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The Cost of Israel to the US
AntiWar - It seems that the Republican presidential aspirants’ fervor to confront Islam has receded a bit with the decline and fall of Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich, but one can likely still count on Rick Santorum to come up with some bon mots on the threat posed by Shariah law. Those who fear that hands will soon be lopped off shoplifters caught in Cleveland appear to be making much ado about nothing, but there is a much broader and more insidious agenda that is really playing out behind the scenes. Perry, Gingrich, and Santorum are all smart enough to know that Islamic law is hardly poised to dominate the U.S. legal system, but they are using it as the wedge issue to deny the patriotism of Muslims in general and fuel the demands to exercise a military option against Iran.
Former State Dep’t official says Obama calls for human rights and democracy are ‘undercut’ by position on Palestinians
Written by Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss - Anne-Marie Slaughter served as director of Policy Planning at the State Department under Obama/Clinton until last year. Now she's at Princeton. A week ago she spoke at J Street. Some of her comments:
Al Jazeera - One critical element leads me to the conclusion that the United States will not go to war with Iran, nor allow Israel to do so. It is this: common sense.
It is true, of course, that common sense dictated against invading Iraq. But the very fact that we did invade Iraq, and that the Iraq war is almost universally considered a catastrophe, should add to the weight common sense carries this time.
Israel’s Nuclear Triggers: Secret files reveal brazen espionage and dangerous immunity
Written by Grant Smith
AntiWar - FBI files detailing Israel’s stealth acquisition of U.S. nuclear triggers were declassified and released on Dec. 28, 2011. The FBI’s secret Portland and Los Angeles inter-office communications were originally scheduled for release in the year 2036. Their availability today reveals how Israel’s elite spy networks acquire U.S. nuclear technologies while evading criminal and diplomatic consequences.
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Former U.S. government scientist Stewart Nozette was sentenced to 13 years in prison for trying to sell secrets to Israel.
Former Bush official warns against Iran attack
Written by Jordan Michael Smith
Salon - Another voice against war in Iran is heard and from perhaps an unexpected source. Former Bush administration National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley warned against an attack on the Islamic Republic yesterday. “If something needs to be done, it is not military action,” said Hadley. “There’s a wide spectrum between sheer diplomacy and military action.”
Cato Institute - Commentators who believe that Iran would nuke another nation unprovoked tend to infer the clerical regime’s future intentions from its hyper-inflated rhetoric. The problem with this logic is that statements from its leadership often get cherry-picked.
California Scholars Say UC President’s Israel Bias Impacts Academic Freedom
Written by CNI
A group of 150 scholars at twenty California institutions of higher learning, are concerned about the latest statements and actions of UC President Mark Yudof. The group, known as California Scholars for Academic Freedom (CS4AF), believes that under the guise of promoting “civility and tolerance,” Yudof has in fact delivered a blow to the right to dissent and protest.
Nuclear Iran Is an Exaggerated Threat
Written by Malou Innocent and Jonathan Owen
Cato Institute - The Republican presidential hopefuls, Ron Paul excepted, would prefer a more bellicose response to Iran’s nuclear aspirations than President Obama’s current stance.
Stockman: To Address Gas Prices, Stop Beating the War Drums against Iran
Written by Alison Weir
Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman tells CNN that soaring gas prices could be addressed by stopping the war drums against Iran and by getting rid of the neocons who are pushing such a war.
ZAKARIA: ...what do you think will happen with oil? Because the demand certainly doesn’t justify $105 barrel oil. I mean, China is -
STOCKMAN: I think you can address this decisively by stop beating the war drums right now. And Obama could do that, and he could say the neocons are history.
National Summit to Reassess the US-Israel "Special Relationship"
The public is invited to a nonpartisan symposium Nov. 8-9 that will examine the impact of the US-Israel relationship on Americans. Panels will include top military, diplomatic, intelligence, academic, governmental, and economic experts, as well as former Congressional representatives. Read more
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