Here's Sen. Joe Lieberman on Iran's increasingly open proxy war against the U.S. (and the nascent democracies in the Middle East, not to mention Israel):
Earlier this week, the U.S. military made public new and disturbing information about the proxy war that Iran is waging against American soldiers and our allies in Iraq. [...]No responsible leader in Washington desires conflict with Iran. But every leader has a responsibility to acknowledge the evidence that the U.S. military has now put before us: The Iranian government, by its actions, has all but declared war on us and our allies in the Middle East.
America now has a solemn responsibility to utilize the instruments of our national power to convince Tehran to change its behavior, including the immediate cessation of its training and equipping extremists who are killing our troops.
Most of this work must be done by our diplomats, military and intelligence operatives in the field. But Iran's increasingly brazen behavior also presents a test of our political leadership here at home. When Congress reconvenes next week, all of us who are privileged to serve there should set aside whatever partisan or ideological differences divide us to send a clear, strong and unified message to Tehran that it must stop everything it is doing to bring about the death of American service members in Iraq.
It's no surprise that we don't hear such clear thinking from the defeatist Democrats or the growing number of weak-kneed, surrender monkey Republicans, but why is the Bush administration showing less leadership than a lone senator?
One thing is sure: Iran will keeping pushing and raising the stakes until the point of no return. The more enfeebled our responses now, the harsher the consequences will be down the road.
Posted by Alan at July 6, 2007 11:16 AM