The Trump administration is contemplating another attack on a foreign adversary, using a familiar script. Once again, the president has assembled what he described as an 'armada' of ships within striking distance of his potential target and has told a nation's leaders to make a deal'or else. The administration has provided hints at its rationale for military action and indications of what it wants from a deal, which the leaders of the nation in Donald Trump's sights have summarily rejected. And the president has again said that time is quickly running out. Such presidential bluster might be dismissed as another example of Trump's Art of the Deal diplomacy'making exaggerated threats in the hope of forcing a negotiated settlement. But given that less than a month ago, Trump delivered on similar threats by carrying out a stunning, high-risk assault that dragged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from his palace to a New York prison, another military assault, this time on Iran, is very...
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