TrustyShellback: We are at war with Iran.

Now is the time for the violent, decisive, sustained, and comprehensive application of COMBAT POWER against Iran! We must ensure by any means necessary that Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons. A military FIRST-STRIKE nuclear weapons policy against Iran would be entirely appropriate. Iran represents a clear and present danger. We are at war.

The quotations below support my public policy position. In a press release dated 06 Jul 2007, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) made some very important comments about Iran's proxy war against U.S. interests.

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"The Iranian government, by its actions, has all but declared war on us and our allies in the Middle East."

"Iran's actions in Iraq fit a larger pattern of expansionist, extremist behavior across the Middle East today. In addition to sponsoring insurgents in Iraq, Tehran is training, funding and equipping radical Islamist groups in Lebanon, Palestine and Afghanistan -- where the Taliban now appear to be receiving Iranian help in their war against the government of President Hamid Karzai and its NATO defenders."

"The fanatical regime in Tehran has concluded that it can use proxies to strike at us and our friends in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine without fear of retaliation. It is time to restore that fear, and to inject greater doubt into the decision-making of Iranian leaders about the risks they are now running."

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To read the entire press release, go to the following web page. http://lieberman.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=278350

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