Netanyahu tells him it is, and not a minute sooner.

Even after a "cease fire". So you figure a week?

JFC

I predict 4 to 5 weeks of continous bombing will lead to a prolonged secondary war.

only for idiots to re-elect a repuke.

The Middle East has always been a tinder box waiting to blaze into a conflagration. What’s the quotation? “No plan of combat survives contact with the enemy”, or some such.

You may well be right, but there’s so many effing ways that this can go off the rails, it doesn’t seem to me like anything but poking a hornets nest out of spite.

that would only last a few weeks and would pay for itself.

Meanwhile, this isn't Iraq and Iran isn't going to roll over and play dead. The whole region probably will go up in flames. Bibi has been hungry for this for decades.

That’s about the speed of diligence I’d expect from a Hegseth led administration arm. The guy is a frat boy fuck toy, not an ounce of wisdom or prudence in that jaw full of outrage.

Now we're going to see the repercussions of appointing so many unqualified people to important positions. We can no longer rely on military leadership, the FBI, or the CIA to protect us.

With the strait of Hormuz shut down indefinitely, it’s bound to happen.

Trump will be fucked.

The clearest danger is that the conflict will spread, as it shows signs of doing now.

Then there's the danger of spasmodic outbreaks of reprisals or opportunist attacks in the wake of the major conflict, which could go on for many years.