The Iran strike reveals much about Trump’s fear of Putin and abandonment of Ukraine…

The subtext for last night’s bold and successful raid on Iranian nuclear sites is that diplomacy is for suckers.

Promising to end hostilities in both Ukraine and the Middle East, Donald Trump has chosen to abandon peaceful interventions and to light a match. The trail of lies told by the president has always led to an inherent distrust in what the president says. Offered a fortnight to make a ‘deal’, Iran saw what most have come to understand about our impulsive president. Deceit is a tactic; truth is for losers.

To be sure, the regime in Iran could not have been particularly surprised. Trump does not exude trust. He may, in fact, have surprised himself with this bold move more than the Iranians. Pushed and pulled by advisors within and without government, some competent, others not so much, the American people and the world can only hope that decisions made by the seat of this president’s pants succeed. Impulsivity is no friend to diplomacy.

To be sure, no one should feel pity for the brutal regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as brutal a dictator as Donald Trump aspires to be. The issue for Israel and the West is a real one; Khamenei with nukes is an untenable reality. Iran has promised to annihilate the Jewish state and has waged an unrelenting war…