*** Senator Joe Lieberman rachets up "saber rattling", urges bombing of Iran. Is war imminent? ***

Today on CBS' Face The Nation, with Bob Schieffer, Independent Connecticut Senator, Joe Lieberman, has advocated the bombing of Iraq for killing U. S. soldiers in Iraq with its meddling and support of the extremists there. Watch the video and share your thoughts with us.

Lieberman's news comes after Newsweek reported on a Hidden war with Iran, all of which tend to support my view that the replacement of General Peter Pace as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is related to Iraq, and most importantly to a new phase in the war on terror, which will have the United States in another war (or conflict, if you will) and which will rely HEAVILY on the use of the Navy -- hence the selection of a Navy Admiral to replace Marine Corp General. I hope I'm wrong about another war -- or conflict -- but I suspect I'm NOT.

This news also follows Cheney's statement earlier this year that the U. S. was sending a strong signal to Iraq, a third carrier deployment to Iraq, and a military buildup -- which essentially would have begun had it not been for profound objections by CENTCOM.

So while the State Department, through Secretary of State Condi Rice, is committed to diplomacy with Iran, as demonstrated by its first formal talks between the nations in 27 years, Hawks, like Vice President Dick Cheney and now Senator Joe Lieberman, are pushing for military action, disregarding any calls of a military incursion against Iran a fantasy.

So the question is: Can we afford to fight a third war in the Middle East (if you count Afghanistan), even as our war in Iraq is NOT going as well as one would wish?