Although it’s a relief to know that President Trump has instructed God to bless Israel and Iran, it’s obviously too soon to know whether the resultant ceasefire will hold and whether Iran will agree to abandon its quest for nuclear weapons.

If things work out, the U.S. president will be a hero. If they don’t, he won’t.

The implications of the American attack on Iran may be more certain for Russia and Ukraine.

We know that the Kremlin is upset. Oblivious to the irony, Russian President Vladimir Putin called it "an absolutely unprovoked aggression against Iran.” Putin evidently failed to see that his criticism of Trump applies with equal force to his “absolutely unprovoked aggression” against Ukraine.

On the other hand, Putin might take solace from the fact that Trump’s indifference to international law mirrors his own. In effect, if not in intent, Trump legitimized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — as if either man cared about such legal subtleties.

So much for the semi-good news for Russia. In contrast, the bad news is really bad.

For starters, Trump demonstrated that the U.S. is a military superpower — unlike Putin’s Russia, which has lost over 1 million men and thousands of tanks and........

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