Senator (Carl Levin) calls for restoration of U.S. image

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Senator calls for restoration of U.S. image

Armed Services chairman blasts administration in talk at synagogue.
By PEGGY GOETZ FOR IRVINE WORLD NEWS
4/12/07

Though his delivery was even and rational, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., criticized the Bush administration’s Iraq policies and human rights record when he spoke Friday evening at University Synagogue. The Detroit senator, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said former President Reagan’s image of America as the “shining city on the hill” has lost its glow. “The best thing we can do is restore America’s image in the world, stand by our values and remember the value of allies in the world,” he said.

Levin, 73, served his first term in the Senate after an upset victory in 1978. In his introduction, Rabbi Arnold Rachlis said the senator is known for his support of people serving in the military and longtime advocacy of ethical and efficient government. He is also chair of the Senate subcommittee on homeland security and government investigations. Levin said that the real topic of his talk was military power and its limits.

“It’s not a pleasant subject, but it is where I spend so much of my time thinking these days,” he said. The Iraq war, which he said he never supported, demonstrates the limits of military power, Levin said, adding that beginning the withdrawal of U.S. troops in four months is in everyone’s interest. He advocated using other sources of power; mainly the power of traditional American ideals and values and the good that can be unleashed in the world when they are used as a base for policies. He lambasted the current administration’s human rights record because of the conditions and allegations of torture at secret prisons, the Guantanamo detention center in Cuba and Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq.

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[Tom Joad]

1. Wasn't Levin just saying he would not cut off funds for the Iraq war?

[Donnachaidh]

2. Then get off your ass and IMPEACH Bush & Cheney!

That would INSTANTLY improve our image -- toss them OUT and send THEM to the HAGUE.