I see it more as normal behavior for the idiots running the various countries and media. The trouble always comes when their egos and the situations hit at the right time and everything falls into place.
Kinda like a bunch of drunks all barreling towards a 4 way stop sign and all thinking I'm smart and important, everybody else will stop, most of the time lucky misses, but if everything goes just right...
Just my opinion...
Looking at all the chickens coming home at the same time we have Russia wanting more influence in europe and the cash and upgrades her pipelines would bring in if the mideast oil stops, China needs oil for its expanding and advancing standard of living and has designs on influencing what they consider their backyard not to mention poking our eye if possible. Iran is just nuts and desires power, influence, and cash, probably thinking they can replace the "decadent" and soft Saudis while scoring points with the faithful and intolerant followers of the religion of peace. America as always is playing free mercenary for europe and business interests, in an election year with an ego-image sensitive militant nobel peace prize winner who's running for reelection we are particularly dangerous. Then there's that old nazi sympathizer-snitch soros, always looking for more power and cash he might just kick the next slide into currency collapse up a few notches and wipe out most of the worlds currencies, be nice to see him running from the mobs for a bit then marched up to a noose or guillotine.