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Groundswell on Syria: The people versus AIPAC
Philip Weiss*on September 5, 2013*20. "We’re at a defining moment in the history of the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel. Israel wants a war and the American people don’t– still, American leadership is pressing ahead. This groundswell of American opposition has fostered a willingness on the part of the American media to broach the issue of blind American support for Israel.Last night, NBC Nightly News led*not*with the Senate Foreign Relations committee’s vote to approve military action against Syria, but with the American people– with the “loud and lopsided” opposition across the country to taking a military strike on Syria. In “packed town hall meetings from Connecticut to Oklahoma,”*Kelly O’Donnell reported,*Americans are voicing opposition to interfering in the Syrian civil war. And she featured Justin Amash, the Michigan freshman Republican, who has Syrian ancestors and opposes a strike, as does nearly everyone at his town halls." Groundswell on Syria: The people versus AIPAC. The question before America today is this, does this nation serve first and foremost the interests of Israel or does this country serve first and foremost the interests of the American people. Whether we see Congress approve military strikes on Syria answers that question for all of us.
Philip Weiss*on September 5, 2013*20. "We’re at a defining moment in the history of the special relationship between the U.S. and Israel. Israel wants a war and the American people don’t– still, American leadership is pressing ahead. This groundswell of American opposition has fostered a willingness on the part of the American media to broach the issue of blind American support for Israel.Last night, NBC Nightly News led*not*with the Senate Foreign Relations committee’s vote to approve military action against Syria, but with the American people– with the “loud and lopsided” opposition across the country to taking a military strike on Syria. In “packed town hall meetings from Connecticut to Oklahoma,”*Kelly O’Donnell reported,*Americans are voicing opposition to interfering in the Syrian civil war. And she featured Justin Amash, the Michigan freshman Republican, who has Syrian ancestors and opposes a strike, as does nearly everyone at his town halls." Groundswell on Syria: The people versus AIPAC. The question before America today is this, does this nation serve first and foremost the interests of Israel or does this country serve first and foremost the interests of the American people. Whether we see Congress approve military strikes on Syria answers that question for all of us.
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