Reply #22: Uhm, no. That's not what people are upset about. Please read the

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amendment at this link

http://iranlegislation.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/DAV07990_xml.pdf

and below is some of the language to watch out for, but also inclusion of hearsay, rumor, speculation about Iranian involvement in Iraq under "Findings".

"It is the sense of congress that the murder of members of the US Armed Forces by a foreign government or its agents is an intolerable and unacceptable act of hostility against the United States by the foreign government in question...and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran must take immediate action to end all training, arming, equipping, funding, advising, and all other forms of support that it and its agents are providing, and have provided, to Iraqi militias and insurgents, who are contributing to the destabilization of Iraq and are responsible for the murder of members of the United States Armed Forces."

This is an ultimatum that assumes unproven facts and makes threats. I'm not reading anything into it that's not there.

Now...it may end up that some of the findings are true. I have not knowledge of whether or not it is is isn't true. But I recognize questionable assertions when I see them (cartoons of mobile labs, badly forged letters, etc) and the Findings of the amendment are weak and, as I remember, refuted by many at the time. And the fact that this stuff is taken unchallenged by senators and that inflammatory language is included during a time of heightened tension and given our past unfortunate history with the run-up to Iraq is UNBELIEVABLY SCARY.