I think this is in part due to the change of guards in Pakistan from Musharraf(US ties) to Zardari, the late Benazir Bhutto’s husband(British ties). US is trying to re-establish its hegemony in Pakistan-Afghanistan border area. A detached, “independent”, and US-controlled Vaziristan is not beyond imagination in the future if this thing goes into operation stage.
As for Iran, it is every bit the appeasements of Condi Rice and Bob Gates(‘yellow Bob’) who think confronting Iran will be dangerous to their legacies. President Bush has been reduced to their sub-ordinate and follower, and has become very small on Iran policy.
The flip-side of this argument is that, understandably, Bush does not want to attack Iran now, but wait until Nov. 4th– If pro-Islamist Hussein Obama and Euro-stooge Biden get elected, then the probability of an Iran strike(Israelis would most likely initiate it)goes up astronomically with the timing of the strike between election day and January 20th, 2009.
