House Resolution Calls for Naval Blockade against Iran
A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war.
GlobalResearch.ca has an article on H.CON.RES 362, which, ‘calls on the president to stop all shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching Iran. It also “demands” that the President impose “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains and cargo entering or departing Iran.”‘ This, understandably, is seen by some as a pretext for war.
According to the article,
Congressional insiders credit America’s powerful pro-Israel lobby for the rapid endorsement of the bills. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) held its annual policy conference June 2-4, in which it sent thousands of members to Capitol Hill to push for tougher measures against Iran. On its website, AIPAC endorses the resolutions as a way to ”Stop Irans Nuclear Proliferation” and tells readers to lobby Congress to pass the bill.
AIPAC has been ramping up the rhetoric against Iran over the last 3 years delivering 9 issue memos to Congress in 2006, 17 in 2007 and in the first five months of 2008 has delivered no less than 11 issue memos to the Congress and Senate predominantly warning of Irans nuclear weapons involvement and support for terrorism.
The Resolutions put forward in the House and the Senate bear a resounding similarity to AIPAC analysis and Issue Memos in both its analysis and proposals even down to its individual components.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that Congressional resolutions sound like AIPAC talking points. I mean, it’s not like AIPAC is so powerful that even Barack ‘Change we can believe in’ Obama started spouting pro-Israel war rhetoric the moment he stood before them. And it’s not like the invasion of Iraq was drafted by the Israel lobby and served up to Congress and the president in full view of America. And it’s not like AIPAC leaders have previously claimed to have complete control over the American government. It’s all a big misunderstanding.
