Israeli soldiers cover their ears as a mobile artillery unit fires into south Lebanon along the Israeli-Lebanese border in 2006. After more than five weeks of conflict in the Middle East and as a brittle ceasefire remains under strain, one thing is indisputable: President Trump did not get the short, decisive war that he wanted. It was allegedly a clandestine White House briefing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – where Israel’s leader claimed that regime change would be swift, and Iran would not block the Strait of Hormuz – that convinced Trump to go to war.   If the Trump administration were indeed duped by Netanyahu, they have no one but themselves to blame. General Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, described the plan as “standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell, and their plans are not always well-developed.” This warning went unheeded, despite the fact that it is evident in all of Israel’s recent campaigns.…