Washington Post Lieberman delivered a speech to the American Enterprise Insitute with John McCain about the need for more troops in Iraq.
LIEBERMAN: So Iraq is part of a larger conflict. It is the -- this is my second point. It is today the main and obviously most hostile battlefield in the larger war against Islamist extremism and terrorism. How this conflict in Iraq ends will have a substantial effect on the course of the larger war. Because getting out in all the ways that you've heard recited before will lead to Iranian expansionism, the creation of an Al Qaida base in Iraq and, even more significantly, the intimidation of the moderate forces throughout the region and a drop in confidence in the credibility and strength of the United States of America not just in the Middle East, but throughout the world.