The ace in the hole isn't Israel with or without a bomb, Bob, it's the US strategy to change the Middle East balance of power with a US-Iranian entente---without nukes, period. To get out from under surpassingly costly Israeli and Saudi influence in Washington....
Maybe not an ace in the hole, but one card that's being played is cair. If you're thinking wtf, you'd be right, it's their new name. Membership way down but operational budget way up, seems they're much more transparent about their middle eastern funding than the administration is about targeting US citizens.
So what, well cair has hundreds of sit down meetings with the current folks in office and justice just cleared cair to 'work' with the fbi. One would think this type of accommodation fits well with the ideology of say the intel director and islamic gun control.
Hey, on a brighter note, bo gets snubbed three requests in a row by the iranians for a little mutual respect and kumbaya. Sure, puppeteering an ace in the hole is delicate stuff, but no photo op?, wonder who's in charge....
