Say it isn't so: US no longer capable of effectively attacking Iran?

In an earlier post, I reported that both IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Minister of Defense Moshe Boogie Yaalon said on Tuesday that Israel is capable of attacking Iran by itself.

J.E. Dyer,  a former US Naval officer, doesn't discuss those statements in the article excerpted below, but assuming that her assessment is correct, it should be clear why Gantz and Yaalon found it necessary to