I just saw the text of a speech delivered today by Senator Joe Lieberman on the floor of the Senate. Lieberman states his intention to vote against cloture on the Warner-Levin resolution, and he scolds his fellow senators for supporting a resolution that would, “by codifying our disunity, by disavowing the mission our troops are about to undertake–confirm our enemies’ belief in American weakness.” Here is a choice excerpt. You can read the full text here.
Now, a new course has been chosen. A new commander is in place in Iraq, confirmed by this Senate. A new Secretary of Defense is in place at the Pentagon, confirmed by this Senate. And a new strategy has begun to be put into action on the ground in Iraq by our troops.
It is altogether proper that we debate our policy in Iraq. It should be a debate that is as serious as the situation in Iraq and that reflects the powers the Constitution gives to Congress in matters of war.
But that, sadly, is not the debate that the Warner-Levin resolution invites us to have. I am going to speak strongly against this resolution because I feel strongly about it. I do so with respect for my colleagues who have offered it, but I believe its passage would so compromise America’s security, present and future, that I will say so in the clearest terms I can.
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