The US is deepening its war on Iran while handing Saudi Arabia nuclear technology — bad for anyone hoping the Middle East stays calm, and bad for American troops in the region.

• Trump approved a 30-year deal giving Saudi Arabia a civilian nuclear program, possibly including uranium enrichment, with US companies building it.
• Israeli intelligence now claims Iran moved centrifuges and enriched uranium to "Pickaxe Mountain," part of the same Natanz complex the US said it destroyed last year.
• US planes have hit Iran for 11 straight nights, and Iran has shifted from hitting bases to hitting soldiers — four Americans killed and over 100 wounded.
• The Pentagon is asking for tens of billions more, with the war's price tag already near $40 billion and no end date in sight.
• Yemen has shut down the Bab el-Mandeb strait to Saudi ships, which normally carries millions of barrels of oil a day.

Outlook: Expect more strikes, higher gas prices, and pressure in Congress to wrap the war up without ever voting on it.