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Winograd Warns Harman Not to Jeopardize National Security

Congressional Candidate Challenges Incumbent on Iran
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Congressional Candidate Marcy Winograd (CA-36) warns her opponent Jane Harman not to jeopardize world peace with talk of a military strike on Iran. Harman told reporters recently she does not believe “that the possibility of a military strike as a last resort is off the table if sanctions fail and Iran presses forward with its (nuclear) program.”

Says Winograd, “My opponent’s reference to a military strike is both reckless and reminiscent of the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq, when she failed to provide any oversight in her role on the House Intelligence Committee. At the time, we heard that Iraq was about to attack us with weapons of mass destruction. Now, Harman is parroting the same scare-mongering that led us to a trillion dollar war in Iraq.”   

Harman is seeking economic sanctions against Iran if it does not abandon its nuclear program. Winograd, who opposes sanctions, points out Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, has never been found in violation of that treaty, and, according to US intelligence analysts, is not currently working on a nuclear weapons program.

“Sanctions can serve as a precursor to war to debilitate the country before an attack,” says Winograd, pointing to the decade of US sanctions against Iraq prior to the US invasion. “Rather than impose punitive sanctions sure to backfire and mobilize Iranians against the United States, our Congress should support diplomatic solutions to this impasse, while re-examining our own nuclear weapons policy which dangerously reserves the right to launch a first-strike on Iran.”

Congress is expected to soon pass a bill enacting crippling economic sanctions against Iran, a country with 70-million people, two-thirds under the age of 30. Winograd notes that the sanctions would necessitate a blockade of goods entering Iran. “Let us not forget," says Winograd, "that a blockade is an act of war under International law. I call on my opponent and the rest of Congress to refrain from jeopardizing U.S. national security and world peace.