If it IS a “Wag the Dog” event for real, let’s get Congress to back a declaration of war long enough to implement the topics discussed in this earlier thread:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3665184/posts
An Unthinkable Suggestion to Deal with the Impossible Situation at Hand? (or !) - Vanity
Could not the President be playing 4-D chess along these lines, perhaps?