David Frum

And that's a complicated point of view.

It's my point of view.

So where are we now?

Whenever people tell you something is not true of Donald Trump, it's true.

So when the people around him are insisting Donald Trump never bluffs, it's important to understand Donald Trump always bluffs.

He's always trying to buy things without cash.

He's always trying to get things done without the votes.

He's always trying to do things illegally.

And his plan for Iran seemed to be, I get away with everything.

Venezuela was cheap and easy.

This will be cheap and easy.

Whack them from the air, watch them give in, take the victory parade, name something after yourself.

In this case, he's dealing with really fanatical people, horrible people, murderous people.

From a moral point of view, even if they're not strategically the biggest problem in the world, they're morally maybe the worst problem in the world.

So they're terrible people and they have no regard for human life, no regard for their own people, no regard for the prosperity of their own society.

So they took the blow and they keep fighting.

And now he's in a situation where he's trying to bluff them into giving up.

And so he keeps escalating the rhetoric.

He's brought Marines nearby.

He's apparently sending another 10,000 troops.