I said about a year or more ago, on a FR thread, that if Obama’s back was to the wall come election time, he would pull a rabbit out of the hat and attack Iran (or back up Israel, if he makes them do his dirty work), in order to enhance his ratings. I still think that.
Do you think bringing in martial law to control all the mobs he's angered is on his agenda? Then he could call off the November election. Especially if there's a mid east war. Martial law would appeal to a wannabe dictator.
1 1/2yrs you ago couldn't have written the stuff Obama has pulled off. No one would have believed it and fiction must be believable. He may create another crisis he just can't waste.
HEADS UP!!! His cousin Odinga's supporters slaughtered thousands of opposition peasants in Kenya when he lost an election 2 years ago. Obama had campaigned for Odinga.
If there is a MidEast War and all the Iranian Allies come to their defense, it could get quite interesting. We would have Venezuela counter attack, oh... wait... They already have struck and taken some US Oil Platforms. At any rate, we would also have North Korea make a hostile move towards South Korea. oh... wait... They just sunk one of their mainline Naval vessels. Hmmm.. Wonder what Cuba is gonna do.
We have the force in Iraq to stop an Iranian Ground assault, but in the last major war they fought, they used Biological and Chemical WMD on Saddam's troops as a response to Saddam using them to stop the waves of Mujahadeen suicide bombers. Their Mahdi ressurection principals call for a fire to appear over Baghdad during an attack on Israel. That is right where the US has its major force deployment, so we are where we have to be and have had plenty of time to get ready. The question is does Obama have the stomach for what could happen.