GOVERNMENTS in the US have rarely reflected on follies they have committed beyond their borders. Failed nation-building experiments and military misadventures by both Republican and Democrat administrations have not led to internal reflection on these misguided policies.

But the Iran debacle should lead to some sort of reckoning, considering that America has been unable to achieve any of its objectives in the war, and may have actually helped give Iran the upper hand in the region — just as it did with the removal of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

Of course, the current US president is not known for soul-searching and deep contemplation over foreign policy choices. Donald Trump prefers to think aloud,........

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