Help Obama fight Congress' increased sanctions that hurt diplomatic efforts with Iran - fight AIPAC

[karynnj]

Last edited Wed Nov 13, 2013, 10:33 PM - Edit history (1)

Today, Biden, Kerry, and Wendy Sherman, who has led the Iranian negotiations, are all trying to get the Senate to not pass increased sanctions on Iran while there is hope for diplomacy.

There are many articles that have spoken of how Netanyahu is using Jewish lobbying groups, like AIPAC, to push these increased sanctions. In the past AIPAC has been very successful getting both Democrats and Republicans to follow their wishes. J Street, the liberal lobbying group is supporting President Obama with a petition. http://act.jstreet.org/sign/iran_negotiations/

From Jstreet's facebook page:


Signing that petition or calling your Senators at this time might show that most of use prefer that diplomacy gets a chance.

Here is a thread that speaks of where the Obama administration is - http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=647094

[libodem]

1. Signed

[karynnj]

2. Thanks

I wasn't sure if posting this petition here was a good idea, but it seems that this is a way that we can support the administration in an effort that could avoid the war the neo cons have wanted for years.

[libodem]

4. No.

Thank you!

[sabrina 1]

3. Thanks, I will try but there are some powerful forces running things in this country it seems

when every time we are close to making to some good decisions, they are derailed.

[libodem]

6. Seems that way

I was reading a very good article that I had linked to from here and then I got closed out of it and couldn't find the original story. But it was about the original NSA leaker from back in the 70's. He was interviewed for a magazine article and now I can't remember his name, his pseudonym, or the damned magazine.
I wish I could find it again.

One of his points were the 5 eyes. He stated as a former NSA operative that these agencies, are entities unto themselves and really have no responsibility to the government or the American people. He named 5 other countries that cooperate together on a global agenda.

[sabrina 1]

8. Sounds interesting. I will try to find it. It is an outrage that any entity could have so much

power in this Democracy. There is so much work to be done to get this country back on track. Where to begin is the problem.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Signed. n/t

[karynnj]

7. kick