There won’t be a hot war involving the US in the ME. Iran is not going to attack Israel directly and overtly. This has to do with domestic politics and creating the image of Biden as a wartime President. It has to do with stampeding the reauthorization of FISA without any significant reforms. We are being played.
I agree with you on this. Every time there is a big question on policy that Biden wants to get done and he is stalled by Congress, something else big happens or is predicted to happen if the policy isn’t enacted. Then this dire news is splashed across the news. Or they redirect our attention elsewhere so we don’t see what they are really up to.