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Moran participated in a [[Democratic party#Policies and criticism|mock hearing]] held by Democrat members of the House Judiciary Committee to consider impeaching President Bush in which a witness testified that the United States toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime for Israel, that Israel should not be considered an ally, and that [[President Bush]] was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]]. Moran had asked the witness if the reason the United States went to war with Iraq was because it was a threat to Israel:  

Moran participated in a [[Democratic party#Policies and criticism|mock hearing]] held by Democrat members of the House Judiciary Committee to consider impeaching President Bush in which a witness testified that the United States toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime for Israel, that Israel should not be considered an ally, and that [[President Bush]] was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]]. Moran had asked the witness if the reason the United States went to war with Iraq was because it was a threat to Israel:  

:''"The session took an awkward turn when witness Ray McGovern, a former intelligence analyst, declared that the United States went to war in Iraq for oil, Israel and military bases craved by administration '[[neocon]]s' so 'the United States and Israel could dominate that part of the world.' He said that Israel should not be considered an ally and that Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "Israel is not allowed to be brought up in polite conversation," McGovern said. "The last time I did this, the previous director of Central Intelligence called me [[anti-Semitic]]." Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), who prompted the question by wondering whether the true war motive was Iraq's threat to Israel, thanked McGovern for his "candid answer."''<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061601570.html Democrats Play House To Rally Against the War], Dana Milbank, ''Washington Post'', June 17, 2005.</ref>

:''"The session took an awkward turn when witness Ray McGovern, a former intelligence analyst, declared that the United States went to war in Iraq for oil, Israel and military bases craved by administration '[[neocon]]s' so 'the United States and Israel could dominate that part of the world.' He said that Israel should not be considered an ally and that Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "Israel is not allowed to be brought up in polite conversation," McGovern said. "The last time I did this, the previous director of Central Intelligence called me [[anti-Semitic]]." Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), who prompted the question by wondering whether the true war motive was Iraq's threat to Israel, thanked McGovern for his "candid answer."''<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061601570.html Democrats Play House To Rally Against the War], Dana Milbank, ''Washington Post'', June 17, 2005.</ref>

Later in 2007, in an interview published in the September–October issue of ''Tikkun magazine'', Moran said that a Jewish-American special interest group ''"has pushed this war from the beginning...They are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful -- most of them are quite wealthy -- they have been able to exert power."''<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402171.html</ref>

Later in 2007, in an interview published in the September–October issue of ''Tikkun magazine'', Moran said that a Jewish-American special interest group ''"has pushed this war from the beginning...They are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful -- most of them are quite wealthy -- they have been able to exert power."''<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402171.html</ref>

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