Iran War Weekly for January 20, 2013

When putting together links for activists or our weekly newsletter, one excellent resource is the Iran War Weekly featured at WarIsACrime.org by Frank Brodhead. Iran’s nuclear program, and the possibilities of war against Iran, will likely be prominent in the Senate...

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The easiest campaign promise??

Both War Party candidates (Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama) have stumbled all over themselves -- and each other -- to promise the government of Israel  they won't let Iran produce a nuclear bomb. Unless they begin to believe their own propaganda as Kennedy did (which...

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Action Item: Calling the Question on Iran

From the indispensable Just Foreign Policy: Help Rand Paul Call the Question on War with Iran Sen. Rand Paul introducing his amendment to S. 2101. Before we have any military conflict with Iran, the Senate and the House should have at least one debate and vote on it....

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…Fear Based on Fact?

While I work on pledge drive, I torment myself by playing CNNMSNBCFOX in the background. Today's tortured viewing included a rerun of A Nuclear Iran: The Expert Intel. It wasn't as bad as one might expect --the calm measured Hillary Mann Leverett was given a...

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Regarding “rising tensions in the Gulf”

Pearl of wisdom from a Union private crossing the Rappahannock into Fredericksburg, December 1862: Shit! They want us to get in. Getting out won't be quite so smart and easy. You'll see. Apparently Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative hasn't worked its way into...

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Iran: The Case Against the Next War

The Case Against the Next War is "a concise package on foreign policy with Iran and Israel because [young activists] desired a resource to show parents and family something with integrity," says Nick Hankoff. The 26 year old media consultant created the presentation...

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