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More insanity! This time its the Democrats. Iran War Resolution Next Week?
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Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week
[ Hermit : "A unilateral naval blockade without UN sanction is an act of war". This is an act of war, another illegal war of aggression, benefiting nobody, being voted on. And nobody is talking about it. Not the media. Not the Presidential candidates. Not the courts. Not the public. Nobody. This is another war of aggression, this time mandated by the Democrat controlled House. And the spineless from both parties are piling on board to get their share at the AIPAC trough. I've posted three comments from the original thread below that I think are salient. ]
Source: Antiwar.com
Authors: Eric Garris
Dated: 2008-06-23
Introduced less than a month ago, Resolution 362, also known as the Iran War Resolution, could be passed by the House as early as next week.
The bill is the chief legislative priority of AIPAC. On its Web site, AIPAC endorses the resolutions as a way to ”Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program” and tells readers to lobby Congress to pass the bill. In the Senate, a sister resolution, Resolution 580, has gained co-sponsors with similar speed. The Senate measure was introduced by Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh on June 2. It has since gained 19 co-sponsors.
The bill’s key section “demands that the president initiate an international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political, and diplomatic pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment activities by, inter alia, prohibiting the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products; imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran; and prohibiting the international movement of all Iranian officials not involved in negotiating the suspension of Iran’s nuclear program.”
“Imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran” can be read to mean that the president should initiate a naval blockade of Iran. A unilateral naval blockade without UN sanction is an act of war.
Resolution 362 has already gained 170 co-sponsors, or nearly 40 percent of the House. It has been referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee, which has 49 members, 24 of whom, including the ranking Republican, are co-sponsors. The Iran Nuclear Watch Web site writes, “According to the House leadership, this resolution is going to ‘pass like a hot knife through butter’ before the end of June on what is called suspension – meaning no amendments can be introduced during the 20-minute maximum debate. It also means it is assumed the bill will pass by a 2/3 majority and is non-controversial.”
Our national legislators deem it non-controversial to recommend to a president known for his recklessness and bad judgment that he consider engaging in an act of war against Iran. Those of you who consider this issue controversial can go to the Just Foreign Policy Web site and tell your representative to oppose this resolution.
Comment by Bill Rood
2008-06-23 23:13:56
I just sent the following email to the Chief of Staff of my Representative (Tim Walz, MN 1-CD). I would suggest y’all send similar emails/letters or call your own Reps. and Senators:
Josh,
H. Con. Res 362 “demands” that the President impose “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran.” That would require a naval blockade, which is an act of war. In other words, this resolution is a declaration of war against Iran. This resolution is being rushed through Congress by stealth. Its amazing that the US Congress is about to issue a declaration of war against Iran, and this isn’t even being reported by the news media.
If Rep. Walz does not want to take a public, vocal stand on this (hopefully in concert with the few sane Reps. from other districts), could you at least see to it that the media is tipped off to what’s going on? The American people at least deserve to know that their Congress is about to declare war on another country.
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/06/23/iran-war-resolution-may-be-passed-next-week/
Bill Rood
Comment by Bryan Bowman
2008-06-24 00:50:20
I’m sorry to say that what seems like insanity to the sane seems very pragmatic to those insane murderers in the white house and Downing Street. We need to be honest with ourselves about why this is happening.
WAKE UP FOLKS, THE OIL IS GONE!
The questions for the killers as they plan for further oil shocks is, “who will live and who is to die?”. There is no other explanation for this kind of madness. The sooner we realize that government is essentially over in America and much of the rest of the world, the better we could potentially save lives and perhaps survive ourselves.
Call all the congresspeople you want. I do all the time. It does no good and this Iran bill will pass because there is not one democrat to has the balls to say no to AIPAC.
America is dying of oil dehydration and is going to kill the rest of the world before it goes. Sorry world, it wasn’t my idea and nobody I know thinks bombing Iran is a good idea either.
If anyone was truly serious about making it stop they would arrest Bush and Cheney immediately. Citizens arrest anyone??
I’m disgusted as hell~
Berkeley, USA
Comment by Give Peas A Chance
2008-06-24 08:58:39
There is a transpartisan group calling for diplomacy not an attack on Iran. Antiwar.com is part of the coalition. Check out its website, then act.
Campaign for a New American Policy on Iran
http://www.newiranpolicy.org/
Number for Congress (just ask for your rep and senators’ offices):
202 224 3121
I called Bayh’s office (the Senate author) — the young AIPAC-funded tool who answered the phone started arguing with me. He said that the senate resolution meant nothing. So the logical question would be, “Then why did Bayh write it?” Why are these other AIPAC controlled congress creeps supporting it?
AIPAC’s little operative in Bayh’s office gave me the spiel about how Iran was developing nuclear weapons and I quoted our own NIE that Iran had abandoned that program. Adding that Israel has nuclear weapons and delivery systems.
Then AIPAC’s little propagandist tried the ol’ Iran is providing weapons for Iraqi insurgents, and I said, “Prove it.” He started to talk about Betrayus, and I said, “You mean Cheney’s stooge?”
Then I reminded him that we invaded Iraq, so had put ourselves willfully into harms’ way. The average young woman from Small Town America would not be in danger from Irani or Iraqi IEDs if she were working at the local Walmart in an attempt to scrape-up enough money to get to the local community college.
Never forget that this is a bipartisan effort — in fact the Democrats in Congress are often at least as AIPAC war-hawky as the GOP, if not more so.
Kick all the bums out, and call them and let them know that you are donating to whoever runs against them and will door-to-door in your district to let people know who is responsible to sending their kids into the Apocalypse that will be an attack on Iran.
Ask them how much they receive from pro-Israel lobbies while you’re at it.
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