He not only still thinks the Iraq war was a good idea, he would have supported the war even if Saddam didn't have WMD because Lieberman thinks it's the United States' job to rewrite the map of the Middle East, as if we can just snap our fingers and not only be the world's policemen, but the world's overlord. So what if it doesn't work. So what if we fail. So what if it's based on a total lie. No problem, Joe Lieberman still supports the Iraq war even though it's been a massive disaster. Joe Lieberman doesn't just agree with the Republicans, he agrees with the 35% of the Republicans, the far-right fringe of the party, who still think Iraq was a good idea.
That is why Joe Lieberman lost his primary.
Lieberman on the far-right conservative Glenn Beck radio show this morning:
BECK: I've been saying this before we even went into Iraq, that we're trying to change the face of the Middle East. The weapons of mass destruction was a nice side benefit. We were trying to go and pop the head of the snake in Iran. That's what we were trying to do. And I don't think anybody had the courage or could actually come out and say that with world politics the way they are.
LIEBERMAN: Well, you're right. And I think if I fault the administration for anything before the war -- 'cause I think we did the right thing in going in to overthrow Saddam -- it's that they oversold the WMD part of the argument....
