India, June 21 -- A war stopping is better than a war continuing. The reopening of the Strait matters to millions of ordinary people around the world who never asked for any of this.

After months of fighting, thousands of deaths, a strangled global economy and a Middle East that looks considerably more dangerous than it did before, the United States last week signed a one and a half-page memorandum of understanding with Iran that returns things to roughly where they were on February 27th, the day before the bombs started falling. The Strait of Hormuz is reopening. Nuclear negotiations can resume. Ships can sail again. We're back to where we started. President Donald Trump has presided over many controversial decisions, but this one deser...