I’ve been predicting this for months, so I might as well publicize it so my deep distrust of the American Administration is documented. An “October Surprise” will undoubtedly occur before the presidential election this year and it will take one of forms:

Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran
In October, sometime between Oct 10th and 30th, either Israel or America will bomb Iran in an attempt to take out their nuclear capability. I think Israel will be the more likely one to take on this mission as they have apparently rehearsed such a mission, but, if the current Israeli political vacuum prevents them from taking such a daring action, the Bush/Cheney crew will go it alone. Such action will, of course, arouse fear and thoughtless “patriotism” in a large chunk of ultra-white Americans (the “USA, USA, USA” chanting tribe), rallying them to “Support Our Troops,” reawakening their “U.S. vs. Everybody Else” exceptionalism and leading more of them to vote for McCain — the Old Tough Guy whose 30-year history of foreign policy votes, views, mentors, experience and current advisors are more hawkish than Bush and his bevy of neo-conservative unilateralists.

That was my sole prediction until the last few days when Pakistan entered the picture…