The War of Ideas in the Middle East
‘NYT’ deletes references to AIPAC’s role in pushing strike on Syria
Phil Weiss with Max Blumenthal and Annie Robbins on September 3, 2013 5
Last night MJ Rosenberg posted
an excerpt from a New York Times article published yesterday about the
White House’s efforts to convince Congress of the wisdom of a strike on
Syria. The excerpt said the Israel lobby group AIPAC (the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee) was pushing a strike so that the US
would also stand up to Iran, and it quoted a White House official
calling AIPAC the “800-pound gorilla in the room.”Here’s the excerpt:
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