Is the Israel lobby pushing for a military confrontation with Iran? You betcha. Ratcheting up the pressure on Iran was one of the main currents at AIPAC's policy conference. Congress is about to approve what Dailykos calls "Iran war" legislation, that Kos's reporter says is being pushed by AIPAC, in the wake of Israeli P.M. Ehud Olmert's meeting with Nancy Pelosi. There are 169 co-sponsors of this bill, mostly Republican. It brings together all the firebreathers from lib to right, from Dana Rohrabacher to my secret Israel lobby crush, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz.
Richard Witty has often said that I'm too polemical and confrontational. But this legislation is getting no mainstream media coverage, and it could lead to another disastrous military operation in the Middle East. Everything I write on this blog is in the context of Iraq, a calamity for my country that was pushed in good part by neocons who were trying to undermine the peace process, such as it is, in Israel/Palestine. This discussion needs to take place out in the open.
