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February 23, 2015

Hilarious Full-Page Ad in NYT Skewers Boehner


It was paid for by the NIAC, the outfit run by prominent Iranian-American author and pundit Trita Parsi. From their press release:
“The U.S. and its closest allies are on the brink of a historic deal that will both prevent an Iranian bomb and war with Iran, and Congressional hawks are orchestrating political stunts with foreign leaders to try to kill it,” said NIAC President Trita Parsi. “The American people do not want another senseless military adventure and certainly don’t consider Benjamin Netanyahu to be their commander in chief.”
The statement also reminds us of this episode:
...in one of the most critical national security debates of our time – the decision of whether to invade Iraq – Netanyahu was brought to testify before Congress. In his remarks he advocated strongly for the war, telling lawmakers ‘if you take out Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region.’
According to Jewish Voice for Peace, as of today, 29 members of Congress will skip Netanyahu's speech. You can sign their petition here.
Or, you can contact your members of Congress directly and tell them to #SkipTheSpeech:
Senate
House of Representatives
UPDATE: Here's the Hill's 10-day-old list of those who have stated publicly they will skip the speech:
House (22)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) — Wrote a Jan. 29 column in The Huffington Post explaining his decision, saying the Constitution “vests the responsibility for foreign affairs in the president.”
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (N.C.) — The head of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) focused on Boehner undermining Obama in a statement and emphasized he's not urging a boycott.
Rep. Andre Carson (Ind.)
Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.) — Clyburn is the highest-ranking Democratic leader to say he’ll skip the speech.
Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.)
Rep. Donna Edwards (Md.)
Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.) — He is head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), a member of the CBC and the first Muslim in Congress.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.) — Grijalva is a co-chairman of the CPC.
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.) — A spokesman told the Chicago Sun-Times that Gutierrez has a "strong" record on Israel but called the speech "a stunt."
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas) — "The Congresswoman has no plans to attend the speech at this time," a spokeswoman said.
Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.) — A member of the CBC and former head of the CPC.
Rep. John Lewis (Ga.) — His office confirmed he’s not going but emphasized he's not organizing a formal boycott
Rep. Betty McCollum (Minn.): "In my view Mr. Netanyahu’s speech before Congress is nothing more than a campaign event hosted by Speaker Boehner and paid for by the American people," McCollum said in a statement."
Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.) — “I do not intend to attend the speech of Bibi,” he said in an email to a Seattle newspaper.
Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) — A CBC member.
Rep. Beto O'Rourke (Texas)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine)
Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.) — "I'm offended as an American," he said on MSNBC.
Rep. Cedric Richmond (La.)
Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.) — "We know what he is going to say," the Jewish lawmaker said in a statement.
Senate (3)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) — Leahy called it a "tawdry and high-handed stunt," according to a  Vermont newspaper.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, said it’s “wrong” that Obama wasn’t consulted about the speech.
Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii) — “The U.S.-Israel relationship is too important to be overshadowed by partisan politics," said Schatz in a statement. "I am disappointed in the Republican leadership’s invitation of Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress with the apparent purpose of undermining President Obama’s foreign policy prerogatives.”

6 comments:

  1. It's about time that these AIPAC-bought-and-sold Congresspeople grew a pair!

    Boner is dead wrong about this (and about everything else IMHO)--this MANIAC should not be allowed to speak in front of OUR CONGRESS--especially since Israel is a "US ally" about the same way as the proverbial fox is an "ally" of the egg-laying hens.

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  2. Israel is not any kind of ally to the US. More like a parasite.

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  3. USS LIBERTY ----- Rachel Corrie ------- Johnathan Pollard ----- 135 Mossad operatives were detained after 9/11 and deported to Israel. Israel had sole interest and opportunity in 9/11. ------------ 60+ years living off American WELFARE
    Put Netanyahu in CHAINS the second he steps out of his plane. Netanyahu is a "DUAL Citizen" which means he sucks up the BENEFITS of being an American but he is LOYAL only to Israel. He must be arrested for TREASON. Israel set the PRECEDENT of kidnapping with Eichmann ....so the FBI/CIA should go grab Netanyahu out of Israel or anywhere he HIDES.
    http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/motherofallscandals.php
    http://www.vox.com/2015/2/16/8045747/netanyahu-us-iran
    Report: Netanyahu may have leaked US secrets to hurt Iran negotiations
    US officials believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorized his government to release secret details of the US nuclear negotiations with Iran to the Israeli press, according to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.
    The alleged leaks would appear designed to undermine the negotiations, which Israel opposes. In response, according to Ignatius, the US has decided to "reduce the exchange of sensitive information about the Iran talks" with Israel.

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  4. and how many times in the 100 + years have the Jews stated many times--6 million Jews were killed. These folks are born liars. Only reason they can get away with lying--They have money to control stupid Christians in Governments and worse--own all the major media.

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  5. check out article "9/11 : Israel's Master Piece " There is a lot of new stuff
    Another reported 9/11 fact from VT site --WTC 1 and 2 were blown up by miniature nukes. No joke! Jews used nukes hundreds of police and fireman have contracted cancer and Washington cares About Iran.s nukes. God help us--too many Christian morons in Washington

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  6. There are three words which I am really starting to detest.
    Anti-Semite, Jews, Israel.
    Not necessarily in that order.

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