LIEBERMAN: At this moment, we must not yield to despair or defeatism. We have overthrown a cruel tyrant who was brutal to his people and was a dedicated and declared enemy of the security of the United States of America. We should have no regrets for that noble cause that was accomplished and the noble effort that we continue to make in Iraq.
Millions of Iraqis have participated in free elections. An imperfect democracy has been created, but it is a democracy, and it is struggling to survive. And it is now our responsibility to rise above politics, particularly partisan politics, and together, as Senator McCain has shown the way, to forge and advance a new strategy that will lead us to victory in Iraq and to victory in the larger war against terrorism.




