Democrat Jim Moran blames the Jews for the Iraq war.
WASHINGTON (CNN) โ Rep. Jim Moran, D-Virginia, is under fire from members of his own party for recent comments claiming a major Jewish public action committee was behind the push to invade Iraq in 2003.
In the September issue of the Jewish magazine Tikkun, Moran is sharply critical of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), saying โAIPAC is the most powerful lobby and has pushed this war from the beginning. I donโt think they represent the mainstream of American Jewish thinking at all, but because they are so well organizedโฆ they have been able to exert power.โ
AIPAC tells CNN it has taken no position on the Iraq war.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, was quick to dispute Moranโs charge.
โI think he certainly ought to retract the remarks, and indicate he believes that he was inaccurate on the facts,โ Hoyer said Tuesday.





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