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GWYNNE DYER: Could Trump lose interest in Iran like he did in North Korea?

In his first term, Trump was fixated on North Korea, until he 'fell in love' with Kim Jong Un - could the same happen in Iran?

I have been writing this column twice a week for a long time, so I have a finely developed sense for when the audience is sick of a subject.

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We have definitely crossed that boundary with regard to the wars currently being fought up and down the strip of land between the longitudes of 40°E and 50°E (Eastern Ukraine/Persian Gulf/Israel, Gaza and Lebanon).

It’s not just that they are stupid wars, launched by men who were too ignorant or too arrogant to realize that they could not win them (Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Binyamin Netanyahu), and it’s certainly not because they are harmless wars.

Not only are they killing thousands of people every week, but in every case, the country that started the war also has nuclear weapons. In each case there is a small but real possibility that the leader in question might resort to using at least one ‘tactical’ nuclear weapon as a final warning rather than accept the blame for........

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