During Senate Debate, Lieberman Accuses War Vet Warner Of Not Supporting The Troops

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During Senate Debate, Lieberman Accuses War Vet Warner Of Not Supporting The Troops

Yesterday on the Senate floor, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) had a testy exchange over their Iraq resolutions, during which Lieberman claimed that the difference between his pro-escalation resolution and Warner’s anti-escalation resolution is that “ours is a statement of support to our troops.”

Warner responded, “I forcefully argue that ours is in support of the troops, and there is no suggestion that one is less patriotic than the other.” But Lieberman insisted, “One is not less patriotic than the other, but actions have consequences, as I said during my remarks. For the Senate to take this unprecedented action on a nonbinding resolution to disavow, disapprove a mission that our troops are being asked to carry out right now cannot help their morale.”

Warner served in the Navy and as a Marine officer during World War II and the Korean War, respectively, and was later Secretary of the Navy. Lieberman has no military experience.