PS

 Oh, yes and one other point about the war on Iran.  Not only does the Israel tail appear to be wagging the US dog, but the evidence rather strongly suggests that Trump and Netanyahu are working at cross purposes. 

 Trump's original goal appears to have been something like what we did in Venezuela -- leave the machinery of government in place and just change out the name at the top.  Trump's reasoning is that destroying the state can create a godawful mess.  We fired all of the Baathist Party in Iraq and they ended up turning into ISIS.  And much as I hate the man, he has a good point there.  As such, he would very much like to find someone he can make a deal with.

Netanyahu, by contrast, appears to want to destroy the Iranian state and doesn't care what a mess that creates.  Every time someone comes along who might make a deal, the Israelis kill him.  The goal appears to be to thwart any deal that could end the war until the Iranian state is destroyed altogether.

One would think that sooner or later, this will lead to conflict between the allies.