The only brave Congressmen and Congresswomen to stand up against the US Government’s support of Israel’s war on Gaza
On January 9, 2009 there was a vote for the following bill:
Recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza, reaffirming the United States’ strong support for Israel, and supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
We all know this bill had nothing to do with defending Israel against attacks from Gaza. We all know this is not supporting any peace-process but helping the State of Israel continue to use American taxes to kill the people of Gaza. The following men and women of Congress were the only ‘nay’ voters to the above bill.
- Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio (D) – http://kucinich.house.gov/
- Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Wisconson (D) – http://www.house.gov/gwenmoore/
- Congressman Ron Paul of Texas (R) – http://www.house.gov/paul/
- Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California (D) – http://www.house.gov/waters/
- Congressman Rick Rahall of West Virginia (D) – http://www.rahall.house.gov/
Please contact them and thank them for their ‘nay’ vote.
Here is the full listing of the voting results of the bill.
Kudos to them!
Nick
13 Jan 09 at 2:44 pm
I love these people.
Christine
13 Jan 09 at 2:52 pm
Wow, I think you might just be onto something here.
http://www.privacy-web.us.tc
John Mighty
13 Jan 09 at 3:04 pm
they have been fighting for thousands of years…..Israel should pond them into the ground if that’s what they choose!!!
BW
13 Jan 09 at 3:06 pm
It is pathetic that only five of our elected representatives had the courage to do the right thing. It comes as no surprise though. Typical of our failed democracy. Hold onto tour hat the ride has just begun.
theanarchist
13 Jan 09 at 3:19 pm
It’s a start. It’s a shame that those in Congress are such sheep when it comes to the Israeli view. See: Global Investment Watch at http://globalinvestmentwatch.com/2009/01/12/few-in-congress-oppose-killing-in-gaza/
John
13 Jan 09 at 3:40 pm
Thank them? Their decision was over semantics not over logical favoritism. Israel has every right to be handling the war the way she is. I dont know any other country in the world, in the arab world especially, that would have exercised so much patients. How many months did rocket attacks continue without ANYTHING being done?
Daniel
13 Jan 09 at 4:10 pm
patients->patience*
Daniel
13 Jan 09 at 4:11 pm
http://www.juancole.com/2009/01/only-america-first-pac-can-stop-madness.html
FIGHTAIPAC
13 Jan 09 at 4:17 pm
Breaks my heart that the American taxpayers money is being used to committ crime against humanity….
… interesting to note only one Republican has the sense.
Mimi
13 Jan 09 at 5:06 pm
Um, none Daniel, Israel themselves admits that it was they who violated the cease fire with an attack upon Gaza in November.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfFMZ7Y-s_c
Petter
13 Jan 09 at 5:12 pm
slight typo
Rick Nahall should be Nick Rahall
and his website is currently down
but you can find contact into via
http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/627
Todd
13 Jan 09 at 5:13 pm
@Todd – Thanks. I corrected it. His site seems to be working for me.
Amir Sahib
13 Jan 09 at 5:18 pm
BW … yes, they’ve been fighting for years. Perhaps the US government should re-consider Israeli subsidies and non-repayable loans used to wage war against the Palestine.
Kevin
13 Jan 09 at 5:59 pm
The Israeli’s have been fucking around with the Palestinians long enough!!!! They should be stopped, before they completely destroy the people! How can our ignorant govt help such a thing like this! Israel and the U.S. WILL pay for the terrible things they have done!!!!!
Khalil Nasar
13 Jan 09 at 6:31 pm
[...] what it’s worth, five representatives voted against the resolution: Dennis Kucinich (OH), Gwen Moore (WI), Ron Paul (TX), Maxine Waters (CA), and Rick Rahall [...]
Small Town Justice - The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics
13 Jan 09 at 8:38 pm
And I voted for Gwen Moore. Thank you very much, Congresswoman.
Nick Gates
13 Jan 09 at 11:39 pm
They are now on the AIPAC shit list. I’ve been covering this closely on my blog, take a look.
http://www.bloggingthecasbah.com
guerilla journalist
14 Jan 09 at 12:14 am
you should do some real research into the history of the israel-gaza conflict and see who the aggressors really are. Rockets have been pouring down on towns in Southern Israel (such as Sderot) ever since Israel Pulled out of Gaza. Gaza had, in effect, been a launching pad for missiles to be fired at civilians for no purpose other than to kill Jews.
