Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"We in the United States I believe need a clearly stated policy with respect to these sorts of attacks on our flag vessels."

"I think this is part of its historic role that's gone back for 200 years. It's a part of who we are as a Nation."

"From a larger, if I can say, international citizenship point of view, a safety point of view, it's not the right decision."

"Incidentally, in terms of the numbers that Senator Inhofe was talking about, one of you mentioned the number that I've seen in the press and it becomes part of the background, but it really is a stunn..."