> though if that happened I would have expected it to be leaked
From Feburary:
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/23/iran-strike-trump-gen-dan-c...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine has been advising President Trump and top officials that a military campaign against Iran could carry significant risks, in particular the possibility of becoming entangled in a prolonged conflict,
Recently:
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-iran-war-haberman-swan-book-in...
“He felt that this regime was a paper tiger, that this was going to be a fast war,” Swan said on “The Last Word.” “He just said he felt that that was going to be the case, that they were going to collapse very quickly.”
“It’s a form of magical thinking, actually, is what it all boils down to,” he added.