The US is drifting closer to starting a war with Iran. The bully's current advisors and backers favor it, and he might hope to use it to manipulate Americans through their misguided patriotism.

The US appeared to win the unjust war

[pol note about the injustice]

Dubya started with Iraq, and the resulting harm includes the existence of PISSI.

[pol note about that relationship]

The US would probably have such a "victory" in Iran, which is far more populous and whose people would resist hard.