Harvest is middle of this month, correct? Once that's done, things might get really serious.
I'm seriously thinking this will end in a clash at least. Also, never underestimate the delusion of a dictator when going up against the US... Milosevic, the Taliban and Saddam all should have known that going up against the most powerful military force on Earth was going to end up with them in a cell, dead or both.
Milosevic, the Taliban, and Saddam were uo against America whether they wanted to be or not...