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Pentagon vs Israel Lobby Cage Match?So here's an interesting hypothetical proposed on a foreign policy list I'm a member of: suppose Israel unilaterally and pre-emptively attacks Iran at some stage during the last two months of run-up to the US election this November. Suppose Iran retaliates. There's been a lot of pushback from the Pentagon on the notion of an Israeli attack, up to and including Gareth Porter's reporting yesterday that Gen. Dempsey told the Israelis they'd get no U.S. support in such a scenario. The military really doesn't want to get involved in another Iraq or Afghansitan for the4 forseeable future and Iran would certainly be as bad or worse than those two. But even so, would Obama be forced to intervene on Israel's behalf even if he would rather punish Israel, to placate his own Israel Lobby and to prevent the Republicans from using it against him? In other words, who has more clout, the Pentagon or the Israel Lobby? Your thoughts please. Steve Hynd February 2, 2012 - 2:31pm
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