gorilla? What gorilla? I never said gorilla

"In a revealing catch, MJ Rosenberg finds the New York Times deleting a reference to White House strategists on Syria having to consider the "800-pound gorilla in the room" that is the powerful Israel lobbying group AIPAC, which is pushing a strike so the US will stay in the war game if and when Iran poses a threat - a newly bogus reason if ever there was one, he notes, to start a war."