Trump & Co. can't sell the assassination of Qassem Soleimani as a victory in the Forever War of Terror begun on September 12, 2001 after a 'failure of intelligence' equal to Pearl Harbor. The United States has been at war with Iran since 1951 with the election of the popular Mohammad Mosaddegh. Imagine a country wanting dominion over its own natural resources. We don't need the sordid history of US interference and aggression in Iran here do we? The US is an Empire; Iran is a non-compliant, non-aligned State who refuses to pay its tribute, ergo an enemy.
We know the extreme right-wing, Armageddon worshiping Republican Party has been trying every hook and crook in the book to get its war on with Iran on for years. And they've edged close a few times. It's a fetish. Golden Showers have nothing on the extreme right-wing Iran fetishists who will stop at nothing to see a mushroom cloud over Tehran.
Trump is insane, but he is not alone. Trump's orders have been ignored before. They've been delayed and run around until his pathology moves him onto other crises. This well-planned assassination of Qassem Soleimani is something that had support from powers beyond the shallow political calculations of 2020. It is a purposeful escalation of a regional war in which the first casualty is certain to be the supply of Oil from the Middle East. How long before the threat to our 'strategic asset' of Oil is the reason to obliterate the stubborn, stiff-necked people of Iran?
It's beyond Popcorn! now.