I predict this is going to go nuclear.
The Russians at least lived in a more or less rational world: MAD worked with both West and East.
MAD means nothing to insane death cultists. They will use nukes as soon as they get them.
My other thought: WATCH TAIWAN! When we "go for it" in Iraq, China is going to move while we are too busy to react.
You just have to look at Zang Jemin and his recent grand tour of the MidEast.
bingo