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February 28, 2007
Name That Warmonger
Who said this in a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting while questioning John Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence?
I was just wondering, does the military have a plan to, if necessary, to go into Syria to go to the source of any weapons coming from Syria? That are going to Sunni insurgents? That are killing our troops? … I think we ought to take action on all fronts including Syria and any other source of weapons coming in, obviously Iran is the focus – but it shouldn't be the sole focus.
What member of the committee asked if the military had a plan for dealing with Syria and Iran?
Are you sitting down? No really, are you?
The answer is:
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI).
No, really, that Carl Levin. Click here for context and video.
Now, Democrats were indeed talking the tough talk against Saddam Hussein as far back as the Clinton administration, who's official policy was for regime change in Iraq, and then later, when it looked like George W. Bush would actually do something about it, they backpedaled and accused Bush of misleading them. (They were misled by Bush as far back as the Clinton presidency? Amazing!) So this moment of acknowledging reasonable precaution and having a plan for dealing with Syria and Iraq may be short-lived. Nonetheless, it's good to hear some bit of sense from that side of the aisle regarding being prepared.
Just hope he increases his contingent of bodyguards. The anti-war Left ain't gonna like this.
Posted by Doug at February 28, 2007 01:52 PM