Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"My best judgment is that, even if negotiations are held this autumn, they will fail due to the predictably unreasonable and inflexible attitudes of Ahmadinejad and his colleagues."

"Should negotiations fail, stronger sanctions, not war, are the next logical step."

"We will not be well served if we allow the debate in our own country to be reduced to 'negotiation or war' with Iran."

"The Iranian government has been weakened by the national and international furor over its dishonest handling of the elections and the protests that followed."