Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"Isn't it true that any effort to break away local Taliban... requires us similarly to convince those local Taliban that we're committed to this fight?"

"if we just send trainers and don't send more combat troops... then I believe the Afghan people... are going to decide we're essentially on our way out."

"To now-President Obama's credit as far as I'm concerned, he's followed through on those statements."

"Sending more trainers and more combat troops gives us a much higher probability of regaining the initiative in this critical battle."