If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.

Washington is "hallucinating" if it thinks Iran will scrap its nuclear fuel production plans in return for economic incentives, a senior Iranian official said today. Meanwhile, Israel has drawn up not-so-secret plans for a combined air and ground attack on targets in Iran if diplomacy fails to halt the Iranian nuclear ambitions.

Hmmm, with all those US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and with Israel itching to get into the fight, what do you think is about to happen in the Middle East? Armageddon really could be just around the corner. Will there be anyone left to write the history of the US-led march to the final reckoning?