[itake]

This conflict was a long time coming: Trump claimed Biden or Obama will start a war in Iran and that is why they are weak presidents. Trump sees himself as a peacemaker (flying in to negotiate deals with TH and KH, negotiating Ukraine war, etc).

I think there is more going on to cause Trump drastically change his self-image.

I don't think this is a Trump administration driven decision.

[orwin]

All reports are saying the US generals were against this. And a UD senator (Graham I think) just admitted he lobbied trump for the war, comparing him to Roosevelt, and coached Netanyahou on how to lobby trump. Just look at the article:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/senator-lindsey-graham-brags-a...