goal and objectives were clearly set in the U.N. and they were adhered to by not just the U.S., but a broad coalition of allied countries at least a month before the operation. That was much different than Trump and Netanyahu's surprise attack in the middle of negotiations, where even the Chairman of the JCOS expressed serious misgivings about the buildup by them. The ramifications of killing the Ayatollah and several other senior officials won't be forgotten by the IRG forces, and as the Iran/Iraq War demonstrated, they can cause a great deal of harm in the name of their God, over a very long time...(Think "Suicide Bombers")

If Trump has been true to form, he spent precious little time considering the downsides of this attack...not unlike Putin with Ukraine. I'm saying prayers every day for my nephew on the Ford, as well as for all the others in harms way that Trump is saying can be expected to become casualties.

ALL of this could have been avoided had Trump not been so bent on un-doing anything and everything Obama did...including the very successful JCPOA.

Note: Just as with all the preparations and oversight Obama insisted on in the mission to get bin Laden, there's little doubt that he applied the same rigor to the Libya campaign...and both worked extremely well. Trump doesn't have that kind of pedigree.


Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya