Tell the Wall Street Journal to Stop Distorting Facts to Sell War !

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October 25, 2012 In This Edition: 1. NIAC Member Survey Shows Growing Concern about War and Sanctions 2. Tell the Wall Street Journal to Stop Distorting Facts to Sell War 3.   Ambassador Applications Due November 12! 4. Why Tehran Wants a Neocon 5. Profile: Lily Emamian - Senior Public Service Fellow 6.   Former Mossad Director Calls for Serious Negotiations with Iran 7.   Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War 8.   Massive Human Toll Predicted in Attack on Iran 9. Candidate Profile: Ron Varasteh, CA Congressional Candidate 10.   NIAC in the News, Weeks of Oct. 15 & 22   NIAC Member Survey Shows Growing Concern about War and Sanctions By:  Nobar Elmi - News Our members play a vital role in shaping our agenda on an annual basis. They do this by participating in our members-only survey.  The results help us determine how best to focus our efforts and resources as well as how to prioritize our policy positions.  And, the results of this year's survey are clear. Read More >>  Tell the Wall Street Journal to Stop Distorting Facts to Sell War NIAC Action Alert Today, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) that promotes an outright distortion of the facts in order to argue for more crippling sanctions and potential military strikes on Iran. Tell the Wall Street Journal to correct the record! Take Action >> READ Huffington Post:  Distorting the Facts to Sell War and Sanctions in Wall Street Journal >> Ambassador Applications Due November 12! By: NIAC Staff Do you want to help your community get involved in the civic process? Do you want to keep your family, friends and neighbors informed about issues impacting them?  Then, consider applying today to serve as a NIAC Ambassador.   More Info & Apply >>   Why Tehran Wants a Neocon By: Reza Marshi - Opinion (Special to The National Interest) For over a decade, the GOP has made it clear that it does not want a negotiated peace with Iran. Obama takes a different track. He seems willing to deal, and he is one of only a handful of senior officials in his own administration who truly believe the U.S.-Iran standoff can be solved peacefully. Nevertheless, Tehran does not see Obama this way. Read More >>    Profile: Lily Emamian - Senior Public Service Fellow By: Lily Emamian - Opinion As a Senior Public Service Fellow, I kept a close watch on discussions of U.S.–Iran relations on the Hill. I took advantage of exposure to high-level discussions on how best to approach tumultuous political relations not only for my own enrichment, but also to inform my peers and family members of affairs in Washington. Read More >>   Former Mossad Director Calls for Serious Negotiations with Iran By: Dylan Zehr - News "I don't think that we will benefit from bringing Iran publicly to its knees," said Efraim Halevy, former Mossad Director. “I think we need to find a way in which we can obtain the desired result and enable them also to feel that they have in certain areas gained something beyond the simple removal of sanctions. Read More >>    Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War By: Dylan Zehr - News “If history doesn’t repeat itself, I think it’s safe to say that it at least rhymes,” stated Bruce Riedel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, several times throughout the course of a panel discussing the recently released book “Becoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979-1988. Read More >>   Massive Human Toll Predicted in Attack on Iran By: Negar Rafi - News A new report finds that as many as 85,000 people in Iran would would be killed as a result of military strikes against nuclear facilities in the country, according to what the author says is a “conservative estimate. Read More >>   Candidate Profile: Ron Varasteh, CA Congressional Candidate By: Joseph Chmielewski - News Ron Varasteh is the Democratic candidate for Congress from California's 48th congressional district. If elected, Varasteh would become the first Iranian American to hold office in the United States House of Representatives.  Read More >> NIAC in the News     Al Jazeera:  The Ongoing Syrian Conflict, featuring NIAC's Research Director Reza Marashi         Global Brief:  "Key Question for the Next US President ...", featuring NIAC's Research Director Reza Marashi           "

Facts matter. All this loose talk about them — all they have to do is get to — enrich uranium in a certain amount and they have a weapon — not true. Not true."
 
- Vice President Joe Biden during October 11 debate

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