New Delhi, March 16 -- FORGET REGIME change, a nuclear deal and the rest of America's ever-changing objectives in Iran. With the war now in its third week, it may seem as if Donald Trump's list of goals has been whittled down to just one: control of the Strait of Hormuz, the most vital passageway for the world's energy supply.

That is not strictly true, of course. America and Israel continue to bomb hundreds of targets across Iran, many of which have nothing to do with the strait. According to HRANA, a rights group based in Washington, DC, at least 2,400 people have been killed, including more than 1,300 civilians, since the start of the war. Iran is still launching scores of missiles and drones each day at Israel and Gulf states, damagi...