In 2004, my brother was wounded by an improvised explosive device in Iraq that was certainly built by Iran. I have no love for the Iranian regime. But after President Trump’s air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, I keep asking myself: Has Trump made us more or less safe?

After I left the classified briefing for members of Congress on Operation “Midnight Hammer,” I fear more for our safety now than I did before.

I won’t discuss what was said in the briefing, but I wish I could say the briefing by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, put my mind at ease. It did not.

Instead, I left the briefing more concerned than when I walked in — about our national security, the rationale for this operation, and the long-term consequences of what may well be a strategic gamble masquerading as a military success.

Over my 25 years in the U.S. Army, including time as a military legal advisor in Iraq and as deputy legal advisor at the National Security Council, I’ve seen........

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