As the Biden administration is deliberating on Iran policy, over 100 Republican and Democratic members of the House are urging President Biden to “remain firm” hold Iran accountable for its alleged “destabilizing activities.”
A bipartisan resolution with 112 cosponsors, 87 Republicans and 25 Democrats, was introduced in the House. The resolution expresses support for the “Iranian people’s desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran.”
The resolution came with a letter sent to President Biden by Reps Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Tom McClintock (R-CA). In the letter, the lawmakers call on President Biden to “remain firm in holding the Iranian government accountable both for its nuclear and other destabilizing activities in the region.”
While the letter doesn’t mention sanctions or the nuclear deal, the call to “remain firm” likely means that the lawmakers don’t want to see Biden give Iran sanctions relief. Iran hawks often call for a stricter nuclear deal that addresses Iran’s so-called “destabilizing activities,” like its ballistic missile program or support for groups in the Middle East.
The Biden administration has been demanding that Iran return to commitments it agreed under the JCPOA. Since the US is the party that violated the deal, Iran is calling on President Biden to act first and lift sanctions.
Iranian officials have signaled a willingness to negotiate and coordinate the actions needed to revive the deal, but the US seems to be in no hurry and is still deliberating on the way forward.
While there appears to be opposition to the JCPOA in the House, back in December, 150 House Democrats signed a letter supporting President Biden’s original plan to return to diplomacy with Iran and revive the JCPOA.
Can someone please tell me what Iran has actually done to us? As far as I can tell they have lots more reasons to be mad at us for.
Generally speaking, the US security state dating from 1947 (or earlier) requires enemies. No enemies, no Pentagon Puzzle Palace, no huge contracts for crappy equipment, no losing wars all over the planet. Iran is a good choice because of its location and its failure to follow orders, so stuff is made up like ‘world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.’ There’s also the fact that Iran turned out to be the winner of the Pentagon’s Operation Iraqi Freedom, also it is a close friend to another US enemy Syria (along with Russia).
They were the Shah, our pet. Then they turfed him out, and that alone made them Enemy.
Love our support for the Iranian people-as we use sanctions to strangle them.
. . .alternative title
House Lawmakers Don’t Urge Biden to “Remain Firm” on Iran
Three-quarters of the House did not join in a resolution to “remain firm” on Iran.
Good point. I feel better. But not much.
Along with Senator Lindsay Graham, I’d be curious to know how many politicians on Capitol Hill have AIPAC as their most generous campaign contributors.
No politicians on Capitol Hill have AIPAC as a campaign contributor at all. AIPAC doesn’t make campaign contributions.
As an organization, the law prohibits them. But, as individuals? And as individuals, where does the money come from?
Obviously, supporters of AIPAC make campaign contributions. I was just noting that AIPAC doesn’t.
If I make a campaign contribution, that campaign contribution is from me, not from my employer or from an organization I belong to.
It is an important distinction that one can “direct” campaign contributions without making them.
Also, there is much more than campaign contributions behind the political power of AIPAC. They can and do smear. They can and do recruit primary opposition.
They trade on their credibility and influence, not their money. That is why attacks on their credibility and influence get to the core of what they do.
That is why J-Street was such a core challenge, or at least had the potential to get to the real core.
The work needs to be done, but it would show up not as money but as something quite different.
AIPAC’s block holds the largest number of representatives in the congress; the biggest share of the seats than any states in the union!
Two branches of the same party, the Zionist Party.
They own the Senate too:
In defining its power, an executive at Aipac once pointed out to a napkin and boasted, “You see this napkin? In 24 hours, we could have the signatures of 70 senators on this napkin.”
https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/the-united-states-of-israel-1.1698306
Or this:
https://mondoweiss.net/2011/12/aipac-posterizes-obama-in-senate-100-0/
Biden appoints yet another Zionist ….
…from Al-Monitor
Biden team picks Dana Stroul to lead Pentagon’s Middle East desk
Stroul, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, will join a roster of Obama-era veterans when she returns to the Pentagon. . .here
from Philip Giraldi . .
WINEP is the think tank founded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in an attempt to demonstrate that hatred of all of Israel’s enemies in the Middle East is somehow an American vital interest, so it is perhaps odd to consider that the organization would even allow Arabs to have politics. Stroul had worked at the Pentagon and had also co-chaired the Syria Study Group set up by Congress prior to landing at WINEP. . .here
All hope was gone when the Kagans slid into top slots. That includes Mrs. Kagan, Victoria Nuland. Hillary’s darling. The rest is detail.
Israeli occupied territory. We knew that.