Dems Cave on Iraq, DUH!!! Jews Against the War Speak Out

Even though I'm on a peace network legislative list with dozens of posts detailing hour by hour attempts to pressure congress to get us out of Iraq, it's hard to believe that the military-industrial- media-Israel lobby controlled congress will get us out of Iraq. It would take the whole Iraqi government rising up and kicking the U.S. out and/or massive failure that even Bush has to admit. However, it's more likely Bush will invade Iran and make matters worse if necessary to avoid withdrawal. After all, if it all leads to ARMAGEDDON, that must be "god's plan" for G.W. - and the world!
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Keith Olbermann does a great rant on the betrayal of the voters. The fact that he is still there and hasn't been driven out by some sort of Bush administration threats against the network's license is pretty amazing. I keep wondering what General Electric's (owner of the station) ulterior motive is? To bring on 5 more Olbermanns if they don't get their military contracts renewed? Or could it be that there actually is one network owned by people who put the interests of protecting Americans before that of protecting a certain Middle East colonialist state?
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Which reminds me that a new coalition of Jewish leaders -- from Orthodox to Conservative to Reform to Reconstructionist to Renewal -- has arisen. Calling themselves Jews Against the War, they just issued a petition with 1000 signatures urging an end to the Iraq War - and more importantly, no war against Iran, something actively promoted by AIPAC.
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According to the press release: A recent Gallup poll indicated that fully 77% of American Jews think the Iraq War was a mistake, compared with just 52% of the general American public. This disparity between the poll results versus the relative lack of an active and vocal Jewish effort to oppose the war was integral to the organization’s initial creation.
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The Petition states, in part, “...the invasion of Iraq was not just and…the continued occupation extends this injustice...the “permission” to prosecute this war was gained under false pretenses by our president, and that the goals of the war were ill-considered, unrealistic, and poorly planned...we believe it is the moral responsibility of the current administration to end this war! We ask that Congress set hard and fast limits on the ability of the President to expand this war or to extend it further in a military action against Iran.”
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Thank heavens the vast majority of Jews who put justice and peace first are starting to organize to rebel against the tiny but wealthy and powerful minority of rabidly pro-Zionist Jews that can only be described as religious/ethnic supremacists. One of the latter said to me as he was getting out of his limousine at the last AIPAC conference which DC activists protested: "There's nothing you can do! We have all the money!" Talk about living up the most negative stereotypes. It's worse than me on a raging radical feminist rant - but don't get me started!!