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The Iranians can’t be allowed to string us along much longer

You can credit President Donald Trump with taking extreme risks for the sake of a possible peace, but we fear he’s simply putting off the inevitable by giving Tehran another cease-fire extension.

At the least, he should set a deadline of a day or two for the Islamic Republic’s factions to agree on an offer; if they can’t do it fast, they never will.

Caveat: The president has access to intelligence he can’t share; that we can’t make clear sense of his decision Tuesday doesn’t remotely mean he was wrong to delay a return to active operations.

Still, his stated reasons don’t add up: So what if Pakistan’s leaders asked Washington to hold off until the Iranians “can come up with a unified proposal”?

First off, the Pakistanis can’t possibly have a firm grasp on the regime’s internal struggles; they’re most likely just playing to their own public here, trying to look important by getting the prez to do as they ask.

Second, Tehran’s factions are sure not to unite unless they expect to lose everything if they don’t........

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