Trump Admin Went to War with No Phase 2

Simple.
Go to war.
If it goes off the rails, just declare bankruptcy and walk away.

Is that so hard, smarty pants?

Financial Times:

The Trump administration has given no indication that it has planned for the aftermath of its military campaign in Iran, a top senator briefed on the war aims has warned. “I have never had, from any of the briefings, any description of what phase two would be,” said Virginia senator Mark Warner in an interview on Wednesday.
As the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, Warner is a member of the “gang of eight”, a select group of congressional leaders who receive high-level intelligence briefings on major national security matters. His warning comes against the backdrop of a widening war, as Iran and its proxy groups in the Middle East have rained down hundreds of missiles and drones on Israel and Gulf states, targeting US embassies and military bases, energy infrastructure and hotels in retaliation for an expansive bombing campaign by the US and Israel.
Secretary of state Marco Rubio and CIA director John Ratcliffe briefed the group — which includes lawmakers from both chambers of Congress and both political parties — three days before Donald Trump ordered the start of the US war on Iran. Rubio, who was previously the top Republican on the Senate intelligence committee, called each member of the gang of eight again shortly after the assault began in the early hours of Saturday.