I've been wanting to write a piece like this that ties these things together. The following is way better than I could've done.

The Real AIPAC Spy Ring Story--it Was All About Iran
by Doug Ireland

"The neo-cons in the Pentagon had long been arguing for an attack on Iran to take out its nuclear facilities that had the potential to be converted for development of nuclear weapons. Wolfie's man Doug Feith had been particularly assiduous in pressing the case for a "forward strategy" against Iran...

...Now, just what is AIPAC, you may well ask? AIPAC is the enforcer of the knee-jerk support for the Israeli government which characterizes the political and governing classes in this country, -- Israel is the real third rail of American politics: touch it with criticism, no matter how carefully couched, and you die...." http://tinyurl.com/duccf
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