“After the declaration by President Trump that the United States joins Iran in refraining from further military actions, the nation now breathes a sigh of relief. But this exhale comes after a week of erratic words and actions that should raise questions about the competence and the goals of the foreign policy of this administration. The first concern is how the process leads to the product. In the past, the gravity of eliminating an official of another nation, regardless of their crimes, would have been the entailed an intense assessment around a crisis decision table at the White House.”