The Next US 'Forever War'

He didn't take two weeks to make up his mind whether or not to bomb Iran, only two days.

- Gwynne Dyer

US President Donald Trump is not a patient man. But he has just started another American "forever war" in the Middle East, so he will have plenty of time to work on his self-control.

Let's start with the immediate issue. Assume for a moment that Iran was really working to build nuclear weapons, allegedly to destroy Israel. Did the US bombing of the Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear enrichment sites really blast down through gom of rock and permanently eliminate any skulduggery the Iranians were up to there?

Wrong question. If there really was a large stock of highly enriched uranium stored under all that rock, the Iranians have had a week to divide it up into dozens or hundreds of packets and hide it at safe sites all over the country. What would you do if you knew somebody was coming to bomb you in a few days?