Why Lieberman Lost
Lieberman was defeated in the recent Democratic primaries in Connecticut recently not just because Democrats in Connecticut disagree with him on the war and just because he is close to Republicans. Lieberman lost his party’s nomination because he has gotten wrapped up in the propaganda that fuels the GOP’s campaigning. Lieberman believes that this is a war that can be won - that terrorists wish to destroy all of us and that we can possibly destroy all of them. The world will go on forever with terrorists and “freedom loving folk” alike in an enduring battle until, as the Israeli Ambassador to the US put it, “they start loving their children more than they hate us.” Sending 150,000 troops into their sovereign territory only makes them hate us more. Telling millions of airplane passengers that they are quite literally going to have to be treated like cattle in order to fly makes us hate our governments. That’s why Lieberman lost.