achievable goals out there. i think what we re seeing, this is the ten-year anniversary of the iraq war right now. as part of that and this trip is kind of wrapped up with that in a sense we re seeing the kind of erosion of the myth of american omnipotence, right? on the right in america you have people thinking, well, if america just shows will we can kind of do whatever we want. on the left there might be some pressure on the president and in the state department to say, hey. we can, you tell israel what to do in order to get a two-state solution. the fact is america cannot dictate the world s affairs going forward. not only cab n we not afford it but we just can t make the world jump in the direction we want. obama is realizing that and setting new expectations. he said before last year he wouldn t go to israel unless there is some big reason to for the peace process. there isn t a reason now. he is going anyway because i think we have to come to grips with the fact we don t control