"The Iran Crisis" - When Will Norm Coleman Ever Learn?

by: Coleen Rowley
Posted on Minnesota Campaign Report
Wed Mar 28, 2007 at 11:24:17 AM CDT

I never intended to post anything here about Sunday's Town Hall Forum with Senator Norm Coleman sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Israel Program Center, the Sabes Jewish Community Center, the Saint Paul United Jewish Fund and Council and a group calling itself "Minnesotans Against Terrorism" on "The Iran Crisis: How Should the United States Deal with Iran's Nuclear Ambitions and Hostility to the West."

Nope, campaign issues were the farthest thing from any of our minds when a group of us decided to caravan from Eagan and Apple Valley all the way up to St. Louis Park to get front row seats to hear our senator speak. Mostly we were just interested in seeing how Senator Coleman would run a public "town hall" meeting and what he would say about the dangers posed by Iran. I also thought it a perfect opportunity to hand-deliver a copy of the latest memorandum written by the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity since the start of the Iraq War (and to which I had contributed) entitled "Denouement on Iraq: First Stop the Bleeding" just before Coleman and other senators were slated to take up the topic. (Unfortunately that effort proved for nought as Coleman voted Bush's way yesterday to "stay the course" despite what he's been saying about their failures.)

(The article is here.)