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Re:Joe Lieberman Emulates Chinese Dictators by grandalf on Friday December 03, 2010 @11:18AM (#1966358)
Not meaning to be trite, but it's amazing how Al Gore's desire to move toward the right led him to select Lieberman as VP, and paved the way for the rise of one of the most backward politicians ever in US history.

Recall how influential Lieberman was in helping Bush sell the Iraq war, etc.

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Re:Joe Lieberman Emulates Chinese Dictators by Tangurena on Friday December 03, 2010 @11:59AM (#1966564)
It is worth watching a documentary titled "The Power of Nightmares" which will give some insight into "why Iraq" and "why Israel." And the answers to "why Israel" will explain why the choice of Lieberman (who is frequently titled "the Senator for Israel") for Gore's running mate appeared to be the right choice at that time.

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Nightmares-Various/dp/B001707D98

If your local library has a copy, I strongly recommend watching it.

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Re:Joe Lieberman Emulates Chinese Dictators by tetsuo13 on Friday December 03, 2010 @12:40PM (#1966735)
I also can't recommend the documentary enough. The Internet Archive has it available for download/streaming, however:

http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares

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