1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

Stop the Iranian War. Diplomacy with Iran is still technically alive, but the prospects of diplomatic success seems more remote every day the tit-for-tat continues.
  • “Trump can escalate and hope that Iran in response chooses to negotiate an agreement on U.S. terms. But the United States already attempted this and came up empty, so why would a second attempt be any more successful than the first? Fully concentrating on finding a mutually acceptable diplomatic exit would be the sane path to take, but even sanity isn’t a guarantee. Can a mutually acceptable accord be reached at a time when the United States and Iran are intractable on their objectives and trust between them has broken down? Walking away from the conflict is Trump’s least damaging alternative, but this would require him to accept something he’s been unwilling to cede: Iran charging tolls on a key waterway.
  • “There is a lesson in all of this. If we don’t want to add to our problems, we shouldn’t plunge into a war we don’t need to fight.”