Topic: State Of The Union
The problem with supporting Joe Lieberman runs much deeper than his support for the occupation of Iraq and his belief that it is in some way related to the so-called "war on terror."
A vote for Joe Lieberman is a vote for continued U.S. imperialism. A vote for Lieberman says to the world that it is O.K. that the U.S. has acted with hubris and will continue to do so because no country can stop it. A vote for Lieberman lends support for violent U.S. unilateralism against sovereign nations under false pretenses all across the globe. A vote for Lieberman is a sign to the citizens of our democracy that it is O.K. for a senator to bow down to the increasing power grab of the executive branch. A vote for Lieberman means that the ends justify the means and that the President should not be held responsible for his criminal actions. A vote for Lieberman ensures that Israel will continues to be a major welfare recipient of U.S. taxpayer's money, a bill that has cost us almost $135 billion dollars since 1949. A vote for Lieberman says to the world it is O.K. for Israel to perpetrate terrorist acts against the Palestinians even though they are fighting for their homeland. Supporting Joe Lieberman means that you accept a man who believes that the U.S. should be a radical interventionist to assert its hegemonic authority over the rest of the world. Supporting Joe Lieberman means that you have somehow found a way to justify the murder, rape and imprisonment of innocent men, women and children who just happen to believe in the wrong religion and whose skin happens to be a little too tanned for our tastes. Voting for Lieberman says to the world that it is O.K. to bomb someone's family, friends, neighborhood, wedding, etc., if we arbitrarily label them a "terrorist."
I would agree with Lieberman's characterization that he's a Kennedy democrat. Just look at Kennedy's naval blockade of Cuba that almost brought nuclear war to our shores or his economic embargo of Cuba that has caused tremendous hardships to the people and never succeeding at wresting control from Castro. Or better yet, let's look to Kennedy's excursion in Vietnam for the best example of how this Democratic mentality has allowed a man like Fidel Castro to leave a more enduring legacy than those men who have pursued him violently.
The world doesn't need any more men like Kennedy, Bush or Lieberman and it will continue to be a much more dangerous place when half the battles we fight are against men who cause more problems than they fix. Hopefully someday, the people of the U.S. and men like Joe Lieberman and George W. Bush will heed the advice of the dominant religions in that if you want to save the world the first thing you should do is look within.