I see it as this: Obama is setting up an excuse to get Hillary elected by having a war in progress. He could then argue that well, we are at war, so elect the lady who served as my secretary of state to continue, because she has experience in foreign affairs.
I don’t buy the reasoning one speck, but I could see him doing it.
I think a likelier scenario is military control.
It’s time to keep daily track of the COG & succession people.