The time frame is right. The people making a lot of money from this will continue to profit right up until we bomb Iran shortly after the election (doesn't matter who wins), and then it becomes chump change compared to the profits from Iran. Actually, politically, it might be better for them to ease out of the shadow wars and leap right into a real, full blown, _undeclared war _{off the books}. That's where the REAL money is.
You will note that he is quite willing to keep the drone program going to "target" ickeys operating in Afghanistan. Drones might also be useful in the states "dispersing" rioters and any protester standing within 500m of a rowdy that might be a rioter.
Since nobody's going to lose money, it could happen.