An overwhelming majority (76) of US Senators have co-signed a letter to President Obama, warning against a new round of diplomacy with Iranian President Hassan Rohani, insisting they were just an attempt to “stall for time.”
In contrast to the administration’s tepid support for diplomacy, the letter lays out materially the same position as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, insisting that it is time to tell Iran that the window for diplomacy “is coming to an end.”
Instead of talks, the Senators urged the US to immediately announce a large number of new sanctions against Iran, and to “reinforce the credibility of our option to use military force” against the nation.
This of course echoes repeated calls from Netanyahu for the US to focus its efforts on threatening Iran much more often than it already does. That the letter got in excess of a supermajority for that position in the Senate underscores the overwhelming opposition within the US government to real efforts at negotiation.
Well, now the American people know that 76 of their senators are working for Israel and writing letters on behalf of Israeli government, rest perhaps another 76 doing the same but in secrecy?
Mojo,
There are only 100 Senators, so the maximum additional number would be 24. I haven't done a count, but at least some of those 24 are not especially fond of Israel. Still, yeah, it wouldn't be surprising if a few more than the 76 we know about are in the pay of AIPAC, et. al.
When will this all end? We need to fix our Detroits and not go to war.
What is Bibi's next demand going to be– that members of congress start wearing their shirt collars outside their lapels like the Knesset?
Wow! what a bunch of warmongers they cant wait to send our young men and women to fight a futile war which is insignificant to the American people.The only reason is….the apartheid state of Israel, when are we 'the people' going to wake up?