The AIPAC

It seems that all you hear about lately (well at least on Fox News) is that Iran is a huge threat and should be dealt with using military action. I was browsing through the web a couple of days ago and I found an article on the AIPAC lobbyist group (one of the biggest in the United States). As I scanned through this article, I finally realized who really was pulling the strings in Congress; the American Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC have been writing resolution and lobbying it straight into Congress. The following is a brief excerpt of the article I read, courtesy of thenation.com:

AIPAC is the leading player in what is sometimes referred to as "The Israel Lobby"--a coalition that includes major Jewish groups, neoconservative intellectuals and Christian Zionists. With its impressive contacts among Hill staffers, influential grassroots supporters and deep connections to wealthy donors, AIPAC is the lobby's key emissary to Congress. But in many ways, AIPAC has become greater than just another lobby; its work has made unconditional support for Israel an accepted cost of doing business inside the halls of Congress. AIPAC's interest, Israel's interest and America's interest are today perceived by most elected leaders to be one and the same. Christian conservatives increasingly aligned with AIPAC demand unwavering support for Israel from their Republican leaders. (In mid-July, 3,000-plus evangelicals came to town for the first annual "Christian United for Israel" summit.) And Democrats are equally concerned about alienating Jewish voters and Jewish donors--long a cornerstone of their party. Some in Congress are deeply uncomfortable with AIPAC's militant worldview and heavy-handed tactics, but most dare not say so publicly.
"The Bush Administration is bad enough in tolerating measures they would not accept anywhere else but Israel," says Henry Siegman, the former head of the American Jewish Congress and a Middle East expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. "But the Congress, if anything, is urging the Administration on and criticizing them even at their most accommodating. When it comes to the Israeli-Arab conflict, the terms of debate are so influenced by organized Jewish groups, like AIPAC, that to be critical of Israel is to deny oneself the ability to succeed in American politics."
There are a few internationalist Republicans in the Senate and progressive Democrats in the House who occasionally dissent. Representative Dennis Kucinich and twenty-three co-sponsors have offered a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire and a return to multiparty diplomacy between the United States and regional powers.

Not only have they done the following, but they are also have a hand in this whole Iran-U.S conflict, suggesting new U.N sanctions against Iran. Not only that but Fox News (and other networks) have been using the same tactics similar to the ones they used before the Iraq War; the partnership between Al-Qaeda and Iran; regime change; nuclear strikes etc; to increase support of a strike against Iran. Lets not forget that the International Atomic Energy Agency has stated a consensus that Iran is 10 YEARS away from a nuclear weapon, but now a days the media makes it seem like next year or tomorrow. The great news is that only 8% of "U.S Americans" (Ahh that never gets old! Thanks Ms South Carolina!) support a military strike against Iran. Hooray for America!