There are apparently some dim- witted officials at the Pentagon who haven't been observing how unstable moron Donald "Rump" Trump makes decisions:
In the chaotic days leading to the death of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s most powerful commander, top American military officials put the option of killing him — which they viewed as the most extreme response to recent Iranian-led violence in Iraq — on the menu they presented to President Trump.
They didn’t think he would take it. In the wars waged since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Pentagon officials have often offered improbable options to presidents to make other possibilities appear more palatable.
After initially rejecting the Suleimani option on Dec. 28 and authorizing airstrikes on an Iranian-backed Shia militia group instead, a few days later Mr. Trump watched, fuming, as television reports showed Iranian-backed attacks on the American Embassy in Baghdad, according to Defense Department and administration officials.
By late Thursday, the president had gone for the extreme option. Top Pentagon officials were stunned. [snip]
Mr. Trump, who aides said had on his mind the specter of the 2012 attacks on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya, became increasingly angry as he watched television images of pro-Iranian demonstrators storming the embassy. Aides said he worried that no response would look weak after repeated threats by the United States.
When Mr. Trump chose the option of killing General Suleimani, top military officials, flabbergasted, were immediately alarmed about the prospect of Iranian retaliatory strikes on American troops in the region. (our emphasis)"Flabbergasted." Who could possibly have foreseen the guy who doesn't pay attention to intelligence briefings (but watches a lot of tv), who is coming more unhinged every day due to his impeachment, who thinks he makes the best decisions and knows more than "his generals" -- who could possibly have foreseen this Giant Toddler choosing the worst possible option, one that you assumed was beyond the pale?
We're fortunate the "guardrails" are holding up, aren't we?
