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Senator Kirk releases "US March To War Act Against Iran Act" to public

My Senator Mark Kirk (Rep. IL) says he appreciates life more now since recovering from his near fatal January, 2012 stroke, but he sure has a strange way of appreciating that new lease on life. He's just released his bill to derail the US - Iran Joint Plan of Action to defuse the US - Iran nuclear crisis and begin normalization of US - Iran diplomatic relations. Officially called the "Iran Nuclear Weapon Free Act of 2013", it could more accurately be titled the "US March to War Against Iran Act of 2013".

Here's why. Kirk's bill expands sanctions against Iran which violates the spirit if not the letter of the Joint Plan of Action. It requires dismantling Iran's nuclear enrichment capabilities which virtually guarantees that the US-Iran détente will fail, making a shooting war more likely. But the most egregious part of Kirk's bill gives implicit discretion to Israeli President Bibi Netanyahu to commit the US to back any pre-emptive war by Israel against Iran. It offers a "Sense of Congress" that "if the Government of Israel is compelled to take military action in legitimate self-defense against Iran’s nuclear weapon program, the United States Government should stand with Israel and provide, in accordance with the law of the United States and the constitutional responsibility of Congress to authorize the use of military force, diplomatic, military, and economic support to the Government of Israel in its defense of its territory, people, and existence". Note it does not mention Israel being attacked, just that we must support them if they attack Iran. Somehow Senator Kirk has lost sight of President George Washington's admonition against "foreign entanglements".

If you want to know why Senator Kirk is striving so hard to derail the first substantive peace initiative between the US and Iran, and give Israel a blank check to attack Iran, just follow the money. Israel Lobby PACs gave Senator Kirk $1,630,000 in campaign contributions between the 2002 and 2010 election cycles, making Kirk the top recipient in the entire Congress. In 2010 alone he received $644,000. http://www.lobelog.com/the-mystery-of-mark-kirks-motivations/

That's our Illinois Senator Mark Kirk - war monger extraordinaire and the best Senator Israel Lobby money can buy. This holiday season pray for peace...and for Senator Mark Kirk having an epiphany that will make him support the desperately needed peace initiatives of his country instead of the rush to war by a foreign country.

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