When President Donald Trump ordered an armada of naval vessels, fighter planes, bombers and high-tech surveillance drones to the Middle East, he thought he had the answer to decades of tension and terrorism from Iran. He may well be right.
But with that answer comes a series of supplemental questions. Some of them involve vital domestic issues. Some involve the conduct of the war itself and, critically, its aftermath. All require deeper thought than Trump — like Ronald Reagan, motivated by instinct — customarily is credited for. And all require answers in the next few days or weeks.
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