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Budget lobbyists who attended the NRCCs annual fundraising dinner last night tell us Republicans expect the so-called Queen of the Hill strategy to give an edge to a version of the budget that adds $2 billion to the Overseas Contingency Operations.
Hard National Security Choices
But this decision may have been made more due to concerns over the coming fighting season in Afghanistan than any lobbying by or on behalf of the Afghan President.. This morning, the final round of negotiations before a March 31st deadline for a.
Obama Administration Continues Attacks Against.
The Obama Administration Prepares for Netanyahus Historic Speech to Congress. March 1st. Obama is doing this by trying to change the issue from the nature of the forthcoming Iran deal to whether or not Netanyahu should have accepted John Boehners offer to speak before Congress. Obamas. J Street has lobbied against sanctions on Iran and, although purporting to be ���pro-Israel and pro-peace,��� always acts as a front group for Obamas anti-Israel policies.
The Deal by Justin Raimondo -- Antiwar.com
He stated clearly what are the alternatives to the peaceful resolution of this brewing conflict: war, or walking away from the negotiations ��� imposing heavier sanctions, blinding ourselves to what is going on in Iran, and. This is the meaning of the behind-the-scenes deal between House Speaker John Boehner and the Israeli ambassador to bring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress and make the case against the deal before it was even struck.
Western Powers and Iran Agree on a Nuclear Deal: Now the.
One certainty that you can count on is how much power Israels lobby in Washington, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has on the US Congress to reject Irans nuclear deal when the first phase ends in May 2014.. I wrote an article earlier this year titled New Economic Sanctions on Iran, Washingtons Regime Change Strategy on one of the reasons why the US government imposed sanctions on Iran:. Posted in Geopolitics on 25 November 2013
Iran and America at Heavens Gate?
He seems incapable of realizing that an aggressive strategy to delegitimize Netanyahu while coloring the Republicans as engaging in un-American behavior could have opened valuable political space for him to move swiftly to close the deal with Iran. As.
Israel will attack Iran-- and Obama will lie down for it
Netanyahu is preparing Israel for attack on Iran, and Obama has given tacit approval -- Haaretz says.. Netanyahu is hinting that in his Washington visit, he received Obamas tacit approval for an Israeli attack against Iran ��� under the guise of opposition. Obama will speak out. About Philip Weiss. Philip Weiss is Founder and Co-Editor of Mondoweiss.net. Other posts by Philip Weiss... Im usually like��� you know of people lobbying the Knesset for US interests?
Prepare for Fireworks: White House Sends Big Guns to.
Prepare for Fireworks: White House Sends Big Guns to Israel Lobby Confab �� | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas.. nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea. He also played a key part in the Posts diplomatic reporting on the Iraq war, the International Criminal Court, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and U.S. counterterrorism strategy... Iran Deal Threatens to Upend a Delicate Balance of Power in the Middle East �� David Kenner��.
Options for the U.S. if Iran breaks a nuclear deal - Reuters
German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier (L), Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L), British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (R) talk after Secretary Hammond made a statement about rrecent negotiations with Iran. Mimicking the chiefs indirect strategies, Washington has already seen the positive impact that the combination of sanctions and diplomatic pressure had on bringing Tehran to the bargaining table.
Israel reaches out to France before resumption of Iran nuclear talks
Top Israeli envoys were sent to confer with French officials on Sunday about preventing what Israel considers an unfavorable nuclear deal with Iran after tensions surfaced between France and the United States over negotiation strategy. Though France.
Israel prepares lobbying strategy against Iran deal
JERUSALEM ��� An official Israeli analysis of the nuclear framework deal that world powers reached with Iran has drawn up a list of alleged shortcomings, providing a basis for what is expected to be months of furious lobbying by Prime Minister Benjamin .
Capital Journal Daybreak: Iran, West Close to Nuclear Deal | Indiana Governor.
After lobbying hard against one, Israeli officials are bracing for an agreement between world powers and Iran that would restrict, but not halt, Irans nuclear program ��� A QandA on the objectives of the. of where hes presenting them. Read Colleen.
Republicans are making their case for war in Iran
One of the blatant flaws in Netanyahus presentation to the joint session of Congress was his argument that international sanctions have forced Iran to its knees and, therefore, Iran needs a deal with the West so desperately that a complete ban on all.
Neoconservative Ideology ���Supports US Financial and Military-Political.
Paul Craig Roberts: The US is ruled by private interest groups and by the neoconservative ideology that History has chosen the US as the ���exceptional and indispensable��� country with the right and responsibility to impose its will on the world. In my.
Netanyahus victory ��� what is the cost?
The victory of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israels election may have come at a surprisingly high cost. Mr. Netanyahu publicly proclaimed what every thinking person on the planet always knew, but which most global world leaders chose.
What I Saw in Iran
The dual Iranian-American citizen and Washington Post bureau chief has spent the better part of a year in jail on unknown charges. You dont want to end. has you covered. Eager to help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?. But even if it comes.
Western Powers and Iran Agree on a Nuclear Deal: Now the.
One certainty that you can count on is how much power Israels lobby in Washington, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has on the US Congress to reject Irans nuclear deal when the first phase ends in May 2014.. One of the most vocal advocates for Israel in congress is the U.S. House of Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from Florida who introduced a bill to congress called the The United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act��.
