Yeah well, that's just a matter of time in the exact same way that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was predicted over a decade ahead, often by US senators.
I'll bet that for every country in the world, a senator has predicted a war against them. And we still aren't at war with Russia, but you could call them an enemy for sure.
E.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/05/we-knew-putin-...
https://www.mccaininstitute.org/resources/in-the-news/icymi-...
Etc...