This piece, from a few weeks back, requires little in the way of comment. As I remind readers from time to time, low-level tensions in the region are preferred and maintained.
When officials in Washington discuss the Middle East and look deeply concerned, they're deeply not.
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130826/DEFREG04/308260013/Pentagon-Poised-13-Billion-Mideast-Arms-Sales