Talking Heads Vol 1

Todays match-up:
George Bush vs. Joe Lieberman

Tonight's question:
The U.S. hasn't invaded or liberated a foreign country for 4 years, has the time arrived to do so again? If so, where?

"I think we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,"




"We will disrupt the attacks on our forces... And we will seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq." 1





"By some estimates, they have killed as many as 200 American soldiers,"



"I would like to be at the -- have been given a chance for us to explain that we have no desire to harm the Iranian people." 2




"If they don't play by the rules, we've got to use our force, and to me that would include taking military action to stop them from doing what they're doing."





"It doesn't mean force necessarily. In this case it means diplomacy." 3





"...we can't just talk to them,"



"I strongly disagree -- strongly disagree with his assessment. I have told the American people, like the Iranian issue, I wanted to solve the North Korean issue peacefully, and that the President has an obligation to try all diplomatic means necessary to do so." 2



"they'll take that as a sign of weakness on our part and we will pay for it in Iraq and throughout the region and ultimately right here at home,"



"...if I thought we could achieve success, I would sit down." ... "Look, this is a world in which -- and I'm not suggesting you're this way -- but this is a world in which people say, meet -- sit down and meet." 2





Mr. President, about Iran?



"First of all, I don't think I called for a deadline, I thought I said (timetable)," ... "I did, what exactly did I say? I said deadline? OK ... Then I meant what I said." 4





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"Listen, thank you for your time. I enjoyed it very much."