O'Rielly had a Stratfor guy on the other night and he said Israel would attack soon - he said Rice would also cancel her trip if so since going in after a ground war started it would do little good.
Condi's upcoming trip (if I'm reading the tea leaves right) may not be the standard run-of-the-mill "let's look for a diplomatic solution that leads to a ceasefire." It may be more out-of-the-box than that, and involve leveraging the Arabs against the Persians (Iran). Hope so.
What would Rice have to offer at this stage? Doesn't it seem better to stand back for now and let Israel handle this?