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Why do you think you're right?
I don't believe POTUS has broad support to launch a kinetic attack on Iran before August 1st. Although the administration has been pushing the narrative that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon in order to gain more support, it's going to be difficult to justify any type of kinetic operation against Iran at the present time considering DNI Gabbard already contradicted this narrative. While the president's unpredictability makes a kinetic strike possible at anytime, I believe it's less likely before August 1. The administration will need more time to push the current narrative and solidify it's position before a a kinetic strike is an eventuality.
Additional, midterm elections are around the corner, and a new war so soon after withdrawing from Afghanistan, and the fact that POTUS ran on a no new war platform, may prove disastrous for the Republicans. My prediction is that the US will not launch a kinetic strike before 15 August.
Why might you be wrong?
As mentioned before, the president's unpredictability makes any type of prediction purely guesswork. Also, while the intel suggest that Iran is nowhere near a nuclear weapon, POTUS has routinely expressed his distrust of the intelligence community, and most likely will not put to much stock in the intel. He may see a strike on Iran as a way to boost poll numbers and re-energize his base. A kinetic strike on Iran before August 1st may be purely a political calculus than anything else.