Foggy Bottom and its acolytes, LIEden among them, believe the Two State Solution will bring peace to the ME. Fantasyland in Anaheim is more realistic. But in that context, every time Israel acts decisively is an additional obstacle to that fantasy. So of course LIEden has been ordering and arm-twisting Israel not to "over-react", not to invade various parts of the Gaza Strip, not to gut Hamas, not to decapitate Hamas and Hezbollah leadership. Israel gutting Hamas and Hezbollah to the point that they are endangered species upsets Foggy Bottom's Two State Solution fantasy-applecart.