In a recent article, Jonathan Tobin tells the reader that the present excess use of Russian force in Syria was because of "the conceit of the administration's policy … that a rapprochement with Iran would end the nuclear threat and help beat back the rise of Islamists in Iraq and Syria."  That is why, he tells us, "Kerry is left to vainly cry for cease-fires that do no good[.]"  And as a secondary consequence of our foolishness, he writes, "[i]t's also why the Iranians are literally parading their contempt for the United States."  Thus, he paints a picture of a frustrated John Kerry whose unwise policies of rapprochement with Iran have led to these consequences.  The reader is left with the image of John Kerry "vainly crying." But this scenario of unwise policy leading to unplanned consequences is not what really happened.  Kerry isn't "vainly crying."  He is play-acting, feigning...(Read Full Article)