Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"Isn't it critically important, even as part of realizing our political goal of getting Qadhafi out, that we or our allies provide either more weapons and/or training, discipline, command and control, ..."

"It's unacceptable for our involvement to end with Qadhafi still in power."

"Our goal, politically, is for Qadhafi to get out of there, and yet, the boots on the ground, which are the Libyan boots, are themselves unable to win this fight."

"It's, however, our political goal. In my opinion--and we're going to advance that, hopefully, through diplomatic, economic, and political means."