Lieberman: Soldiers 'more confident' in Iraq

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Connecticut, told CNN Thursday he thinks the president's changed policy in Iraq has successfully decreased the violence in Baghdad and increased the confidence of U.S. forces there.

"Our soldiers told (Ret. Gen. Jack Keane) they feel more confident than ever as they go on patrol in Baghdad in the neighborhoods we've settled into with their Iraqi colleagues," Lieberman told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "The Iraqi people are coming out and protecting them because they have chased out the fanatics on both sides, those who were carrying out sectarian killings."

"The American soldier is more confident walking the streets of Baghdad today and that's a very important change," he added.

...

"I look at it and say, do we want to turn Iraq, the Middle East and our future over to fanatics like that if we have a chance to stop them?," he said. "But this is war and we are fighting a brutal, inhumane, evil enemy. And so yes, they will strike at Mosul and Tal Afar as they have but that cannot lead us to throw in the towel and walk away."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/03/lieberman-soldiers-more-confident-in.html

[benld74]

1. Lieberman, more idiotic everytime he opens his mouth

[maddezmom]

2. is he running for pres? Cuz he sounds like McCain

:argh:

[Jacobin]

11. can we do a fundraiser on DU to send him and McCain to

Baghdad for an hour stroll? Like McCain said you could do? Outside the Green Zone?

Please?

[Vinca]

20. John and Joes's Excellent Adventure. nt

[Cha]

37. I wish he would so he could

get shot down again.

But, I think what mccain and lieman have in common is their chimphouse propoganda spewing on Iraq.

"Everything is great..soldiers are NOT getting killed everyday. Innocent Iraqis aren't getting blown to bits, either."(As if they cared about them or our soldiers).

[skipos]

3. On average 2.7 fatalities a day in Jan, 3 in Feb, 2.7 so far in March

What the f#$k is he talking about?

[Roland99]

16. But those fatalities aren't in Baghdad. You can stroll on a nice spring day in Baghdad now.

:woohoo:

[pinniped]

25. It looks like a pretty friendly place to me.

[Roland99]

27. HA! I remember that!

[still_one]

4. These are the people who have been wrong from the start

why should we believe they are right this time?

In fact why should we even listen to them, they cannot even define what "winning" is?

[daleo]

5. How do you measure soldiers' confidence?

This sort of stuff is just garbage.

[Jacobin]

12. Kinda interesting how they keep shifting the goals

apparently, now the goal is to be able to say (without any authority whatsoever) that the soldiers are 'more confident'

:argh:

[BlackHawk706867]

6. I would like to know why CNN is putting a (D) behind Lieberman's

name! He is no longer a Democrat as near as I can figure. He ran as an Independent, and nothing about his voting or beliefs put him in the Democratic category.

ww

[tnlefty]

39. Welcome to DU, Blackhawk706867!

:hi:

[redqueen]

7. Shamelessly spewing their talking points.

Same as always.

Why does he call himself independent? Is anyone out there stupid enough to believe that?

[Bitwit1234]

8. Let take up a collection for a plane ticket for him to Iraq

And since things are going so well, we don't need to get him armor. It is so quiet and safe there he doesn't need it.

[Jacobin]

14. great minds

see my post above.

But McCain needs to go with him since he said you could walk around comfortably outside the Green Zone

[bluedog]

9. he missed this news !.....

Reuters - Thu Mar 29, 9:53 AM ET





“There were two car bombs and people started dying. I saw heads separated from the bodies and legs blown off,” he told Reuters from the hospital.”

Source: Reuters AlertNet - Baghdad blast kills 60 in Shi’ite market area

Quote of the day 2:

Despite the presence of thousands of U.S. troops inside and outside the city, the rebels still seem to have the upper hand.

They are almost in full control during the night and carry out hit and run attacks during the day.

