Sen. Joe Lieberman's statement: "Our troops must stay"

"America can't abandon 27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists." Read the whole thing at the WSJ Opinion Journal.

One money quote (among many):

After a Thanksgiving meal with a great group of Marines at Camp Fallujah in western Iraq, I asked their commander whether the morale of his troops had been hurt by the growing public dissent in America over the war in Iraq. His answer was insightful, instructive and inspirational: "I would guess that if the opposition and division at home go on a lot longer and get a lot deeper it might have some effect, but, Senator, my Marines are motivated by their devotion to each other and the cause, not by political debates."

Note how much play this is getting in the MSM (mainstream media). Is it front page NYT or WaPo? No. Why? Isn't Lieberman, a former presidential candidate, just as important a Democratic voice as Rep. John Murtha? No. Why? Because the script is always antiwar.

It's ironic that the antiwar left in America is focused on how the war started 2 1/2 years ago -- not how it has succeeded with elections in Iraq under a new constitution just over two weeks away. It seems attacking Bush (not terrorists) and the midterm elections in 2006 are more politically important to the war critics.