Still the same old Joe
" “I haven’t changed. Events around me have changed.” - Joe Lieberman
Duh.
This "withdrawal" and "redeployment" talk is sometimes silly, and often insane. I was against the Iraq War, favouring focus on Bin Laden and Iran, but now that the war is on - it can't be walked away from.
The war is failing, and has been for a long time. The plan to win it has not changed. Lieberman's fatal error was to defend it, and not to support the effort but demand a change in direction. Had he called on Bush to find new blood, and called on Rumsfeld to resign, had he fought not to pretend the war was okay but rather to win the war, he'd have won - unchallenged. He failed in his duty as a Senator - when the events changed, he stayed the same.
Just my two cents.
Duh.
This "withdrawal" and "redeployment" talk is sometimes silly, and often insane. I was against the Iraq War, favouring focus on Bin Laden and Iran, but now that the war is on - it can't be walked away from.
The war is failing, and has been for a long time. The plan to win it has not changed. Lieberman's fatal error was to defend it, and not to support the effort but demand a change in direction. Had he called on Bush to find new blood, and called on Rumsfeld to resign, had he fought not to pretend the war was okay but rather to win the war, he'd have won - unchallenged. He failed in his duty as a Senator - when the events changed, he stayed the same.
Just my two cents.
posted by Jacques Beau Vert at 8:22 AM
2 Comments:
Good catch. Politicians need to adapt to change or else...well...stuff like we saw yesterday is inevitable.
good point. Although I like Lieberman I think that you have accurately addressed the reasons he lost this time around.
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