The arrogance of Trump’s America

IT is a very curious thing that some 13 days into a war which has encompassed most of the Middle East and engaged the critical interests of virtually the entire globe, the prime perpetrator of that war, a global superpower, cannot provide a coherent rationale for it. President Trump has said much on the topic, but his ramblings provide little clarity. By some reckonings, Trump has cited 10 different, often contradictory reasons at one time or another, running from the simply false (Iran has intercontinental...