It's not either/or. Actual protection and the appearance of protection are separate problems, which is one of the reasons it is such a complex issue. Also, Isr

It's not either/or. Actual protection and the appearance of protection are separate problems, which is one of the reasons it is such a complex issue. Also, Israel and the US are not easy to compare. The types of threats, population sizes, and public opinion are so different that it probably would not make sense to go for the Israel approach in the US. That said, Israel is a testbed for approaches that the US sometimes adopts.