It appears that the USA will not initiate anything this time, Iraq having generated too much dissension at home. We're back to the Old West style of waiting for the black hat to slap leather and then wading in.
We're back in the saddle again, wearing our old 44.
-Gene Autry
You may be right in terms of American military air strikes without joint Israeli involvement) especially with these Dems taking control of Capitol Hill, however Israel is on the front lines for an Iranian nuclear attack, even with numb numb Olmert the voters will demand he protect the Israeli public from nuclear extermination.