Warmonger Joe Lieberman says bomb Iran now

June 10, 2007

Washington, D.C. - Senator Joseph Lieberman says the United States should attack Iran with military action sooner than later.

"I think we've got to be prepared to take military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq." He spoke in regards to Iran's role in Iraq. "And to me, that would include a strike into - over the border into Iran, where we have good evidence that they have a base at which they are training these people coming back into Iraq to kill our soldiers."

His comments come on the heels of the first high level talks between the U.S. and Iran in nearly 30 years. Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq met with his Iranian counterpart in Baghdad recently to discuss ways the two countries might work to stabilize Iraq.

While supportive of the talks, Lieberman said military force is an option that should not be ruled out. "If we're going to sit and talk with the Iranians, tell them what we want them to do, which is to stop doing that because it's killing Americans, we can't leave it at that."

He made the comments on the CBS News program "Face the Nation".

Lieberman, from Connecticut, was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000 who now primarily supports the Republicans.