Joseph Lieberman actually said...

I question the notion of the rebalancing of our forces from the Middle East to Asia Pacific.

We cannot afford to be dependent on foreign sources of fuel.

It actually took quite a while for us to build the political will both here and in Europe to get involved there.

I think perhaps of all the Arab Spring uprisings, this is the one that has the greatest prospect to succeed, but they need our help to do so...