The Russians have announced that they will not block our attempt to take Tehran’s nuclear case to the U.N. Security Council. While this is a bit of good news, and the only bit of good news in a while, it will not make

John Keegan happy. He thinks that
diplomacy must be tried and all peaceful methods--economic and political ostracism, sanctions, and so on--must be pursued, but

what will happen when the diplomacy fails? "This is a bad and worrying time in world affairs," he concludes. Read it.