[Peace-discuss] House Vote Today to Approve Iran Sanctions Bill Would Restore Bush "Cooties Doctrine"

[Robert Naiman]

Today the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote -- under
"suspension," requiring a supermajority to pass -- on a provision
which would restore as policy the Cooties Doctrine of the early Bush
Administration -- U.S. officials can't meet with officials of the
adversary du jour, because our officials might get contaminated.
What's remarkable isn't that some people in Washington would want to
prohibit U.S. officials from having contact with Iranian officials.
After all, some people in Washington want to have a war with Iran as
soon as it can be arranged. What's remarkable is the possibility that
the majority of Congressional Democrats might vote to approve the
"Iran Cooties Provision." Aren't Democrats supposed to be the
diplomacy party, not the war party?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/iran-threat-reduction-act_b_1145945.html

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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