Iran Nuclear Watch: Lieberman – “Aggressive Military Action” Against Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, talks with U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman and his wife Hadassa during their meeting in Jerusalem Sunday June 3, 2007.

Washington Times: Lieberman suggests strikes over Iran

Sen. Joe Lieberman says the United States should be prepared to take “aggressive military action” against Iran in response to its purported killings of U.S. troops inside Iraq.

“I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,” the Connecticut independent said during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “And to me, that would include a strike over the border into Iran, where we have good evidence that they have a base at which they are training these people coming back into Iraq to kill our soldiers.”

Mr. Lieberman, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently returned from a trip to the region and said there is evidence that “as many as 200 American soldiers” have been killed by Iranians and Iranian-trained forces. Mr. Lieberman remained firm when asked whether he was suggesting strikes against Iran.

“I am. And I want to make clear I’m not talking about a massive ground invasion of Iran, but we have good evidence,” he said. “If they don’t play by the rules, we’ve got to use our force and to me that would include taking military action to stop them from doing what they’re doing.”

Of course, this makes sense.

The United States is fighting a “PROXY WAR” against Iran. There is clear and convincing evidence that Iran is killing American soldiers in Iraq.

CNN: Iraqi insurgents being trained in Iran, U.S. says

US troops attacked by Iranian military last year (The Jerusalem Post, March 25, 2007)

Iranâ€™s influence grows in Iraq, region (Chicago Tribune, March 7, 2007)

Iraqi extremists trained in Iran: US intelligence (AFP, February 28, 2007)

Military: more evidence of Iran-made explosives (Seattle Times, February 27, 2007)

U.S.: Large Cache of Weapons Discovered in Iraq Traceable to Iran (AP via FOX News, February 26, 2007)

Iraqi insurgents using Austrian rifles from Iran (The Telegraph, February 13, 2007)

Iran involvement suspected in Karbala compound attack (CNN, January 31, 2007)

Donkeys harboring weapons stopped at Iran-Iraq border (Army Times, November 2, 2006)

Barbero: Iran training Shiite insurgents (AP via Army Times, August 24, 2006)

Casey cites Iran hand in attacks by Iraqi Shiites (The Washington Times, June 23, 2006)

Rumsfeld accuses Iran of troublemaking in Iraq (AP via Army Times, March 7, 2006)

EXCLUSIVE: Iraq Weapons â€” Made in Iran? (ABC News, March 6, 2006)

Rumsfeld: Iraq bombs â€˜clearly from Iranâ€™ (CNN, August 10, 2005)

And then there is Iran’s nuclear program.

A high-ranking American military officer told the Post that senior officers in the US armed forces had thrown their support behind Bush and believed that additional steps needed to be taken to stop Iran.

Predictions within the US military are that Bush will do what is needed to stop Teheran before he leaves office in 2009, including possibly launching a military strike against its nuclear facilities.

On Sunday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut said the US should consider a military strike against Iran over its support of Iraqi insurgents.

Lieberman is RIGHT.

Should Iran reach nuclear â€œBREAKOUT CAPABILITY” Israel will cease to exist. Iran will threaten nuclear attacks directly or give their nuclear materials to terrorists who will launch attacks against the Jews.

Israelis will have the choice: relocate and abandon their homeland or nuclear extermination.

The United States and Israel understand the stakes here.

Yet, Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader of the United States Senate thinks otherwise: Reid says U.S. strike on Iran would be destabilizing

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected on Monday another prominent senator’s call for a military strike against Iran, saying a U.S. attack would destabilize the Middle East.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut and chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said over the weekend the United States should be prepared to use military force to stop Iran from training and equipping Iraqi militants blamed for the deaths of U.S. troops in Iraq.

Iran has denied supplying Iraqis with armor-piercing munitions and U.S. officials say they cannot prove complicity on the part of the Tehran government.

But Lieberman, appearing on CBS’ Sunday program “Face the Nation,” said the United States had “good evidence” that Iraqis were being trained to use the weapons at a camp inside Iran. He advocated a military strike in retaliation, saying much of the job could be done with air strikes.

“The invasion of (Iran) is only going to destabilize that part of the world more,” Reid said on Monday after speaking at a forum hosted by the Center for American Progress think tank.

“I know Joe means well, but I don’t agree with him,” the Nevada Democrat added. He advocated continued diplomatic efforts with Iran instead.

The questions are:

Will Senator Joe Lieberman tolerate the Democrat’s appeasement policies towards Iran?

Or will he jump ship from an independent to the GOP? Thus, making the GOP the majority party

And will American Jews support President Bush’s inevitable military action against Iranian nuclear sites?

Stay tuned…….