Usually when we write to you, it’s the U.S. government that is blocking chances for diplomacy to prevent, contain, reduce and end violent conflict. But this time it’s different. This time, it’s the French who appear to be standing in the way of peace! The U.S. and Russia have agreed to host a peace conference…
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Yet, it seems that a majority of the Senate hasn’t learned its lesson: S. Res. 65, AIPAC/Lindsey Graham’s “backdoor to war” with Iran bill, now has 65 co-sponsors. [1] Even Senators who opposed the Iraq war, such as Sens. Boxer and Durbin, have…
The New York Times editorial board has come a long way since its days of upholding the false dichotomy of sanctions versus war as the only options for US-Iran relations. It was less than two years ago that the Times published an editorial assessing the potential paths for addressing the US-Iran impasse—and completely neglected to…
Call your Senators today to express your opposition to S. Res. 65, the AIPAC/Lindsey Graham bill that tries to “pre-approve” US participation in an Israeli attack on Iran and tries to move the “red line” for war from “preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon” to “preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability“—whatever that…
On Tuesday, after overcoming months of smears, hysterical rhetoric, and procedural obstruction, Chuck Hagel was confirmed as our next Secretary of Defense. We hope Secretary Hagel will help speed the withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan, help avoid war with Iran, and help cut the Pentagon budget, as groups who supported his nomination expect. But…
Senator Lindsey Graham is introducing a bill that would endorse an Israeli military attack on Iran. JTA reports that winning Congressional support for this bill will be a focus of AIPAC’s upcoming policy conference. The JTA article is here. The Lindsey Graham bill is here.
The Obama-hating Neocon Right is trying to “Swift Boat” the expected nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense by making up a fantasy scare story that Hagel—a former U.S. Senator from Nebraska, long-respected moderate and thoughtful voice on foreign policy, and decorated Vietnam combat veteran—is “anti-Israel.” The real reason the neocons hate Hagel…
Yesterday, US media began reporting that Iranian fighter jets had shot at—but did not hit— an unarmed US drone off the coast of Iran last week. Pentagon Press Secretary George Little claimed that the unmanned military plane was over international waters 16 nautical miles off the coast of Iran, and that the drone had never…
Hey, remember a few weeks ago when our old friend Bibi Netanyahu came to town and made a hullabaloo over Iran and “red lines”? Admittedly, much of what the Bibster said to the US media was bluster, but the gist of the “red line” issue was that the “red line” President Obama has set for…
If the Obama administration is at all serious about a diplomatic solution to the strife with Iran, it’s really good at acting like it’s not. The Washington Post is reporting that the State Department is about to remove the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from the its list of designated terrorist organizations. The move to delist the…