Lieberman: Obama lacks coherent anti-terror plan

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Lieberman: Obama lacks coherent anti-terror plan

AP foreign, Wednesday January 15 2014

LAURIE KELLMAN

Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Joe Lieberman told a House panel Wednesday that President Barack Obama has "no coherent" anti-terrorism strategy in embattled countries where al-Qaida is gaining new influence, and that's endangering the United States.

"I do not, today, see a credible or coherent U.S. strategy right now, for exactly those countries — Syria, Iraq and Libya-that most threaten to emerge as al-Qaida's newest and most dangerous footholds," Connecticut's Lieberman, who retired from the Senate this year, told the Homeland Security Committee.

"If we don't do something more than we're doing now, they're going to tip over," Lieberman added of those countries. And if that happens, "we're going to get attacked again."

It was the latest criticism of the Obama administration's policy toward the Middle East, five years after the president pledged to remake the nation's relationship with the region and improve America's image in the Muslim world.

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[Drunken Irishman]

1. Maybe he and Schweitzer can run in 2016 as the anti-Obama team?

[hobbit709]

2. And Liarman lacks coherence.

[SamKnause]

3. I can't stand Lieberman.

Exactly when were the first attacks by Syria, Iraq, or Libya ?

I don't remember any of those 3 countries attacking the U.S.

[NightWatcher]

4. One part of the plan is to stop pissing off the entire planet

It lessens the number of people who want to do us harm.

[polichick]

5. Which country is he working for these days?

[TwilightGardener]

6. Someone please explain to me how people fighting each other in one region, that the US

is NOT involved in, will turn into terror attacks here. "Fight em over there, so we don't have to fight them here"--I thought that was pretty much dead, but Joementum is giving it mouth-to-mouth.

[Scuba]

7. And people blame Gore's "loss" on Nader.

[Xyzse]

9. I tend to blame the Supreme Court

However, Nader doesn't help, nor does Lieberman.

Either way, he is a has been that needs to go away.

[jsr]

8. Who's Joe Lieberman?

[Rex]

10. Who the hell is Joe Lieberman?

Isn't he the guy that begged Al Gore to quit calling for a recount?

[frylock]

11. Hello, all you happy people.

[Arkana]

12. Why does anyone give a damn what Joe Lieberman thinks any more?

The guy couldn't be more in thrall to AIPAC and the other pro-Israel lobbying groups if he tried. Thank god he's not in the Senate any more.

[Bradical79]

13. I agree with the statement

Though I have a strong suspicion that we have very different ideas of what a comprehensive coherent anti-terror strategy would look like. And it's something I don't see happening any time soon under any president, and would have to be a plan involving more than unilateral decisions by the U.S.

I'm guessing Lieberman' s strategy would involve more threats, military excursions, and very profitable arms deals.

[HughBeaumont]

14. Ah, Lieberturd . . .

. . . Jokementum must live in a strange world where people value his opinions.

Thanks for The Failure Fuhrer, piglet.

[KamaAina]

15. Who?

[11 Bravo]

16. Thanks for reminding me that I voted for that fuckwad to be my VP. Aaaarrrrgggghhh!