Thats bullshit. Israeli officials went to the US because they had placed orders for US military technology and supplies. They were not yet delivered when Hezbollah attacked, and when Hezbollah did attack, Israel pressured the US for faster delivery.

The US has no realistic option of engaging Iran in the near future either. One hand in Afghanistan, the other hand in Iraq. Calling up reserves and forced double tours. By all means the US military is overextended and they know it.

If Israel themselves had indeed pre-planned this attack on Hezbollah, this would have been the worst possible time to execute it- in the middle of a military operation in the Gaza strip. Is that realistic? Absolutely not.

The fact is that Hezbollah was used as a tool to distract the world from Iran's nuclear weapons program. Have you noticed how quiet things have gone on that subject?