Joe Lieberman: “I hope Senator Lott will become the fourth initial cosponsor of this resolution which expresses the solidarity of…”

“I hope Senator Lott will become the fourth initial cosponsor of this resolution which expresses the solidarity of Congress--Senate and House--with the State of Israel in its fight against terrorism. The painful events of September 11 have taught us Americans a powerful lesson: When innocent people are attacked, we have no choice but to capture or kill those killers and dismantle their terrorist infrastructure. That is the first step in reducing the likelihood of future attacks and making clear through our actions--not just our words--that violence against innocents will never be tolerated. Now we see Israel under siege by a systematic and deliberate campaign of suicide-homicide attacks whose essence is identical to the attacks on our country on September 11. Those suicide bombers striking innocent Israelis in supermarkets, pizza restaurants, buses, and schools are cut from the same cloth of fanatical, inhumane hatred as those terrorists who turned airplanes into weapons of mass destruction and killed more than 3,000 Americans on September 11.”