We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming, which consists largely of senseless, endless, extravagantly expensive wars:

A U.S. airstrike targeting facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Syria appears to be a message to Tehran delivered by a new American administration still figuring out its approach to the Middle East.

While it is refreshing to see Democrats stand up to Iran for a change, can’t we steer clear of the perennial quagmire Syria? It is likely to bog us down in a bigger war, possibly involving Russia.

On behalf of the liberal establishment, David French cheers:

But of course, it would have been bad if Trump had done it:

Trump tried to get us out of messes like Syria. He should have tried harder. Even so, we would just go back to plunging into them again with establishmentarians in control.

On tips from Varla and Bluto.