Congress Takes a Look at the Potential for Peace
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs will take up the dauting issue of prospects for peace tomorrow. The full notice is as follows:
SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515-0128
Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY), Chairman
February 12, 2007
***REVISED***
TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN hearing of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building:
DATE: Wednesday, February 14, 2007
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
SUBJECT: Next Steps in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
WITNESSES: Mr. David Makovsky
Director
Project on the Middle East Peace Process
The Washington Institute for Near East Polic
The Honorable Martin S. Indyk
Director
Saban Center for Middle East Policy
The Brookings Institution
The Honorable Daniel Pipes
Director
Middle East Forum
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February 14, 2007 at 9:49 am
I can understand why Martin Indyk is “honorable” since he was an ambassador. But what makes Pipes “honorable.” He holds no elective or appointive office I know of that deserves that term. Nor is he an “honorable” person.
February 23, 2007 at 1:56 am
Agree with richards1052…
Pipes has NO Place at any table where reasonable people gather to seek peace or solutions of any kind.
Pipes’ “long record of xenophobic, racist and sexist” views should NOT be showcased in the US Congress. Shameful for Americans that such a divisive and hate-mongering person was chosen/allowed to speak at this Potential for Peace forum. There must be at least THOUSANDS of people better qualified and better suited for this ppurpose. No wonder there is No Peace!
Even Christopher Hitchens got this right: “Daniel Pipes is not a man of peace” …. Pipes “employs the fears and insecurities created by Islamic extremism to slander or misrepresent those who disagree with him.”
Why, pray tell, was he selected to speak at this Hearing, and Who, pray tell, is responsible for this FARCE?
February 23, 2007 at 1:58 am
Agree with richards1052…
Pipes has NO Place at any table where reasonable people gather to seek peace or solutions of any kind.
Pipes’ “long record of xenophobic, racist and sexist” views should NOT be showcased in the US Congress. Shameful for Americans that such a divisive and hate-mongering person was chosen/allowed to speak at this Potential for Peace forum. There must be at least THOUSANDS of people better qualified and better suited for this purpose. No wonder there is No Peace!
Even Christopher Hitchens got this right: “Daniel Pipes is not a man of peace” …. Pipes “employs the fears and insecurities created by Islamic extremism to slander or misrepresent those who disagree with him.”
Why, pray tell, was Pipes selected to speak at this Hearing, and Who, pray tell, is responsible for this FARCE?
February 27, 2007 at 1:07 pm
What kind of hearing is it when only one side is present, and a very right, pro-Likud group. Why not a group with a more objective viewpoint. Who sets up these meetings? I realize that the AIPAC and the WINEP are very powerful in Washington, that they are very instramential in our policy making (which they shouldn’t ). Our Foreign Policy is a travesty and it is partially due to adverse ,ideologic influence by these organizations. It needs to be stopped. There are many that are knowledgable in these areas that are not ideological driven and would be more advantageous in making policy, good policy.