Ivan, I have been believing this to be the case for quite some time now. But I have to tell you that I am getting quite quesy rumblings in my gut that the world's leftists may be successful in protracting this thing until it gets to the point that we can't afford to keep our forces on hold in the region.
I am getting quite convinced, in my gut, that we (the west) is going to have to take an Islamist hit that makes 911 look like a Sunday school picnic before we really do finally take on any of the nation states that sponsor these Islamofacists.
I hope I am wrong, but the deal is being drug out way to long and the UN is being given way too much latitude.