Day 5 of not knowing WTF we're doing in Iran

I saw a stat on social media that turned out to be true: at its worst, in early 1973, 29% of the US approved of the Vietnam War. But only 27% approve of what we're doing in Iran—or at least, they did on Sunday. Of course, an argument to popularity isn't a valid argument, so let's look at the evidence:

• Part of how this started as the least popular war since polling began: this is not what the OAFPOTUS promised his MAGA stooges, a betrayal that has finally dislodged a handful of them from the cult.
• Because the OAFPOTUS and his droogs lack forethought, planning, competence, and intelligence (the cerebral kind), about 10,000 Americans are stranded in the region.
• This may have something to do with the three major Arabian peninsula airlines (Qatar, Emirates, and Etihad) cancelling 94% of their scheduled operations since Sunday, with all operations in and out of Bahrain halted.
• The war has also halted sea traffic after Iran did what everyone with a triple-digit IQ predicted and blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, causing yet another economic shock that our economy will have to reckon with in short order.
• Not yet a week in, and even conservatives see the OAFPOTUS's hubris, as happens to most ego-driven would-be conquerors over time.
• And let's pause for a moment at how absolutely out of his depth Jerry Lundegaard Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears in all this. (Of course, as Maurer says, "Hegseth, Rubio, et. al. can’t be fully candid about our objectives, because the real objective — glorify Trump — is not something the administration can admit.")
• What about the Iranian people? Need we even ask?

The only bright spots in the last 24 hours are the election results in Texas, North Carolina, and Virginia, which suggest that the general election in 243 days will go about as well for the Republican Party as this needless and stupid war is going for the UAE, and for exactly the same reasons.