There is definitely a lot of war preparation occuring. The higher the escalation the easier any one event could become the assassination of duke franz ferdinand which started the First World War. What's scary is there is likely A TON going on behind the scenes which we never hear about. When I was in Iraq we were frequently told Iranin special ops was assisting the insurgency to fight against us. We didn't think anything about it but the Middle East is basically a proxy war arena for world powers. Won't be shocked if when something does happen it'll be quick and shocking.