I'd hope for the US to step in to try to prevent the ME from turning into a sheet of glass rather than to help that process along. Have heard the theory many times that a thorough nuking is the only path to peace in the region, and I even believed in that at one time, but it's not the answer. Just like here at home, it's not the average person earning a wage or some right to live that creates bad policies. If nukes or bios go off it won't be politicians that suffer the most from it; it will be whoever happens to be there at the time. And that could be anyone. But there are many more 'average' folks out there than policy makers.
I hope for the best, but the reality does seem pretty dismal at times.
