William Lindsey 
"From all appearances, neither Donald Trump nor any adviser knows the purpose of his strikes against Iran."
~ Jennifer Rubin
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-war-underscores-his-massive
"It's pretty clear that Trump decided to go to war. I mean, we know he decided to go to war, but in trying to explain why, The administration is, you know, is giving exercises in pretzel logic. ...
Never have we launched a war for yet-to-be-decided reasons without preparation for civilians in the region."
~ Max Boot
To his credit, Boot has admitted that he was spectacularly wrong in beating the war drum during the Iraqi war.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-started-another-middle-east
Trump Started Another Middle East War. What Could Go Wrong? | Washington Post Columnist Max Boot Joins The Strategy Session
America's reputation is plummeting in the world and we are less safe.
"You know who didn’t like all that talk on Monday of Israel pulling Donald Trump along for the bomb-Iran ride? Donald Trump. The president denied yesterday that Israel had 'forced his hand,' telling reporters that 'based on the way negotiation was going, I think [Iran] was going to attack first, and I didn’t want that to happen.'"
~ Andrew Egger, Benjamin Parker, and Jim Swift
"'If anything,' he said, 'I might’ve forced Israel’s hand.' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth immediately chimed in: 'This is 100% correct.' This, of course, set the president and the secretary of defense 100 percent against the attack rationale laid out a day earlier by both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and House Speaker Mike Johnson…."
cognitively accessible math@wdlindsy Snork. His ego can't stand that they made him do it, but I"ll wager they "made" him do it.