To contend with this situation, the Netanyahu government would do well to hew very closely to the line that Netanyahu set out in his address to AIPAC.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Opportunity is knocking on Israel's door

Just ten days ago, moreover, Secretary Baker told Latvian Foreign Minister Janis Jurkans in Paris that the United States was unwilling to confront the USSR over the Baltic states -- even though Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov had recently threatened renewed economic coercion if the Balts did not hew to Moscow's line.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy