Absolutely agree. Vance gets barbecued by his own side within weeks, if not days, of taking over.

Dead on. A visceral response even though it was 50 years ago.

If Assad’s downfall had happened earlier in Joe B’s term, it might have provided a springboard for him to bring Iran around, or even triggered a collapse of the Iranian regime. With Trump in charge, we (and by that I mean the world) will reap exactly nothing positive from this titanic event.