The problem for investors: We don't know how Trump wants the Iran war to end

We're not used to so many things going wrong at the same time, especially when, as the days go on, they can't suddenly go right. Moreover, we can't process something that seems unfathomable — a short war —when the calendar says it's no longer short. We also can't adjust to the notion that no matter what we do —as in the United States and the Israelis as allies — we can't defeat what we thought was a country in Iran with limited war-making abilities. The efforts we have made, the bombings we've delivered, an ...