One aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea is not enough. The Americans are sending two aircraft carrier strike groups to support Israel. And they are positioned to block off all sea access to Gaza and threatening the Arab Muslim countries in the region. The Americans said they are not fooling around and would attack Lebanon and Iran if they attack Israel.
The Americans are removing their masks and gloves. No more pretending to be neutral or friends of the Arab and Muslim countries. They will protect Israel at all costs against any Arab Muslim states that dare to strike at Israel, while Israel is given the full licence to kill the Palestinians and hit at any Arab and Muslim states.
Because of the blank cheque from the Americans, the Israelis believe they are untouchable. No Arab state would dare to attack Israel. So they went ahead happily and arrogantly attacking Lebanon and Syria and threatening to conduct a preemptive strike against Iran's nuclear power stations. And the Americans also arrogantly threatened all the Arab and Muslim states that they would be attacked by the Americans with aircraft and missiles launching from the two aircraft carrier strike groups. The Americans believe that the two strike groups are invincible and no Arab Muslim states could take them out. Thus, like the Israelis, only they can hit others without being hit, very safe and can act very brave and very aggressive.
If only the Arab and Muslim states can take down the two aircraft carriers and destroyers, they would defang the American devils in the Mediterranean Sea. Very likely a few of the Arab Muslim states are now in possession of anti ship and anti aircraft carrier missiles that can do the job. The Americans can continue with their delusion that they cannot be hit.
In the case of Israel, with a formidable air force of 900 aircraft, they believe they can strike at all the Arab and Muslim countries at the same time. And the Arab and Muslim states would be sitting ducks, without anti aircraft weapons or effective air defence. What the Arab Muslim countries only need to do is to destroy all the air fields in Israel and all the 900 aircraft would be rendered useless. Israel's Achilles heel are the 10 or so nuclear power stations. Hitting them is like nuking Israel and there would be enough radio active contamination across Israel to make it uninhabitable.
The cockiness and brashness of the Americans and the Israelis are that they can hit the rest of the Arab and Muslim states and none can hit back at them. And also, the Arab Muslim states are like loose sand, divided and will never unite to take on the Americans and the Israelis at the same time. If these assumptions are wrong, the Israelis threat to wipe out the Palestinians would boomerang and they will be the target to be wiped out from the face of the earth. They can plan to wipe out the Palestinians. The Arab and Muslim states can also plan to wipe out the Israelis, all 6m of them in Israel. And the two aircraft carriers could be sitting ducks waiting to be sunk in the Mediterranean. The Arab and Muslim states have the weapons and capacities to do the unexpected to the demise of the Americans and the Israelis.
The field is more even than the Americans and Israelis would want to believe otherwise. While the Americans and the Israelis are doing the attacking and threatening, the Arab and Muslim states are not sleeping or appearing to be hapless and with no cards to play, can only be defenceless victims of the Americans and the Israelis. Be sure they are in communication with each other and planning how to deal with the Americans and the Israelis. What they need is to get their acts together and agree to strike as a united force.
The surprise may be too much to for the Americans and the Israelis to bear.
PS. Do the Americans still think they have friends in the Arab and Muslim world? They just vetoed UN Resolution to stop Israel from massacring the Palestinians. They just made themselves as enemies of the Arab and Muslim world.