Guest post by Loki

The Middle East is a powder keg just waiting for a small spark to ignite and destroy the whole area. Iran continues its development of nuclear weapons while the UN and the USA delude themselves that talking will bring sanity to radical anti-Semitics bent on a religious war.

Lately I have noticed a slight change in the banal rhetoric coming from Washington. They report that Iran is closer to building a nuclear bomb than they realized. Which is not surprising as the Obama administration is quite surprised about every report. They are the most unaware administration in my life time.

I now wonder if this is not part of a great October surprise. Bomb the nuclear facilities in Iran, help Israel and get a popularity bump from the Jewish community and American voters. It also would boost President Obama’s credibility as a world leader who is not afraid to fight. And nobody would be thinking about the terrible shape of the economy.

This would have the added advantage of not allowing for any blowback from any problems that could arise. Gas prices would take a bump, but since Obama is all for $5/gal gas that would be inline with his plans. Iran would not have time to devise any type of a counter attack. And our naval fleet already has three carrier groups in the area to protect shipping lanes. Terrorist counter attacks would take time to plan and carryout. And once the election is over none of that would mater.

So the question is would President Obama who has constantly delayed helping Israel with the Iran problem commit a military action purely to get re-elected. Why yes, yes I believe he would.