by Abdeen Jabara on March 4, 2013
If you go to the AIPAC website and read the talking points they are sending their member attendees with to Capitol Hill you will see an unabashed chutzpah that will be sure to raise some hackles.
They are pushing that (1) sequester cuts not be applied to the aid to Israel--
Despite ongoing buget (sic) woes, it is critical that the United States live up to its aid commitment to Israel.
(2) that Congress go on record as supporting a resolution that the U.S. would support Israel militarily if Israel felt it unilaterally had to attack Iran.
So at a time when the U.S. is experiencing great economic difficulty, AIPAC doesn't want Israel to "share the pain." And on the war front, this prescription for a pre-authorized "green light" for an Israeli attack on Iran which the U.S. is committed to support should be front page news stories. I don't think these have gotten much play in the media and it's not for nothing that folks at the Mondo site were denied journalist accreditation. Even I, as jaded as I am, am flabbergasted that they would be so bold as to have such hubris to advance such demands.
http://mondoweiss.net/2013/03/sequesteriran-complaint-legislator.html
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