Re: I just heard on a radio talk show that a Republican asked the Bush administration to stop telling lies about the reasons to go to war.
Mr Jim MORAN: YOU ARE THE HONOR OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Thank you, Mr Moran, for telling public opinion the truth about the Iraq crisis... Thank you for exposing the ISRAELI BLACKMAIL to prompt America into another bloodshed. A friendly advice: BEWARE OF YOUR MAIL! You may be next to be sent an "anthrax letter"....
Lawmaker apologizes to Jewish groups for Iraq remarks
From Ted Barrett
CNN
Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Posted: 4:18 AM EST (0918 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Jim Moran, D-Virginia, is in hot water with Jewish groups for comments he made at a recent anti-war forum.
"If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this," Moran said at the forum in Reston, Virginia, outside Washington last Monday. "The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going and I think they should."
The leader of the Jewish Community Council of Washington criticized Moran for the remarks.
"The Jewish community is deeply offended," said Ronald Halber, executive director of the JCC, explaining that no one group has that much influence over U.S. foreign policy.
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