Yeah, you read that right. Lieberman has joined the growing chorus of Right wing nutbags who claim we are in World War 3. Where, in hell, did he say this you ask? Why of course on the uber-right wing Glenn Beck Radio Show. Greg Sargent over at (the now dead) TPM Cafe has done the dirty deed of listening and transcribing the show for us:
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BECK: I am so afraid that we are going to see Lebanon fall into the hands totally of Hezbollah...that you're gonna start to see Iran come into Iraq. The entire Middle East is gonna be on fire. And we are going to find ourselves like Ray Nagin found himself with buses in a parking lot.
LIEBERMAN: Yeah.
BECK: Why is it there aren't more politicians saying, Guys, this is World War III. We are in deep trouble.
LIEBERMAN: Yeah, I mean, I don't know the answer to that...Everything you just said about the Middle East is right....
Joe, also says that the real reason we went into Iraq, was not for WMDs....
BECK: I've been saying this before we even went into Iraq, that we're trying to change the face of the Middle East. The weapons of mass destruction was a nice side benefit. We were trying to go and pop the head of the snake in Iran. That's what we were trying to do. And I don't think anybody had the courage or could actually come out and say that with world politics the way they are.
LIEBERMAN: Well, you're right. And I think if I fault the administration for anything before the war -- 'cause I think we did the right thing in going in to overthrow Saddam -- it's that they oversold the WMD part of the argument....
There are few more bits over there, you should check them out, even if Armando says they are dead!
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So, not that we needed any more reason to call him the de facto GOP nominee, but this should solidify his standing.