Israel's War Is To Be Sold As America's War

no shit...from 2005....

AIPAC's Big, Bigger, Biggest Moment
By Dana Milbank
The Washington Post
Tuesday, May 24, 2005; Page A13
How much clout does AIPAC have?
Well, consider that during the pro-Israel lobby's annual conference yesterday, a fleet of police cars, sirens wailing, blocked intersections and formed a motorcade to escort buses carrying its conventioneers -- to lunch....(Richard) Perle drew cheers for denouncing Palestinian anti-Semitism and the French. Harman mentioned that an aide once worked for AIPAC, called her audience "very sophisticated" and celebrated Yasser Arafat's death as "a blessing." Debating a hard-liner in front of a pro-administration crowd, HARMAN HEAPED PRAISE ON PRESIDENT BUSH, CALLING THE IRAQI ELECTIONS "SENSATIONALLY IMPRESSIVE" AND MOVING TO "APPLAUD" OR "COMMEND" PERLE AND THE ADMINISTRATION A DOZEN TIMES. "RICHARD IS RIGHT, AND SO IS PRESIDENT BUSH," SHE SAID AT ONE POINT. BUT AFTER HALF AN HOUR OF THIS, HARMAN COULD NOT KEEP UP. PERLE PROVOKED CHEERS FROM THE CROWD WHEN HE FAVORED A MILITARY RAID ON IRAN, SAYING THAT "IF IRAN IS ON THE VERGE OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON, I THINK WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION." WHEN HARMAN SAID THE "BEST SHORT-TERM OPTION" IS THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL, THE CROWD REACTED WITH BOOS.
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