Source: Azzaman in English


BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed four policemen and one civilian and wounded nine more police in Jihad in southwest Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Police were checking a suspicious vehicle when it exploded.
BAGHDAD - A car bomb targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint killed a soldier and wounded three others on Wednesday near al-Shurta tunnel in western Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb in Bayaa district in southern Baghdad killed three people and wounded 20 others, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol wounded three soldiers in the western Ghazaliya district of Baghdad, a Reuters witness said.
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a market in the Shaab district of northern Baghdad, killing five and wounding 15, a police source said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked the motorcade of the head of traffic police, Jaafar al-Khafaji, in northern Baghdad, killing two traffic policemen and wounding two others, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped Hassan Abdul-Latif, an official of the Iraqi Customs Office in central Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.
BAGHDAD - Thirteen bodies were found shot in different districts of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two policemen were killed and six wounded when they approached a car bomb in Amil district in southwestern Baghdad,

http://dailywarnewsblog.com/

[primavera]

18. The 100+ people killed in suicide bombings today...

... apparently don't count. What world does that idiot live on?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2786337

[mike_c]

10. Lieberman never met a dead Arab that he didn't like....

If things are going so well in Iraq, we can start withdrawing, right?

[Deep13]

13. I heard that an American who leaves the green zone...

...has on average 120 minutes to live. This was a discussion on Bill Press this morning about McCain's fantasyland comments.

[antonialee839]

33. I think I heard some commentator on CNN

or MSNBC I can't remember which, say the average is 20 minutes. Pretty much anybody will dime
out an American on the streets. The minute you are spotted, you're screwn.

[Seabiscuit]

15. Is it true that the PNAC is offering Joe an honorary membership?

[rmgarrette64]

23. What is PNAC?

Sorry to threadjack, but I see this acronym on the board all the time. I suppose it's something well-known or obvious, but not to me. Could some one explain this?

Thanks, and again I apologize for the digression,

R. Garrett

[donkeyotay]

26. It's Project for a New American Century nt

[Pastiche423]

35. PNAC website:

www.newamericancentury.org/

[The Stranger]

42. One Nation, Under PNAC, with murder, torture and war for all.

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. Hey, Joe! ya think our troops might be MORE confident if they had proper body armor?

Yeah...you just Go, Joe!...Right on over to Iraq, and check it all out for us, then report back. :sarcasm:

[endarkenment]

19. "Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Connecticut," ? What?

He is not a Democratic Senator. He is an independent Lieberman Party Senator who caucuses with the Democratic Party.

Oh and of course: shut the fuck up Joe.

[ihelpu2see]

31. exactly! thats what I mean. the MSM is so stupid! I live in CT and

:wtf: tried real hard to get him OUT, supported Lamont in lots of ways... It makes me sick to see Joe labeled as a dem (D).

and

double ditto on the STFU !

[onehandle]

21. A Lieberman-Proof Senate in 2008. nt

[youngdem]

22. Then why don't you and McCain go out in an unarmored Humvee with General Petraeus

And show us all how great it is? Head out for dinner. Go grocery shopping. Pick someone's child up from school. Then get back to us.

[classysassy]

24. Joe's slumber

wake up joe,bush and his crafty pals stole your vice presidency.Are you being rewarded for not complaining?Joe you are a sad little man.

[sakabatou]

28. Hey Lieberman

Bizzaro World is that-a-way.

[BlueStater]

29. More lazy, unprofessional reporting on behalf of CNN

Why the hell is there a "D" next to his name?

[lanlady]

30. If this violence were happening--

--to Israelis in Israel, he'd be singing a different tune.

[mvd]

32. More confident!?

How can they be more confident when they see their fellow soldiers with half their heads off, arms and legs off, disabled.. and then the injured ones get recycled. I'd like Lieberman to ask them how confident they are.

[antonialee839]

34. I'm surprised HoJo didn't show up at

Little Lord Pissypant's pep rally today.

[w4rma]

36. LIEberman is a %$#@ing liar. (nt)

[maddogesq]

38. Right Joe. Now, how about that land you were trying to sell me? NT

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[LynnTheDem]

40. Liar.

[Javaman]

41. Confident of what? getting blown up? joe the tools tool. nt