The historian Lawrence Davidson exposes the folly of John Bolton’s recent opinion piece in The New York Times advocating the bombing of Iran. Here’s an excerpt from his take down: “John Bolton’s op-ed to the New York Times is just a mess – a dangerous flight of fancy based on skewed opinions rather than hard evidence and facts. In what must have been a very weak moment while writing this piece, he actually admits that there is a “lack of palpable evidence” for his case. He then moves right ahead as if the absence of evidence and facts just do not matter.” Read more here: