A complex view seems appropriate, and I do think that it is logical for us — to a point of course — to support Israel. This does makes it a bit difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak, and sometimes people look at the bad steps as some sort of unfair conspiracy or something. But, sometimes it is a bad step, helped by a lobby that does have a special relationship.

Again, rightly so, but as you say the rub is what to do with it. As with everything else about this administration for instance, their actions are counterproductive too often, even if their basic ends are right (not quite the case often enough).