Iraq. No plan. Libya. No plan. Afghanistan. No plan. And now Iran. Brookings, the Council on Foreign Relations and every serious analyst in Washington is saying the same thing. That the Trump administration has no clue and no plan for what comes next.

The American assassinated the Iranian Supreme Leader. Congratulations. Now what? Who fills that vacuum? When has a power vacuum in the Middle East ever filled itself with something better? They did this in Iraq. They did this in Libya. They did this in Afghanistan, and here they are again, same play with the same old tragic script, except this time the country is twice the size, three times the military capability, and has been preparing for exactly this moment for forty years.

History teaches that Western interventions aimed at toppling foreign governments are costly, messy and virtually impossible without boots on the ground.  But sure, why don’t you try it again. Maybe this time the rubble will spontaneously organize itself into a peaceful democracy.