Lieberman: Iran Needs 'Regime Change,' Bush 'Stonewalling' 9/11 Probe (Clinton not mentioned)

newsmax ^ | May 25, 2003 | Carl Limbacher

[TLBSHOW]

Lieberman: Iran Needs 'Regime Change,' Bush 'Stonewalling' 9/11 Probe

Presidential candidate Senator Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., said Sunday that the U.S. should back a policy of "regime change" in Iran by working to support dissident elements in that country.

And he also accused the Bush administration of "stonewalling" a probe by the Independent Commission on 9/11 into intelligence failures before the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Asked if he thought Iran was "ripe for regime change," Lieberman told "Fox News Sunday," "Yes."

"I think it would be in the interest of the world and, most particularly, of the Iranian people to have a regime change in Iran," the top Democrat urged.

Lieberman quickly cautioned, however, "I'm not suggesting military action by us." Instead, he said that the U.S. should take a proactive role in toppling the government of Iran by backing pro-American elements in Tehran.

"There's no nation in the world where the government is more anti-American and the people are more pro-American then Iran," he told FNS host Tony Snow. "And that's the equation we have to flip."

Asked whether the Bush administration was cooperating with the probe by the Independent Commission on the 9/11 attacks, Lieberman invoked the rhetoric of Watergate, saying the White House was "stonewalling."

"The administration right now looks like it's stonewalling, begrudging cooperation. That ought to end," he told FNS. "Everybody gains from letting the truth come out."

But the presidential hopeful complained the White House had been uncooperative from the start.

"The administration fought us on that commission all along the way. I couldn't understand why. Finally it got adopted. They tried to underfund it. We fought for more funding. Now that funding is there. Now they're resisting turning over information to the commission that the joint congressional inquiry came up with. I think that's a mistake."

Lieberman also indicated that he thought someone in the Bush administration should be held responsible for pre-9/11 intelligence failures.

"We haven't really held anyone accountable. And there were tremendous failures in intelligence and perhaps other parts of our government that we have to correct. So the only way to do that - this is - the truth will make you free. And until we get all the information we won't know the truth."

[oceanview]

the republicans need to subpoena louis freeh and mansour ijaz NOW to talk about what Clinton did (or did not do) regarding this. the only good news on this is that the "blame Bush" strategy for 9/11 is hurting the Dems.

[isthisnickcool]

Would it be too graphic to observe that Lieberman's face is slowly morphing into what apparently will become a scrotum sack with facial features?

Yea. It probably would be a bit too much. Maybe I should keep that observation to myself....

[Jeff Chandler]

McCain is saying the same thing. They're both running for the democrat nomination.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

If we are to plan a regime change in Iran, we need to plan for one in France also. France was host to the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini and Ho Chi Minh, both who were a thorn in hte side of global politics in the last century.

khomeini

Ho Chi Minh

[livius]

Lieberman is such a nitwit. If he hadn't sold out to Clinton, he coulda been a contender. But now - fergeddabahtit.

[TLBSHOW]

Letting Clinton off the hook for his misdeeds, was the number one mistake that should not of been made back at the start of 2001.

Clinton and Hillary should of been slammed but GOOD from day one by Bush.

[OREALLY]

Yes Clinton should be held accountable for 9/11 you idiot leiberman ! Can you see this little pip-squeak as commander in chief ? Imagine him in the middle east crisis talking peace to anti-American muslims, who hate Jews even more than Americans. Yes,an American Jew President to lead to the total destruction of America. Most decent American Jews dispise this little worm. Pro-abortion Pro-Gay he is against everything true orthadox jews believe in.
He is dangerous and the biggest fraud of all the losers in the dirty nine democrat presidential race.
His speeches alone could create mass national depresson.

[sd-joe]

You insult scrotum sacks.

[Becki]

Lieberman also indicated that he thought someone in the Bush administration should be held responsible for pre-9/11 intelligence failures.

Can you say Clinton, and by failure to act while he was in Congress, Lieberman?

Becki

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

"There's no nation in the world where the government is more anti-American and the people are more pro-American then Iran," he told FNS host Tony Snow. "And that's the equation we have to flip."

Elmer Fudd forgot his history lesson.

Jimma Carter flipped Iran in 1979 when the government was pro-American and the people were anti-Shah.

His mishandling of the event by letting the Shah come to America started the whole radical Islamic war against America.

We don't need another flipping funny-talking pipsqueak in the White House!!