A Fitting Metaphor for Gaza

[W]hat is to stop Iran from actually embarking on a nuclear weapons program, since it is already being subjected to these sanctions?

Middle Eastern countries, disregarding the influence of the U.S., which thinks little of international order, are eyeing a move to a framework to independently ensure their own national security.

It will take a long time for the old order to be replaced; the U.S. will not vanish overnight.