 Breaking news and analysis at townhome.com. Former Israeli ambassador to the United States, Dr. Michael Oren, says in the event Hezbollah succeeds in striking a major target in Israel, it could trigger a regional war and one that could easily involve the U.S. And then the United States could be very easily dragged into that. They came to the aid of Israel, could be hit by one of these naval vessels, could be hit by it.