Before we have a war with Iran, shouldn’t the Senate and the House have at least one debate and vote on it? Isn’t that what the Constitution demands? Isn’t that what is demanded by the War Powers Resolution (which, despite its name, is binding law)? If you agree to the principle that Congress should debate…
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…
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…
Who knew Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter would emerge as one of the most vocal opponents in the Senate of the President’s military escalation in Afghanistan? But so it is. In an op-ed this week in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Specter not only challenges the “surge”; he also challenges fundamental premises of the war. Specter writes: I’m…