Joe Lieberman: “I am confident if that day comes--and, of course, I hope it does not come. But if we are not able to achieve the victory…”

“I am confident if that day comes--and, of course, I hope it does not come. But if we are not able to achieve the victory we must have here, that NATO must have to remain credible, the United States must have to remain credible, that we must achieve so that all the bullies, the thugs and the dictators, wherever they may be--in Asia, the Middle East or anywhere else--will not see an opportunity to take advantage of us, if we return at that point to the Senate and ask for support for the next necessary means to achieve our objectives, I am confident that on that day a bipartisan majority in the Senate will not walk away from the field of battle with the enemy having achieved the victory, will not yield to the forces of ethnic cleansing and ethnic slaughter and ethnic expulsion but will stand together, united across party lines, to support our soldiers in uniform, yes, indeed, our NATO allies, of course, to support the principles upon which this country was founded, which are at stake in Kosovo today, and to support the administration in the full conduct of this effort. This is one of those defining moments.”