Relax, Israel ��� if your ally is working with your enemy, it.
There is significant concern across the Middle East that if Washington and Tehran reach an agreement on Irans nuclear program, it would mark the beginning of a U.S. pivot to Persia and away from its traditional regional allies,. This means coordinating with Saudi Arabia, Israel and other important allies to develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for pushing back on destabilizing Iranian influence in the region.. Posted by brotherkenny4 | Report as abusive.
Can Turkeys AKP patch over its bleeding gaps?
Hardly does a single day pass without Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking before huge crowds, lobbying on governments behalf to gather sufficient majority in the parliament that will grant him extra powers... After acknowledging the.
Israel Lobby Pushes for US Action Against the Syrian.
Furthermore, ���If Israel had hit Syria, it would have been such a harsh blow for Iran that it would have weakened it and [changed] the strategic map in the Middle East.. all the bloodshed if Obama had not ���made a fetish of caution��� and kept the US out of the fray. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-syrias-war-the-lines-that-matter-arent-red/2013/05/09/b29ac688-b808-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story_2.html... Israel to lobby US Congress over looming Iran deal.
If US backs off, Bibis wish could become his nightmare
With their conflicting agendas, relations between Obama and Netanyahu steadily deteriorated. After setbacks in his first term, Obama began to feel Israeli-Palestinian peace was not possible under the present leadership but let Kerry give it a second.
Israel prepares lobbying strategy against Iran deal.
Washington Post JERUSALEM ��� An official Israeli analysis of the nuclear framework deal that world powers reached with Iran has drawn up a list of alleged shortcomings, providing a basis for what is expected to be months��.
A trip report from Israel: We have entered the phase of.
Given the degree of uncertainty inherent in the current regional upheavals, it would be an exaggeration to say that Israelis are yet at the point of developing any new grand strategy. But one. Amidst all the sturm und drang created by what many believe is the unraveling of the Middle Easts post-World War I order, Israeli officials have maintained a laser-like focus on the Iranian nuclear threat... His column appears bi-weekly in the print edition of The Washington Post.
Netanyahu is a paper tiger ��� Mondoweiss
But at a moment when an unprecedented number of members of Congress are up in arms over Netanyahus efforts to sabotage the Obama administrations policy towards Iran, there are other signs that the pro-Israel lobby may not be invincible in Washington. Here are seven pieces of. One of the clearest examples of increasing success by grassroots activists was the challenge mounted against the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014. Unlike the 70��.
On Arms-to-Egypt, Obama Answers Hills Call
WASHINGTON ��� US President Barack Obama answered a call from Republicans and Democrats when he ended a freeze on arms transactions to Egypt, and the move is winning him rare bipartisan praise. The White House in. At a time when Obamas foreign.
Israel to lobby in Washington for tough line on Iran | The.
As he prepares to lead an Israeli delegation to Washington in an effort to pressure the White House on Iran, Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz says that unless there is a ���dramatic development��� in nuclear talks between Iran and. the central and possibly the last round of talks between the world powers and Iran��� ��� hinting that if the negotiations resulted in a ���bad deal��� under which Iran is allowed to retain its nuclear capacity, Israel might be forced to act to prevent��.
Stakes over Iran Talks on the Rise �� LobeLog
They can expect to be smeared by the Obama administration as reckless warmongers and slandered by Obamas media epigones as tools of the Israel lobby,��� he wrote, calling on lawmakers to resist such intimidation. Similarly, the Washington Posts Charles Krauthammer, a leading neo-conservative who has largely neglected Iran in recent months, published a column Friday entitled ���A Suckers Deal��� ��� the phrase used by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius,��.
NYT and Post wont tell us why Dems are abandoning.
The nightflower Israel lobby remains a nightflower.. [writes] They cant support Obamas Iran achievement because these Democrats are ���the men and the women, after all, who are on a first-name basis with most of the board of AIPAC��� and ���they want to be in Washington long after Obama leaves the White House.���. No doubt, she will ultimately endorse the deal but envelop her endorsement with enough saber rattling at Iran to please her lobby-affiliated donors.
An Interview with Paul Craig Roberts
In my opinion the most powerful of the private interest groups are: the Military/security Complex , the 4 or 5 mega-sized ���banks too big to tai,l��� and Wall Street, the Israel Lobby , Agribusiness , the Extractive industries (oil, mining, timber.
Kerry to talk nukes with Iran as Israeli leader lobbies against.
But theres widespread mistrust of the administrations negotiating strategy in Congress, fueled by reports this week from Geneva that negotiators are working on a deal that may leave Iran a way to build a nuclear weapon.. While in Washington, Netanyahu also is scheduled to speak Monday morning at the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and its likely many of the Democrats boycotting his speech at the Capitol may attend.
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(Washington Post). -- A sensitive leak investigation into former Joint Chiefs vice chairman Gen. James Hoss Cartwright is in limbo amid concerns that a trial could confirm a joint U.S.-Israeli covert operation targeting Iran. Cartwright is accused of.
Washington sits shiva for the 2-state solution
Yesterday President Obama leaped on the PMs comments at a press conference, stating severely that the two-state solution is not going to happen in the next ���several��� years, and we have to deal with that reality, and no ones going to get anywhere by.