As far as I know, Israel is America's ally and Iran is America's adversary. But there's America and there's Barack Obama. Apparently the two are not the same, at least in a geopolitical sense. The man who whispered to Dmitri Medvedev that he'd be flexible with the Russians as soon as he got himself re-elected is apparently quite willing to engage in combat against our ally Israel if that's what it takes to protect the nuclear facilities of our adversary Iran.