Again Ned,

What was the objective?
What was the justification?
What was the legal and/or constitutional authority?
What were the risks? Immediate and long term?
What are the costs? Short term and long term?
Any economic consequences?
Did invading Iran strengthen or weaken the United States standing in the Middle East and globally?
Did invading Iran strengthen or weaken our national security?

None of these questions were meaningfully considered by Trump 8 weeks ago. And hence, it’s been a colossal and costly mess. Fact.

Yet, Ned the Cheerleader is hoping “the deal” will make all of the above questions immaterial. As Chris has aptly stated, any deal to end the war is better than continuing the war. We are cutting our losses. Yet, it is a defeat as “regime change” was the objective per Trump’s own words.