I apologize for even asking, but it's widely reported the US is losing its war with Iran. In 10 weeks of fighting, the US has killed 3600 people, just over half are civilians. If we were to attack indiscriminately (like Trump would do if he could) the war would have ended already. I don't know what the aftermath would look like, but it would be done, for a while...

I bought Asimov's Foundation trilogy and just finished the first book. There's a relevant quote from Salvor Hardin before he handled the first 'Seldon Crisis' by withdrawing tech support from his adversary:

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent