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AIPAC’s Iran War Resolution

Irancove @ August 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Via Payvand: 
Despite the expectation of easy passage, AIPAC’s controversial resolution is stalled in committee. The efforts of antiwar groups who mobilized messages of protest proved fruitful, but the debate over the use of military force in Iran is just beginning.
Ordinarily, the American Israel Policy Action Committee (AIPAC) has an influence on U.S. foreign policy way […]

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24

Irancove @ August 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet

An interesting profile on Fox’s 24 and its conservative co-creator and executive producer Joel Surnow who considers the show “patriotic”—Excerpt:

“24,” which last year won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, packs an improbable amount of intrigue into twenty-four hours, and its outlandishness marks it clearly as a fantasy, an heir to the baroque potboilers […]

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