Or, even better: Take into account the facts that intelligence assessments are often flawed, incomplete, or flat out wrong, that wars often become messy, unpredictable, and uncontrollable, that the enemy gets a vote, and that there is no greater ask of the American people than that of sending their sons and daughters into battle. This is never an endeavor to be taken lightly. And yet every single indication so far suggests that the administration has not done any more due diligence than their usual none. In fact, I’m surprised we didn’t see Elon Musk on stage waving a chainsaw around to kick off the party.