Seeking to ride a wave of international sympathy from those who reject President Trump’s rationale for launching a lethal attack on the head of Iran’s terror apparatus, Tehran began its promised payback by formally cancelling what was left of the nuclear development deal negotiated with Western nations in 2014 and from which the United States withdrew after President Trump was sworn in to office. Next door, meanwhile, the Iraqi parliament voted to expel the American military from the country, although with no exact timeline presented. Trump critics argue the spectacular drone-delivered hit will trigger untold violence across the globe. In Europe, where those nations sought to replace the U.S. as the lead nation in negotiating with Iran, the EU partners have not lost interest, but find it impossible to provide the key to a potentially lucrative relationship with Tehran: the demand by the Iranians to create a mechanism for allowing Iranian oil to be sold without running afoul of American-based financial institutions, all of whom are forbidden by executive order from having any dealings with the Islamic Republic. Iraq’s parliament has voted to expel the American military from its country, but has not specified a timetable. President Trump has arguably called the Iraqi bluff by promising to remain as lethal as before but from an alternative staging base.