Perhaps.
I prefer to believe that the timing of the coming cataclysm is being maintained for later this election year.
Meanwhile, the anticipation for action by some grows to a fever pitch and the fact that there is a problem reaches daylight by even the most feeble minded left wing hack.
The object is not to fight a series of skirmishes. The object is to prepare the battlefield and all the troops and weapons for an assault that kills on a massive scale
I guarantee WaPo, NYT, LAT, SFC AND ABCNNBCBS ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE ‘MEMO’ IN QUESTION, SO THEY CAN CONCOCT A COUNTER MEME............................