India, March 16 -- At the beginning of the year, shortly after Trump invaded Venezuela, I had written: "As Thick as Thieves." I re-read it before writing this piece. I had then warned that the Venezuelan "success" would embolden Trump to flex his muscles elsewhere, too.

True to his rampaging and disruptive style, he has done it again, this time by attacking Iran and "eliminating" its Supreme Commander Khamenei. I have no love lost for Khamenei, nor for his brutal suppression of democracy and women's rights in Iran. But that in no way justifies America and Israel's naked aggression against another sovereign country. Trump and the USA have obviously not learnt the lessons of history, which repeats itself for those who don't learn from it....