Once again, Governor Kulongoski pledged his total support to the powerful Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at their recent April 30, 2006 AIPAC meeting in Portland. Governor Kulongoski was so bold in his support of AIPAC that he claimed that "Even in these partisan times, support for AIPAC is an article of faith for both political parties." What? Support of a lobby for a foreign country is an article of faith? Even when they violate human rights and international law? I find this extremely disturbing. As a recent, controversial scholarly article points out, the