>The regional war in the Middle East that has been brewing for some time may now be underway. I will be surprised if other nations don't jump in in the next few days.
Yes, I was thinking something around these lines. It looks like it can easily escalate.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)