Stephen Kinzer: Trump’s Attack on Iran Will Further Destabilize the Middle East - Bucks County Beacon

Stephen Kinzer: Trump’s Attack on Iran Will Further Destabilize the Middle East - Bucks County Beacon

After bombing Iran, President Donald Trump sent out one of his trademark all-capital-letters missives: “NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!” he wrote. Dream on. Trump has become the latest American president to plunge violently into the Middle East. His adventure, like most of the previous ones, will not achieve its goals. Instead it will further destabilize a region that has been suffering from outside intervention for the better part of a century. By T…