Matt Yglesias provides the best summary ever of the US administration’s foreign policy: "As if you moved to a city where there was no police and no laws, but you had a gun while everyone else is armed with sharpened sticks so you figure you’ll be okay and cops and rules and stuff will only hold you back. If you think about that scenario, you can see why someone might think it would be a good idea to be the only guy with a gun in a lawless town, but you can also see that this is a bit shortsighted. Soon enough, for example, you’re going to have to sleep…."