Is it (the) US that has somehow handcuffed Israel into not responding militarily, and what good does it possibly do for Israelis to announce loudly their intentions to the world that seems to hate her more and more? What military mission in history worked after telling your enemy when and where you were coming in to do what you proclaimed within his hearing?
American Shock and Awe shockingly never won the hearts and minds of Iraqis. The stupidity is overwhelming and quite unlike the Israel of old who never would have gone into Lebanon looking like the United States in Vietnam, only less organized.