Everything you says rings true.
I just had lunch with an individual who claims the oil companies are stock piling oil bla-bla-bla....
Which made me think, additions to Strategic Oil Reserve was not curtailed IMHO because this strike is looming in the near future and it will save our bacon.
The last 6 months or so, you read about bad guys getting wacked via special forces, Predators or via the Israeli's.
My gut feel on this is they are rapping up what they can before the hand the "Football" to the children.
From another article
“But many analysts say Iran’s nuclear sites are too numerous, distant and fortified for Israel to take on alone”