Why Is Trump Attacking Iran? He's Still Figuring It Out.

The president has offered a series of rationales for the air war, including some that contradict each other.

Senior White House Correspondent, HuffPost

The United States began a war with Iran to re-obliterate Iran’s nuclear weapons programme, which purportedly was originally obliterated just eight months ago.

Or maybe it’s because Iran refused to make a “deal.” Or perhaps to replace the hard-line Islamic regime with democracy and freedom. Or replace the current ruler of the hard-line Islamic regime with a different hard-line Islamic ruler.

According to President Donald Trump, it is all of these reasons. Or some mix of them. Or something completely different.

As the biggest US military build-up in two decades and its resultant massive air attack on Iran winds up its third day, the rationale for it still appears to be a work in progress. Trump, after a brief video early on Saturday morning announcing that the attack had started, still has not given Congress or the American people a detailed explanation of why he is doing so.

“The decision to put American service members in harm’s way demands clarity, consistency, and honesty with Congress........

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