AIPAC’s 2012 congressional agenda sets a new precedent in boldness. Share this action on Twitter Share Call your reps today to oppose AIPAC’s push for war with Iran! Here’s what you do: 1. Call the congressional switchboard using this toll-free number provided by the Friend’s Committee on National Legislation: 1-855-686-6927. 2. Ask to be connected…
A funny thing happened on the way to the Showdown at the AIPAC Corral, where pro-war Republicans and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been planning to ambush President Obama with charges of being "soft on Iran" because U.S. military commanders have said that an Israeli military attack on Iran would be a very bad…
The media war fever for military confrontation with Iran has grown so great that even the media noticed. Writing in the New York Times, Scott Shane asked the reasonable question: how is it that we’re having a war fever with Iran, when polls show that after ten years, the American public is weary of war?…
For all it has done to promote confrontation between the United States and Iran, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has worked to avoid the public perception that AIPAC is openly promoting war. In AIPAC’s public documents, the emphasis has always been on tougher sanctions. (If you make sanctions "tough" enough – an effective embargo…
Bahrain International Airport – When I came to Bahrain, it certainly wasn’t with the intention of spending my whole time in the country in the airport. I wanted to see what was going on in the country, not to see what was going on in the airport. But the Bahrain authorities would not let…
Can Joe Lieberman Block Diplomacy with Iran that Would Prevent War? by Robert Naiman There’s no question that some people in Washington would very much like for the U.S. to have a policy towards Iran whose endgame is war or externally-induced regime change. And they have a long-term strategy to bring this about, which is…
Since there is not much time before the letter closes for signatures, calling your representatives would help. Just follow these simple instructions: Call the Congressional Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Ask for your representative’s office. When your representative’s office picks up, tell them that you urge your representative to sign the Wyden-McGovern letter to oppose any…
It seems that the Washington Post still requires a bit of help sticking to the facts on Iran. An article in yesterday’s Post, entitled “Center for American Progress, group tied to Obama, under fire from Israel advocates,” featured the following passage (emphasis mine): At the same time, Israel’s supporters worry that Iran’s quest for a…
In a front page exposé on January 4, the Washington Post revealed that sneaky Persian agitators are conspiring to thwart the Pentagon’s noble aim of keeping 10,000-30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan on "non-permanent," "non-U.S." bases after "all foreign troops are supposed to be withdrawn" in 2014, just as these sneaky Persians conspired to thwart the…
It’s deja vu all over again. AIPAC is trying to trick America into another catastrophic war with a Middle Eastern country on behalf of the Likud Party’s colonial ambitions, and the New York Times is lying about allegations that said country is developing "weapons of mass destruction." In an article attributed to Steven Erlanger on…