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But wait a minute, one of the Arminian pet verses says God wants 'all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.' Of course, this is in context of the elect, but Arminians ignore this.

I have not met many Arminians that actually say it is God's divine will to save everyone...they say things like God made salvation "possible" like you are saying. This way, they can skip around the obvious problem that if it was God's divine will to save everyone, God is a failure because not everyone is saved. However, by using this logical dancing, you are ignoring the obvious implication of the Arminian mis-interpretation of the passage in question. It clearly states God's will is that everyone will be saved. This is not even remotely close to God simply making salvation "possible" for everyone. There is an enormous difference between God making something possible and it being his efficacious will.

Ultimately, both the altered version of Arminianism that says "salvation is possible for all" and the few that just flat confess what their mis-interpretation of Scripture shows....that God wants everyone to be saved in his divine, sovereign will.....are false and Calvinism must be correct with particular redemption.

To make salvation possible for all and effective for those who believe is the point of 1 Ti 4:10.

1 Timothy 4:10: "We have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe."