[Hoot Gibson]

I'm all for making them think we are ready to go to Israel's aid, as long as we don't actually go.

It doesn't work that way. The Iranians in charge of their government are crazy religious nutcases but they are not stupid. Obama has given them multiple stern warnings with no action, even after Homeland Security linked the Iranian government to a terrorist plot on American soil. The Iranians can distinguish between empty rhetoric and credible threats of force.