J Street's $3 million overcomes AIPAC's $30 Mil

Thankfully, we won't be seeing those disgusting, fear and war mongering commercials opposing the 5 + 1 nuclear deal with Iran anymore now that the deal is done and détente can go forward in the Middle East. We find out today that the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) spent $30 million polluting our airwaves trying to sabotage the deal with the help of every Republican senator and 4 Democrats. But peace, decency, common sense and yes, patriotism prevailed to give not just the president, but every American and every world citizen who values peace over war a victory. I've long supported the much lesser known American Israeli lobbying group J Street, which has been a reasoned, cautious counterweight to AIPAC since their founding in 2008. According to their website, J Street "supports a new direction for American policy in the Middle East – diplomatic solutions over military ones", "multilateral over unilateral approaches to conflict resolution"; and "dialogue over confrontation" with wider international support. According to J Street, its political action committee is "the first and only federal Political Action Committee whose goal is to demonstrate that there is meaningful political and financial support to candidates for federal office from large numbers of Americans who believe a new direction in American policy will advance U.S. interests in the Middle East and promote real peace and security for Israel and the region".

J Street also spent money lobbying in favor of the deal, $3 million, just one tenth that of AIPAC. Let's hope American legislators, both enamored and intimidated by AIPAC, will detour left to J Street and expand the peace process in the Middle East