Few things in this world would make me happier than to heap unqualified praise on Donald J. Trump for negotiating a possible end to the Iran war … except that isn’t possible.

You see, I am still baffled beyond belief over why he and the Israeli Defense Fund began bombing the stuffing out of Iranian military targets. Was it to change regimes? Was it to end Iranian designs on developing an A-bmb? Was it to quell terrorists who continue to operate out of Iran?

Was it all of the above? Or none of the above?

Trump appears set to announce a deal to end the Iran war. So are the Iranian mullahs.

The price of oil might plummet. The Strait of Hormuz might reopen soon, giving the Iranian oil a place to go to markets overseas.

Our casualties were light. Still, they were tragic for the dozen or so American families who lost someone in the bombing campaign.

Here’s the question of the moment: Are we any safer now than we were when the bombs and missiles started flying into Iran? Trump said the Iranian nukes have been “obliterated,” but he said the same thing when we bombed ’em earlier. The Obama administration, led by Secretary of State John Kerry, had worked out a comprehensive plan to rid Iran of nucllear weapons.

OK, Wall Street likely will jump with news of a pending deal to end the war. I appreciate what that will do to our retirement account. Who gets credit for it? Donald Trump. That’s OK with me. I had deep concerns when the bombs and missiles started flying. Those concerns will prevent me from suggesting it was OK to go to war in the first place.