Uh, Joe?

Joe Lieberman reacts to the news from England, and wastes no time linking his opponent to the bad guys:

"If we just pick up like Ned Lamont wants us to do, get out [of Iraq] by a date certain, it will be taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England. It will strengthen them and they will strike again."

But later:

"I'm not saying we shouldn't have healthy disagreement and discussion about national security, but to make it into a partisan political football, it's just unacceptable and in my opinion un-American," he said.

Uh, hello? Can we get a rhetoric check on Aisle Five, please?

(Hat tip to Media Matters.)