Subject: Israeli delay is because of us
The story had been that the US has been asking Israel to delay the Gaza operation to give more time to freeing hostages. Turns out the reason is something else:

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status...

Breaking: Israel has agreed to delay its invasion of Gaza so the U.S. can get missile defenses in place to protect American troops in the region

Uhh, why *wouldn't* this already have been done?