This is from Joe Lieberman's website, a section covering his record on Iraq
"Joe Lieberman has been the Senate's leading voice for removing Saddam from power. Over the years, he has fought to empower the Iraqi opposition to oust Saddam Hussein so that American military force might not become necessary. In 1998, he and Senator John McCain cosponsored the Iraqi Liberation Act, which -- when signed by President Clinton -- made a change of regime in Baghdad official United States policy and provided assistance to forces within Iraq seeking to depose Saddam's brutal dictatorship.
Crafting Bipartisan Resolution Authorizing Force. In 2002, Joe Lieberman worked with the Democratic leadership to pass the bipartisan resolution giving the President the authority as Commander-in-Chief to use military force, if and when diplomacy failed, to disarm Saddam. Through his work, he helped craft a resolution that led President Bush to go through the UN for support in this effort."
And from a speech from September 10, 2003 to the Council on Foreign Relations.
"We've made some progress--creating a Department of Homeland Security; overthrowing tyrannical regimes with links to terror in Afghanistan and Iraq; and killing or rounding up members of Al Qaida.
But nearly every step forward has been matched by a stumble, a setback, a stalemate. Both abroad and at home, rather than set bold goals and build durable coalitions to reach those goals, the Bush Administration has hoarded authority, bungled diplomacy, pushed allies to the margins, and divided rather than multiplied the strength we need to win the war on terror."
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