The road to war with Iran is paved with good intentions and serious miscalculations

An airstrike likely carried out by Israel kills five Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers in Damascus on Jan. 20, and Tehran retaliates through Iraqi proxies with missiles against al-Asad Airbase in Iraq. While most of the missiles were intercepted, some evaded air defenses and hit the base, causing traumatic brain injuries to at least three service members, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM). After what’s now some 160 attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17, it was only a matter of time before one overcame American defenses. And…