This is as bad as it gets. Both Democrats and Republicans posturing to please AIPAC like a pack of whores.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/20/us.mideast.ap/index.htmlWASHINGTON (AP) -- Little of the political divisiveness in the U.S. Congress over Iraq war policy is evident as lawmakers rush to embrace the Bush administration's staunch support of Israel in the latest flare-up of violence in the Middle East.
The House of Representatives was expected Thursday to pass by a wide margin a resolution expressing unstinting support for Israel and harshly condemning its enemies. The nonbinding legislation, similar to a resolution passed by the Senate on Tuesday, also states Syria and Iran should be held accountable for providing Hezbollah with money and missile technology used to attack Israel.
House Republican leader John Boehner cited Israel's "unique relationship" with the United States as a reason for his colleagues to swiftly go on record supporting Israel in its confrontation with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
So strong was the momentum that it was steamrolling efforts by a small group of House members who argued that Congress's pro-Israel stance goes too far.
"I certainly sympathize with the Lebanese people and the Lebanese government," Republican Senator John McCain told CBS' "The Early Show" on Thursday. But, he said, if Hezbollah is "going to launch attacks from the Lebanese territory, then tragically the Lebanese government and people pay a price for that."
Yet as Republican and Democratic leaders rally behind the measure in rare bipartisan fashion, a handful of lawmakers have quietly expressed reservations that the resolution was too much the result of a powerful lobbying force and attempts to court Jewish voters.
"I'm just sick in the stomach, to put it mildly," said Democratic Congressman Nick J. Rahall II, who is of Lebanese descent.
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