“President Trump went along with Bibi Netanyahu’s Panglossian case for slamming Iran,” Dowd wrote, invoking the O. Henry story’s opening line: “It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you.” Nearly two months into the conflict, Dowd argued, Trump’s Iran claims keep falling apart under scrutiny. The Strait of Hormuz, which Trump has insisted is open, remained closed, and negotiations have been touch-and-go. Iran has not handed over its enriched uranium, and the new Iranian regime, Dowd noted, is run by “hardened, fanatical generals” — harder to deal with than ever. The columnist landed several devastating blows,…
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