Middle East

MS NOW -Whether the United States and Iran agree on a supposedly impending ceasefire and begin negotiations, Trump has already lost, argues Michael A. Cohen. None of the administration’s prewar goals have been achieved, whether that’s stopping a nuclear weapons program, the existence of which lacked evidence; damaging its conventional military and missile capabilities; or changing the regime. More embarrassing is that one of the key U.S. objectives — reopening the Strait of Hormuz — is “only necessary because of the war itself,” he writes. Read more.