Subject: Re: So, what happened to the war?
So why would he stand down the war mongering?

Three reasons:

1) He wants gas prices to stay low;
2) The USS Ford carrier group is in the wrong place for this, off the coast of Venezuela instead of the Middle East leaving us without any aircraft carrier in the region; and
3) His whole foreign policy approach in the area is to try to get people to ignore disagreements and quiet things down so everyone can make money, which he believes will bring stability.

It's not in his interest for the Middle East to blow up into a potential regional conflict. He wants things calm.