Zionist Contributions to 2006 Congressional AIPAC Puppets
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May-June_2006/0605031.html

AIPAC's Complaint? Unfair tactics:
Walt and Mearsheimer are telling the truth and it hurts
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060501/alterman

410 - 8 vote PROVES Jews control the government.

The United States was the ONLY COUNTRY ON EARTH to back
Israel's war against non-Jewish civilians.

Freak show on the Potomac!

Democrats, Republicans line up to back Israeli war crimes
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jul2006/wash-j24.shtml

Last week, both the US House of Representatives and Senate
overwhelmingly passed resolutions praising the Bush administration for
its full support of Israel's military campaign in Lebanon. Democrats
joined with Republicans to endorse Israel's bombing campaign, which
has led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians.

The House resolution passed by a vote of 410-8 on July 20, while the
Senate passed its resolution by unanimous consent on July 18. On
Sunday, leading Democrats, including Senate Foreign Relations Committee
member Chris Dodd and the minority leader of the House Intelligence
Committee, Jane Harman, reiterated their support for Israel's assault
on Lebanon.

The congressional resolutions place full responsibility for the current
violence in the Middle East on Hamas and Hezbollah. The House
resolution denounces them for "engaging in unprovoked and
reprehensible armed attacks against Israel." The organizations are
condemned for "continuing to indiscriminately target Israeli civilian
populations with their rockets and missiles."

The resolutions say nothing of the far greater civilian casualties
inflicted by Israeli rockets, which have been deliberately targeted at
civilian infrastructure, particularly in southern Lebanon. Instead, the
resolutions repeat the pretext given by Israel for its policy of
targeting civilians-that Hamas and Hezbollah are "cynically
exploiting civilian populations as shields." Israel, which has killed
at least 380 people in Lebanon, overwhelmingly civilian, is praised for
its "longstanding commitment to minimizing civilian loss."

Particularly noteworthy is the bipartisan support for the Bush
administration's efforts to heighten pressure on Syria and Iran. The
House resolution "commends the President... for fully supporting
Israel as it responds to these armed attacks by terrorist organizations
and their state sponsors" and "urges the President... to bring the
full force of political, diplomatic, and economic sanctions
available... against the governments of Syria and Iran."

Administration officials have repeated in recent days their opposition
to a cease-fire on the grounds that this would keep in place an
unacceptable state of affairs. The Israeli aggression against Lebanon
and Gaza is part of an attempt to shift the balance of power in the
Middle East, extending the domination of the US and its principal
client state in the region, Israel.

In an appearance on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer",
Harman emphasized her complete support for the Bush administration's
policy. Asked by Blitzer whether she had any problems with how the
administration had handled the situation so far, Harman voiced her
agreement with the administration's rejection of a cease-fire. "I
don't think an immediate cease-fire makes any sense," she said.
"That will send a message to both terrorist organizations, Hamas and
Hezbollah, that they can regroup and that they will have time to
continue their terrorist activities."

Harman repeated a phrase she has used before, arguing that Israel
should use the opportunity to "drain the swamp" in both Lebanon and
Gaza. She also referred to the "cancer in the south of Lebanon."
These racist formulations are meant to justify the wholesale slaughter
of civilians on the grounds that this is necessary to undermine
Hezbollah and Hamas.

Harman and the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee,
Peter Hoekstra, spoke to Blitzer from Jerusalem, where they met with
Israeli officials to assure them of the bipartisan support of the US
Congress.

Harman repeated the propaganda line she had been fed by the Israeli
government, including the claim that Israel was targeting only
civilians who were hiding weapons for Hezbollah. "And what the
Israelis tell us is that a number of the civilians in the south of
Lebanon have been aiding and abetting Hezbollah," she said. "Their
efforts are to target only the military installations and only the
capability of Hezbollah, but there is civilian damage because some of
these civilians, according to the Israelis, have been cooperating and
hiding these weapons."

For his part, Dodd was slightly more critical, suggesting that Israel
had gone too far in its military actions. His concern, however, was not
from the standpoint of high civilian casualties or the illegal
character of the Israeli attacks, but from the tactical perspective of
what would best secure US and Israeli domination of the region. Dodd
expressed concern that the attacks on Lebanon would radicalize the
population in that country as well as that of Jordan and Egypt,
destabilizing key US allies.

"If you had free elections in Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon today,"
Dodd noted, "the Islamic Jihad, the Muslim Brotherhood would win
overwhelmingly in those countries. That is dangerous for Israel, in my
view, and the United States."

In spite of these concerns, Dodd was quick to defend the decision by
the Bush administration to expedite the shipment of hi-tech, high
impact bombs to Israel. "The idea that we're not going to support
and supply Israel with what it needs to defend itself is something that
I would not be supportive of," he said. "I'm supportive of giving
them what they need at this juncture."

The virtual unanimity of the Democrats and Republicans on the Israeli
assault on Lebanon underscores that both parties defend the interests
of US imperialism and its attempts to establish US hegemony over the
entire Middle East. The support of the Democrats for Israel is of a
piece with their support for the ongoing occupation of Iraq. While
there may be tactical differences on how to go about it, all sections
of the American political establishment are agreed on the need for the
US to dominate the region and its rich supplies of oil.

Leading Democrats have for some time sought to criticize the Bush
administration's policy on Iran from the right, arguing that not
enough has been done to halt Iran's nuclear program. If and when the
Israeli attacks on Lebanon lead to US or Israeli military action
against Syria or Iran, there can be no doubt that the Democratic Party
will support this as well.