Originally Posted by
MechEngr
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Trump is no more a participant in the planning than were the explosives in the pagers that the Israelis sold to Hezbollah.
Quite possible as I think
BonnieLass mentioned
the reason for Netanyahu's possible obsession earlier in the Thread. Probably the most extreme case the world has seen of the "tail wagging the dog"!
But there must have been a vast amount of preparation by the US ahead of this so, while that was taking place at a military working level, surely the strategists would have time to consider the possibilty and provide that advice and then for the US to decide whether or not to join Israel's little adventure.
Perhaps advice on that possibility was given to the CIC or the "yes men" decided to deliberately withhold such advice.. Or they knew the risk but assumed that an instant victory would mean that risk would never have time to materialise. Whatever the case, a.bit of a blunder!