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Two overviews dominate American influence on Israel: the one emerging from that old Pepsi commercial, of a bunch of waifs holding little candles in some kind of world concert, singing, “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony." This is Team Hillary, with help from Bono and Bill. They want to turn back to the 1990s. The other is the Kagan/Kristol axis, who send their littles, like Charles Krauthammer, to the major media. Loosely called the neocons, it is a small group with a big vision, a vision of America suited to 1946. They want to turn back to the 1980s.

Israel, like China and Germany, has moved solidly into the second decade of the 21st century, and both these views put Israel in jeopardy. The Hillary/Bono people see no distinction between Moses and, for example, Moammar Gadhafi â€" we are all the same inside. The others really see the world with important places like America and Israel and a few unreliable friends, surrounded by dangerou! s enemies. This is a version of the British “frogs and wogs” variety.

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