Stupidity run amok

The Dire Consequences of Trump’s DUHnocchio's Suleimani Decision: One thing is clear after the killing of Iran’s second most important official: Americans are not safer.

"""How did we get here?"""

""The escalatory cycle began in May 2018, when [UNpresident DUHnocchio] recklessly ignored the advice of his national security team and the opposition of our allies in unilaterally withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal — despite Iran’s full adherence to its terms and its efficacy in rolling back Iran’s nuclear program. Since then, the Idiot-in-Chief Badministration has had no coherent strategy to constrain Iran’s program or to counter other aspects of its nefarious behavior.""

That—combined with Crook-in-Chief's need to distract from his plethora of perfidies—is the proximate cause. The ultimate cause is a combination of arrogant nationalistic expectations, endemic hate-mongering and partisanship, patchy (euphemistically speaking) educational standards, and undeserved reverence for a broken political system.