AIPAC and the Push Toward War. Feb 21 2012 Late last week, amid little fanfare, Senators Joseph Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, and Robert Casey introduced a resolution that would move America further down the path toward war with Iran. ... http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/aipac-and-the-push-toward-war/253358/ Senators U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut), and Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), introduced the resolution with: Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), John McCain (R-AZ), Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Ben Nelson (D-NE) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Mark Udall (D-CO), Jim Risch (R-ID), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Scott Brown (R-MA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Dan Coats (R-IN), Rob Portman (R-OH), John Boozman (R-AR), John Hoeven (R-ND), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Dean Heller (R-NV)
Thanks for that. The worrying aspect in all this is just how powerful, and how influential in a politician's career AIPAC actually is. It is well-known that crossing AIPAC can seriously jeopardise or even end a politician's career. So what do they do? They know they probably only have a limited time to make their careers, so why would they compromise that for the sake of some airy-fairy moral principle? Cash is king. Single interest lobby groups, especially those with extra-mural interests which have absolutely no bearing on America, are a cancer.
Honestly though is this document a "push for war?" It's an honest question. I haven't really read too many of these things.
