the difference between carter and the one however will be that carter actually hoped for success, while the one will intend failure as a further demonstration of futility.
the scenario is unlikely; the timing between the demonstrated willingness to project power and the disastrous result from planned failure will have to be centered on 02nov10.
it is more likely that the one sees the danger posed to the world from nuclear iran is more favorable to his interests than a mere election.
At least Carter was an ex-military man, and had some familiarity with the use of deadly force in combat situations.
Obama is nothing more than a street hustling rabble-rouser, who has no earthly connection to anything military. It's highly doubtful that he's even got the confront to sit with his military brass and discuss a military strike of any kind. He'd sit there like a deer, frozen in the headlights - needing a teleprompter to even operate his mouth.
He is so utterly incompetent, and such a fraudulent coward, that there's little chance of him ordering an attack against anyone, in my opinion.
If some military strike were ordered from on high, it would be done because Obama slipped a note under Rahm or Axelrod's door, and asked them to take care of it. He doesn't have the balls to even look our Generals in the eye.