Planning and war games like this go on almost every day for almost every imaginable military situation in almost every corner of the globe. This really isn't much of a revelation.
Exactly. We have "contingency plans" for practically any situation.
I believe the Israelites will strike them next week. The Soviets did nothing when they hit Iraq, and the Russians will do nothing now.
(And if I'm wrong, there's always the 2000 year old `Armageddon Plan')