Abraham
14 Jan 09 at 2:03 am
I’m very proud that a congressman from my home state (Dennis Kucinich) stood up for his principles and voted against this bill. So many people in the US have a kneejerk reaction about this issue, but when you’re able to see past the mainstream media, get a different perspective (try European or Asian news) and read the history of the conflict, it’s obvious that there is much more to this story than we have been told.
Michelle
14 Jan 09 at 2:07 am
The most interesting thing is that Israel seems to think that crippling the Palestinian areas’ economies (with sanctions, bans on trade), freezing their liquid assets, and other forms of “punishment” is going to help stop their terrorist attacks. With more and more going unemployed because of this, and Israel clearly causing it, most of them would be angry at Israel and have no chance for a purpose other than to fight for what they see as a just cause.
Israel seems to think that the deaths of 14 soldiers should be retaliated against with the deaths of 700+ civilians, only an estimated 58 were militants. When a father’s daughter is killed by an Israeli bomb, or when a family’s store is destroyed by an Israeli bulldozer, who can blame them for swearing to exact revenge?
Israel’s misguided, immature, retaliatory tactics are creating the problem, not fixing it. The only thing stopping an entire genocide on Palestinian areas is that the world would be forced to react negatively towards Israel.
Jimmy
14 Jan 09 at 2:15 am
WHAT THE FUCK!
Have ANY of you EVER read a fucking book or watched news other than CNN or FOX, you are using the internet right now, why dont you morons do a little searching to find out yourselves what is going on in the world!!!!
they have NOT been “fighting for thousands of years” there wasnt even a state of isreal until 1948!!!
the only people on the planet that think that are americans!!
what is going on is NOT WAR it is ETHNIC CLENSING!!!!!
the jews have been wiping them out since they started OCCUPYING palistine
you are always online yet NEVER ACTUALLY USE THE INTERNET TO LOOK ANYTHING UP!!!!
is it any wonder why us Europeans hate your fucking ignorant guts
(apologies to smart americans, you know who you are)
fucking yanks!!
14 Jan 09 at 2:51 am
sorry, fucking yanks!!. i know the press makes it look like we’re all moronic dumbfucks, but be cheered to know that democrats (i.e. non-dumbfucks) oppose the slaughter by 22%. unfortunately, our elected “representatives” don’t see any need to actually reflect the wishes of the electorate. which is why the us is boned.
Abraham: i have been researching it extensively since the invasion began and self-righteous Israel apologists stated claiming history justified their position. so far i’ve discovered that Israel was founded in 1948 after many years of illegal violent terrorist activities by Zionists after the end of ww2 that succeeded in preventing the un plans for an equitable division of the land in the region from being enacted. i have also discovered that the majority of Israeli citizens are not genetic descendants of the tribes of Israel and in fact are descended from europeans who “converted” to the Jewish faith during the middle ages. which makes their endless referral to religious justification for their actions darkly laughable. one cannot “convert” to a religion based on ethnicity with any validity. i also learned Israel has refused to return land it took from the Palestinian reservation (the Native Americans being the closest valid analogy) in 1967 in continual violation of international law. note that the rockets being fired are being fired into this land. be careful what you ask for, because you may get it. in this case, the gaze of intellectually functional unbiased people who are quite disgusted to discover we’re been ignorantly abetting religiously justified persecution of an illegally displaced people.
Edward Virtually
14 Jan 09 at 8:57 am
Honestly, I’d be upset, but the Jews are killing Muslims. Two groups of people that need to be wiped off the earth anyway are killing each other. Maybe Israel could start using chemical weapons against them to speed up the process a little.
brian
14 Jan 09 at 3:34 pm
speaking of moronic dumbfucks… those who think other people “need to be wiped off the earth” should start with themselves. this is the 21st century, the time when acting like an unsocialized mutant chimpanzee has long past.
Edward Virtually
14 Jan 09 at 6:45 pm
Dear “fucking yanks,” Israeli Jews fighting Palestinian Arabs has been going on as early as 200 BC. Just because the “country” of Israel has only been around since 1948, doesn’t mean they haven’t been fighting over the “holy land” for over 2000 years. YOU’RE the one who needs to get their facts straight
Jimmy
14 Jan 09 at 11:18 pm