More evidence why Lieberman was forced to become an independent:
“I am pleased that after weeks of unnecessary political posturing and delay, Congress has finally fulfilled its responsibility to provide our soldiers fighting in the field with the funding they need.
“In the coming months, we here in Washington face a choice. Will we continue to engage in the parliamentary trench warfare that has consumed so much of the time and energy of the 110th Congress, with new proposals to handcuff General Petraeus and undermine his strategy? Or will we do what is right—and give our military commanders and our troops in Iraq the fair chance they deserve, and that they demand, to fight and win this war?
“We should never forget that we are engaged in a war on terror, and that Iraq is the central front of that struggle. Now is not the time for reflexive partisanship and pandering to public opinion. Now is the time for the kind of patriotism and principle America’s voters have always honored.”
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