[TheRealThing]

^ The rich and the powerful love to set up straw men. That's why we see all the shenanigans of Russia and China manifesting themselves in the Arab World, as you point out Iran in particular, and places like North Korea. In other words, the more the merrier when tying to unseat one's enemy from a position of influence and power, and so all the behind the scenes machinations and egging on conflicts.

We used to do a good job of stomping out fires which had the potential to spread, but as you know, the push for the US to withdraw their influence is a big deal right now. It's sort of hard to put a fine point on the order in which the dominos might fall, but you can bet they will.