On the recordJanuary 9, 2020
This week, universally respected Senator Joe Lieberman, a Democrat, provided an extraordinary op-ed in The Wall Street Journal: ``President Trump's order to take out Qasem Soleimani was morally, constitutionally, and strategically correct. . . . No American can dispute that Soleimani created, supported, and directed a network of terrorist organizations that spread havoc in the Middle East.'' In Syria, ``more than 500,000 Syrians have died.'' ``During the Iraq war, Soleimani oversaw three camps in Iran.'' These trained fighters have killed more than 600 American soldiers. The claim that President Trump ``had no authority to order this attack without congressional approval is constitutionally untenable and practically senseless. . . . Democrats should leave partisan politics at `the water's edge' and . . . stand together against Iran and dangerous leaders like Qasem Soleimani.'' Senator Joe Lieberman tells the truth. We must resist: ``Death to America,'' ``Death to Israel.'' I extend our sympathies to the family of Nawres Hamid, an Iraqi American Muslim from California, who was murdered by Soleimani-financed terrorists 13 days ago.
