All these very public "frequent flyer" miles between Tel Aviv and DC have me very, very nervous.

I have reached an age where I don't believe in coincidences any more.

What I see, in all these movements of very prominent Israeli and US officials, is intense jockeying on precisely when the war against Iran will start.

Obama wants to hold off until at least the elections, to give him the maximum "bounce" from such an action, if it goes well (An "October Surprise", perhaps?!?)" ., and there are many factors as to why an excellent outcome for such an attack may seriously be in question, which I have articulated before.

But the Israeli government is desperate to have such an attack happen right the heck now, before the US economy gets turned on its head from the financial implications of the coming Euro meltdown, and how that will negatively impact many US banks with large exposure to Eurozone banks. Wars take money, and the banks really don't care who wins, as long as their "investments" in such wars remain sound.

Additionally, many in the Israeli government understand, very clearly, that they have lost the hearts and minds of the American people on the prospect of yet another US sacrifice on the altar of potential Israeli hegemony in the Middle East.