In Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea, a fool’s conceit defeated us

In a sense, it s too soon to reflect on the disaster in Iran. After all, Trump s cease-fires have a half-life of a week. There is every reason to think that this one will also fall apart soon enough in Lebanon, over an attack in the Strait, or because of an escalating public argument over what was even agreed. In another sense, it s not too soon to reflect on Trump s well-established record on the…