ICYMI: Senator Lieberman Calls For Unity In Confronting Iran’s Aggressive Behavior

 (New York, N.Y.) – On Sunday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Chairman Senator Joseph I. Lieberman published an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal titled “The Democrats and Iran.” Senator Lieberman discussed the recent events surrounding the Middle East, the killing of IRGC Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani and the Democrats’ role and perspective in the aftermath with potential steps moving forward. UANI has long advocated for the end of terrorism and the malign behavior by the Iranian regime in efforts to advance peace and solidarity in the region.

“The president’s decision was bold and unconventional. It’s understandable that the political class should have questions about it. But it isn’t understandable that all the questions are being raised by Democrats and all the praise is coming from Republicans.That divided response suggests the partisanship that has infected and disabled so much of U.S. domestic policy now also determines our elected leaders’ responses to major foreign-policy events and national-security issues, even the killing of a man responsible for murdering hundreds of Americans and planning to kill thousands more.”

Senator Lieberman called on both political parties to unify over the killing of IRGC Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani and stand with President Donald Trump in his decision to take decisive action against Iran. Soleimani’s actions had American blood on his hands, and he frequently called for terror and violence in the region. UANI has monitored Soleimani and his extremist practices, support for proxy wars in the Middle East and consistent calls for death to Israel and death to America.

“No American can dispute that Soleimani created, supported and directed a network of terrorist organizations that spread havoc in the Middle East. In Syria he made it possible for the Assad regime to respond with brutality to its own people’s demands for freedom. More than 500,000 Syrians have died since 2011 and millions more have been displaced from their homes. During the Iraq war, Soleimani oversaw three camps in Iran where his elite Quds Force trained and equipped Iraqi militias. According to the U.S. government, these fighters have killed more than 600 American soldiers since 2003.”

Soleimani’s killing sparked mixed opinions from both Republicans and Democrats, but Senator Lieberman called for bipartisanship and commitment to the administration’s Maximum Pressure Campaign against the Iranian regime in Tehran. Soleimani’s Quds Force is responsible for multiple incidents resulting in the wrongful deaths of Americans and other allies across the world. UANI has outlined next steps for the maximum pressure campaign and has committed to upholding this strategy to deter Iran and its influence abroad.

“Some Democrats have also refused to appreciate Soleimani’s elimination because they say it isn’t part of an overall strategy for the region. But based on the public record, there is a strategy, beginning with the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, the shift to maximum economic pressure, and now adding a demonstrated willingness to respond with military force to Iran’s provocations. The goal is to bring the Iranian government back into negotiations to end its nuclear weapons program and rejoin the world’s economy.”

To read Senator Lieberman’s piece in full, please click here.

To read the UANI analysis, The Life and Times of IRGC-Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, please click here.

To read Next Steps in the Maximum Pressure Campaign, please click here.

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