Let's chew and digest what we've bitten off already, shall we.
The smoke in Iraq hasn't even cleared yet. It's important that we do right by Iraq, which will require a lot of work and skill.
In the meantime Syria will have plenty of incentive to behave, with the United States's newest and largest aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. IRAQ, permanently moored on her Eastern border.
There are other ways and means besides an all-out military campaign, to deal with our other "problem children".
They are pretty thick in that part of the world, but what they've just witnessed has got to be seeping into what brains they have.
We seem to have gotten North Korea's undivided attention, without firing a shot at them. That's a huge benefit from the job already done. There will be more benefits.
Beside, this article is from the Guardian, a left-wing rag, so I wouldn't bet the farm on what "they know".