One Of Those Headlines...

That makes you not want to buy stocks or bonds--just gold bullion.  From the January 30, 2012 Washington Post:

Iran, perceiving threat from West, willing to attack on U.S. soil, U.S. intelligence report finds

No rational nation would plan to attack the United States, unless they could be 100% sure that it could not be tracked back to them.  Even President Obama would likely go to war against Iran under those conditions.