports the victim state

of the regional "leaders". If a Muslim farts it puts these guys at risk.

[WinstonSmith4740]

68. Seriously?

Are we supposed to care what this idiot thinks? He's a charter member of the Obama Derangement Syndrome club. If Obama had made the decision to go into Syria without Congressional input, Lieberman would be the first one screaming about The Constitution. Screw him.

[Snake Plissken]

69. Actually Joe the enemies of American Citizens are rather sad after Obama consulted Congress on Syria

The economic terrorists on Wall St will not be able to make a fast buck off of American Citizens by artificially inflating oil and gasoline prices, nor will they be able to cash in on another War For Cheese in the Middle East.

[tibbiit]

70. Liberman another word for asshole.

anytime I see liberman's name, regardless of what he says, I mutter fuck you. I cant stand that asshole.
tib

[yoloisalie]

71. Joe "the reason why we dont have medicare for all" LIEbermann

should shut the fuck up

[last1standing]

73. Lieberman will be judged as one of the most effective, and malevolent, senators in history.

I know his entire record isn't bad but when it came to the most important issues he always seemed to get his way and always to the detriment of the people.

It's no good being pro-choice and the working to make sure hundreds of thousands of people are slaughtered.

[awoke_in_2003]

75. A chance for me to say, once again...

Fuck you Lieberman.

[City Lights]

76. Joe, why do you care what our enemies think?

If they told you to take a long walk off a short pier, would you do it?

[Skittles]

77. who?

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

80. BLOW US, Lieberman.

[Douglas Carpenter]

81. remember when the mainstream media in 2000 called him "The conscience of the Democratic Party" ?

[Champion Jack]

83. Joe who?

[rdharma]

84. Even Alf hates Lieberman! nt

[JDPriestly]

85. If Lieberman's fer it, I'm agin' it.

Simple equation.

Rarely is Lieberman on the page with the 99% or with real Democrats.

What a loser he is.

[madrchsod]

88. poor joe...his brain can't figure out that level of complex thought.

he does`t understand the president has outfoxed the republican party

[Demeter]

89. STFU Lieberman

You are history, and not the pretty part of it.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

93. Drop him over the presidential palace so he can bore president Assad to death.

[elleng]

94. No official declaration of war since ww II.

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/h_multi_sections_and_teasers/WarDeclarationsbyCongress.htm

[wordpix]

102. yet endless war since then - Korea, Vietnam, wars in Latin America, Iraq I & II, Afghanistan.

did I miss some?

[elleng]

103. Right, and mebbe.

[former9thward]

121. We have attacked Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan.

Cambodia and Laos were attacked in conjunction with Vietnam. But some don't consider bombing, missile attacks or troop incursions to be 'war'.

[SoapBox]

95. SHUT the fuck up!

I HATE you...shit, you are nothing but a Repuke.

[wisteria]

96. I tend to agree with him.

[wordpix]

101. just glad Lieberman is "former" & not in any position of power. Big chickenhawk is

what he is

[polynomial]

104. Its in the cards Lieberman is reevaluated

Lieberman is lucky for the Republican Party, once a Democratic political, now claims to be an independent, or hopes to attract money. Lieberman only comes out when there is a money opportunity to war profiteer. Something is lined up in the background. There has to be a nifty Cheney Halliburton deal under the radar here.

Creeps like Lieberman only come out of the hole of the Sith Lord when dark money is foaming around Black Water types. The man is the slick master of grease balls and oil slicks, the illness in American Democracy, Lieberman is the consummate chartered icon for political nitwits, corruption, deception, and downright devils destiny grandstanding in every mainstream media chance that brings breath to a Lieberman legacy, cemented with decay, decadence, misery, despair, and most of all Lieberman is the authority of unhappiness.

How that man ever stayed in politics shows the crime America has in political decency. So, that is my rant… It will never be enough. I despise the man and all he represents.

[markpkessinger]

105. But wait . . . I thought . . .

. . . that this wasn't about taking sides in a civil wat, nor even about declaring Assad to be an enemy. It's about nothing more than "drawing a line" against the use of chemical weapons, right?

And anyway, it seems to me that with respect to Syria, the question isn't who are our enemies, but who, if anyone, are our friends. I'm not convinced either side is.

[HooptieWagon]

106. You're absolutely correct.

Neither side is our friend.

[Enthusiast]

107. Well, Lieberman, maybe our "enemies"

appreciate democracy more than you do.

[CTyankee]

109. Put a sock in it, Joe. Nobody cares what you think...

[XemaSab]

110. Al Qaeda?

[davidpdx]

111. Can't we duct tape his mouth or something?

Geez he's annoying.

[bobGandolf]

112. Go away Joe, just go away! n/t

[closeupready]

113. Who?

[Paladin]

114. Fuck you, Lieberman. Where you breathe. (nt)

[The Stranger]

115. Lieberman IS the enemy.

The Constitution provides that ONLY Congress can declare war.

Even the War Powers Act is of questionable Constitutional validity.

But the President going to war without a declaration -- or authorization of any kind under the War Powers Act-- is not even close.

This guy is completely off the reservation.

[Orsino]

116. Therefore, they aren't.

That was easy.

[Brigid]

118. Shut up, Joe.

The President is doing what the CONSTITUTION REQUIRES HIM TO DO. If you were President (perish the thought), you would be doing the same thing, for the same reason. I oppose going to war with Syria, and I hope Congress says "NO." But Obama is following the law here.

[shanti]

119. Have a seat, LIEberman

You are inconsequential.