that new-war smell

Today, in quick succession, we were treated to news orgies about a bad odor in New York and New Jersey (and this is news how?) and a bomb threat on a cruise ship in Miami, a chemical leak in Texas, and a gas leak in Missouri. Oh, and lest we forget, our failure-in-chief will be rolling out his plan for a "surge" in Iraq on Wednesday night.

Sounds to me like somebody is turning up the "FEAR" knob in anticipation of a shiny new war against Iran! Any guesses as to how much longer we have to wait for some Orange Alerts?