Glenn Greenwald: Lieberman, neoconservatism and Iran -- the need for more, not less, democratic debate

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It would be incredibly irresponsible for the Democrats not to have an all-out debate about whether they want to be represented in the Senate by someone whose foreign policy views are more or less identical to the most militaristic ideologues in the administration. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that the primary challenge against Lieberman is motivated almost exclusively by his support for the Iraq war (an obviously false claim given that numerous Democrats who supported the war are still supported by most Democrats), Lieberman's neoconservative world-view is squarely at odds with the views of most Democrats (and most Americans), and that, among other things, is what is at issue in his primary challenge...

Greenwald makes it clear that Lieberman is a radical, hard-core neoconservative who is agressively opposed to any diplomatic solution to the Iranian flirtation with nuclear weapons. It's evident that Lieberman wants to eradicate the current Iranian government and a military solution is the quickest, bestest way to achieve that goal.

Our military is stretched to the breaking point with the Iraq debacle and adding a war with Iran is insane.