what do you think of Democrats who supported Iran deal taking money from Iranian lobbyists?

SrA Art Siatkowsky — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 02:33:00 -0500

what is up with this??

Ten Congressional Democrats who support the Iran nuclear deal have taken money from pro-Iranian regime lobbyists with ties to the Iranian government.

FrontPage Magazine’s master sleuth Daniel Greenfield reports that the Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC) has contributed to the following Pro-Iran deal Democrat “traitors”:

Sen. Edward “Ed” Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Alan “Al” Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)4%
[D-NH]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)8%
[D-NY]
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)2%
[D-CA]
Rep. Michael “Mike” Honda [D-CA17]
Rep. André Carson [D-IN7]
Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA)12%
[D-VA11]
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)16%
[D-MD4]
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)20%
[D-CA14]
Iranian émigré dissident Hassan Daioleslam, who beat a defamation lawsuit brought by the Iran Lobby after he exposed them and their activities, detailed the origins of the IAPAC in 2007:

During the eight years of Rafsanjani’s presidency, which ended in 1997, the Iranian regime had attempted without success to attract the Iranian Diaspora to its cause. Khatami’s presidency recharged Tehran’s efforts. With the Supreme Leader’s direct involvement, the High Council for Iranian Compatriots Overseas was created in 2000 under the auspices of the Foreign Ministry. The President heads the Council, and the Foreign Minister serves as its deputy director. The Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance collaborate to implement the decisions of the council. The objective was to create a network of organizations to infiltrate and seemingly represent the Iranian community abroad, and promote policies favorable to the Iranian government. Tehran anticipated that this strategy would neutralize opposition activities abroad and legitimize the new lobby.

Daioleslam wrote that, in a 2006 interview with a government-controlled newspaper, regime official Sadegh Kharazi praised Trita Parsi, the Swedish-Iranian head of the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), and stated that “there is actually an existing Iranian lobby in US.”

In 1999, Parsi and his wealthy companion in Iran, Siamak Namazi, “presented a joint paper titled, ‘Iranian-Americans: The bridge between two nations,’ at the DAPIA conference organized by the Iranian government in Cypress.” Daioleslam explained:

This report comprises the manifesto and roadmap of the new Iranian lobby in the US. In this paper, the authors suggest that: “an Iranian-American lobby is needed in order to create a balance between the competing Middle Eastern lobbies. Without it, Iran-bashing may become popular in Congress again.” The “competing lobby” was AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee). The pillars of the road map were:

• To have the appearance of a citizen’s lobby.
• To mimic the Jewish lobby in the US.
• To impede Iranian opposition activities.
• To infiltrate the US political system.
• To break the taboo of working with Iran’s cleric rulers for the Iranian Diaspora.
• To improve the image of the Iran’s government abroad.

In their desire to mimic the “Jewish Lobby” they created IAPAC (Iranian American Political Action Committee).

Daioleslam reports (emphasis added):

Trita Parsi has been reciting this comparison to the Israeli lobby since the late 1990’s, about the time that the High Council was formed. At the beginning his tone was more contentious and resembled the mullah’s usual rhetoric. While he has toned down his anti-Israeli remarks in his English communiqués, the governmental newspaper Aftab published on December 28, 2006 an interview with Trita Parsi. In his introduction, the reporter underlined the role of Parsi’s lobby on behalf of the Iranian regime. The article’s title is interesting: “The Iranian Lobby Becomes Active.” Translation:

The conflict between Iran and the West on Iran’s nuclear file has entered a critical state. The government must now utilize all the possible resources to defend the national interest. In this, we have not paid enough attention to the potentially significant influence of the Iranian American society in moderating the extremist policies of the White House. In comparison of this untouched potential to the influence of the Jewish lobby in directing the policies of Washington in supporting Israel, we see the difference between what is and what could be.

And now we know that this Iran Lobby is buying the Democrats.

This, of course, explains a lot. It is always worthwhile to recall the lessons of Whittaker Chambers, who, horrified to learn the KGB was offering money to American Communists, who should have been willing to do the bidding of the Soviet Union on principal, demanded an explanation from his KGB overlord. The man from Moscow told Chambers that it was very simple: “Who pays is boss, and who takes money must also give something.”

Report: Pro-Iran Deal Democrats Took Money from 'Iran Lobby' - Breitbart

Ten Congressional Dems who support the Iran nuclear deal took money from pro-Iranian regime lobbyists with ties to the Iranian government.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Nov 3 at 2015 2:35 AM

PO1 John Miller — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 02:35:07 -0500

Hmm... Conflict of interest much???

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 3:10 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:10:10 -0500

politicians being themselves, nothing new

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Nov 3 at 2015 3:22 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:22:55 -0500

I don't think that anybody that supported the Iran deal understands the world or the consequences of this major blunder.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 7:10 AM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:10:00 -0500

.... well .... i don't know what should I said ...

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Nov 3 at 2015 7:13 AM

SSgt Alex Robinson — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:13:11 -0500

It's called hypocrisy

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Nov 3 at 2015 9:12 AM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:12:52 -0500

I think it's adorable to believe stories that only appear on one website which looted it from soccerdaily.com....

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 9:44 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:44:37 -0500

I think that "Breitbart" is a right-wing source that is not above putting their spin, much like MSNBC does on the left.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 9:45 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:45:20 -0500

Can't say as I am surprised.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 9:47 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:47:13 -0500

If true - and the source is suspect and seems to have a single source itself - the answer is to trumpet this information to voters and let them decide.

Response by 1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 9:47 AM

1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:47:46 -0500

I thought we already discusses this one in depth about the time of release. Also, may want to use a more centrist news source. This is the equivalent to quoting "The Progressive", "The War and Peace Report" or Rachel Maddow.

Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 12:32 PM

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:32:00 -0500

At some point, illegal activity of our Congress, and Oval Office, and other government agencies, needs to be addressed with legal punishment. There are some offenses that can be left up to voters to decide, but buying votes, and/or taking foreign donations for political gain, is grounds for legal prosecution and dismissal from office, and yes, I do understand that that would probably require removal of all of Congress.

Response by PV2 Scott Goodpasture made Nov 3 at 2015 11:16 PM

PV2 Scott Goodpasture — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:16:05 -0500

Oh yeah. Money talks freedom and representation walks

Response by Sgt Tom Vaughn made Nov 4 at 2015 9:28 AM

Sgt Tom Vaughn — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 09:28:24 -0500

Treason

Response by COL Ted Mc made Nov 4 at 2015 2:18 PM

COL Ted Mc — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:18:24 -0500

SrA Art Siatkowsky - Airman; Do you have a count of those Congressional Republicans who voted AGAINST the deal who took money from "
Anti-Iranian" lobby groups?

If you tell me that there weren't any, I don't think that I'll believe you.