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RT Gandalv (@Microinteracti1)General McCaffrey doesn’t use words like “bombshell.” He uses words like “no one in their right mind.”A four-star general is now saying publicly what the situation demands: invading Iran was never a rational choice. It was chosen anyway.And the nuclear program? Untouched. The stated objective of the entire operation is still sitting there. Whatever was hit, it wasn’t that.Washington is now in the position every strategist dreads. Too far in to walk away. Too exposed to escalate. ...