No, its just a way do begin. See your peoples are tired of war (very very good thing) and just sending out troops like in iraq would bring up real harsh reactions. So they use a old strategy that make them frogs cook up alive. They dont put them frogs in boiling water...they´ll just heat up the water degree by degree... So the frogs say "Hey its all good, no need to worry" while his flesh peels off from his body...
But let me guess, this time they´ll tell you guys the truth