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A Defeat for All-Powerful Aipac?
Being on the losing side of any political campaign can't help but diminish a lobbying group's reputation, especially when there are so many people ready to argue that an Aipac defeat would mean something profound about the future of U.S.-Israel relations.
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The Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald recently asked on Twitter: "Would a House vote against a Syria strike be AIPAC's biggest defeat in Congress in at least a decade?"
Greenwald has, for many years, advertised his profound distaste for Israel, so it's reasonable to assume that he's rooting for the weakening of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the main pro-Israel lobbying organization in Washington.
