And just like that, Washington is very close to involvement in yet another half-baked regime change war in the Middle East, as Israel has been requesting United Statess direct involvement in the Israeli aerial campaign against Iran. Crucially, Reuters has revealed Sunday that President Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, citing two unnamed US officials.

"Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we're not even talking about going after the political leadership," said one of the sources, only identified by Reuters as a senior US administration official.

On Sunday Israel struck the Iranian Ministry of Justice building in Iran, and has clearly been targeting the country's top military leadership...