Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"To me, it is, after all is said and done, the first responsibility of our National Government, which is to protect our security."

"It seems to me it is fair to say that the drawdown of our end strength, how many people we have in uniform, ought to be conditions based as well."

"With its nuclear activities and its surrogate activities in southern Iraq, there is a high potential that Iran will make a serious miscalculation of U.S. resolve."

"None of us want to have more conflict, but we are not asking for it by our behavior."