Christians United for Israel

Back in March, I wondered why AIPAC was so eager to join forces with a man whose support for Israel is grounded in the belief that his favored foreign policy will spark a giant war that ends in the destruction of Israel at the hands of a Russo-Arab alliance. The man in question was John Haggee and his group is Christians United for Israel. Max Blumenthal went to the CUFI conference and made a video: See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/07/christians-united-for-israel/43704/

Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour from huffpost and Vimeo. And their motives are, in fact, mixed. Some say they support Israel because Islam is a satanic faith. Others say it's part of their plan to bring about the apocalypse. All seem united in their hopes that someday there will be no Jews. They want a preventive attack on Iran. And Joe Lieberman thinks they're great. The link is via Rick Perlstein who has more on apocalyptics' influence on the White House.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/07/christians-united-for-israel/43704/