text:  Now, the U.S., of course, Ari, will back Israel as much as it can. The problem is that Hezbollah is operating a short distance from the Israeli border and has tens of thousands of missiles and rockets, as Daniel said. Now, the top U.S. officer at the Pentagon, General C.Q. Brown, recently told reporters that short range makes it difficult for the U.S. to shoot down any of those missiles and rockets. There's just not enough time.