[StJacques]

"We'll said. . . ."

I wonder if Syria and Iran have ever considered that we might want a situation where they do the escalating and we're able to respond in legitimate self-defense? I don't think too many Americans are going to be asking "when will the troops come home" if Syria and/or Iran attack us openly.

[BlessedByLiberty]

I agree with your analysis.

Lil Kumquat in North Korea may be taken out by China with all of this serving as a distraction. Oliver North predicted China would take out Lil Kumquat for a variety of reasons.

[Ray66]

Their mistake was the "authorization" of doing the snatch in the first place on the same day there were to give their formal response to the P5+1.

We may want the right situation but it may never come. The premise is there though. The average Joe/Jane I believe here in the US and abroad I think are getting the bigger picture now and connecting the dots.