The countdown to war

It looks to me like we are about to go through another war in the middle east. I hope I am wrong, but looking at the way things are progressing, I am afraid I am not. Ever since Obama's victory, Israel had to face the countdown to a new resident in America's highest office. This new resident is likely not to be as supportive of Israel as W has bee, With Iran's nuclear build up, and renewed Russian belligerence, the window of opportunity to put out this existential threat is narrowing. I find it hard to believe that Israel will allow it to close. Hamas senses Israel preoccupation with Iran and has stepped up its indiscriminate rocketing of civilian population in Israel as a way of brining more pressure into the situation. Hezbollah has regained its stockpiles of rockets and weapons and is itching for another fight as well. Russia has been beating its chest for a while now. With oil dipping below $35 per barrel they are (like Iranians) desperate to deflect attention from their catastrophic economic situation at home. India and Pakistan are edging closer to an all out confolict of moslem terrorist camps and Syria is making noises about Golan Heights. All of this together spells one thing: war. And this one is not likely to be contained to Gaza strip.I think this one will involved all players in the middle east. It i likely to be nasty and prolonged. This will be mr. Obama's first test. Let's hope he is up to it. Once again the little country that has tuned a tiny stretch of desert into an economic miracle has to fend for its life against blood thirsty medieval hordes. How little things change.