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From: Marv Gandall
To: LBO-Talk
Sent: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 22:53:57 +0000 (UTC)
Today, unlike in 1967, the Obama administration, rather than giving the green light to a preemptive Israeli strike by the Netanyahu government would almost certainly treat it as an act of defiance and be forced to distance itself in the interest of US foreign policy. This would contribute to a climate of public opinion which would be conducive, IMO, to the largest mass demonstrations in the US and Europe since the buildup to the Iraq invasion - including within a growing segment of the American-Jewish community.