There appears to be no clear objective, beyond perhaps maximizing death and destruction.

Nobody who is waging this war seems to be able to explain why they’re doing it. There appears to be no clear objective, beyond perhaps maximizing death and destruction, and no plan for whatever comes after, if there is an after. No preparation for evacuating stranded Americans or for supplying munitions for a protracted conflict.

Most of Trump’s lackeys refuse to call it a war at all, despite the fact that the commander in chief keeps saying it is exactly that. Because admitting it is a war would mean this whole thing is unconstitutional. It would mean Trump was lying when he promised on the campaign trail to be the candidate of peace. Iran started it, they have tried to argue, we are just defending ourselves.