I have a problem with The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by Mearsheimer and Walt.  I don't think they go far enough.  Instead of looking at the institutional frameworks for this lobby, they focus on personalities.  Identifying individuals is not enough.  This makes it impossible to understand the motivation of this lobby.  If they spent more time discussing the connections between Israeli hardliners and the US military industrial complex, I think they could spend less time trying to justify their case.  Follow that money trail and it is easy to demystify the tilt to Israel.

For a clear example of this marriage of convenience, look at the PNAC "Rebuilding America's Defenses" published shortly before Bush took office. This is the self-described "blueprint" for what became the Bush Doctrine.  The principal author was Thomas Donnelly. He is not an Israeli. He is not even Jewish.  However, he is Vice President for Strategic Development at Lockheed-Martin.