The war in Iran, now three weeks old, shows no signs of subsiding. There is, in fact, every indication that it has spun even further from whatever control Donald Trump might once have exerted.
The latest escalation, involving the torching of the world’s largest natural gas fields on both the Iranian and Qatari sides of their border, is a case in point. Whether President Trump knew of or approved of the mission – he denies it – it was conducted by the Israelis with the express intent of weakening Iran’s vital oil infrastructure, irrespective of the future prosperity of the Iranian people, and pushing the country ever closer to “failed state” status.
