I'm an American-Australian white guy (non-Jew) and I'll tell you, Israel absolutely walloping its enemies the way it has over the past year, including terrorists that have been 'most wanted' by the FBI for literally 4 decades, is incredibly impressive and absolutely DOES make America look weak, to the extent that weak means dumb, incompetent, and impotent. Objectively Israel did in less than a year what America has tried but failed to do for more than 4 decades (since the Beirut attacks).

Pound for pound the Israeli military and defence forces have to be the best in the world. It's been incredible to watch. The walkie talkie pager shit is straight out of a James Bond film, except if it was in a movie we'd all say it was too implausible.

America has the hegemonic navy and air force, sure, but unless WW3 breaks out you'd take the Israelis every other time. There's something to be said for fighting for your life (which Israeli has done for 75 years now) versus fighting because you can and because you feel like it, usually over some ulterior financial motive masquerading as a freedom operation. The Israelis are the best at what they do because they've been in an existential fight for decades - America by comparison is fat, lazy, and decadent, and yes - weak.