While I'm not of the crowd who believes war is close, and I don't know who William R. Polk is either, I do have the utmost respect for Julian Coles blog: Informed Comment.
I have no doubt the article is well grounded if it allowed Mr. Polk a guest Op-Ed in it's content.
The original post can be read
here.And no, I don't intend to post regularly or to get involved in further controversy.