They’re really running scared, though, aren’t they? They know a deal is coming with Iran, negotiated by sane adults, that will make the American people heave a huge sigh of relief—and they will get no credit at all for it.

Why the American people think anybody can be prevented from getting 70-year-old technology if they want to, and why they would feel threatened by a very small nuclear arsenal on the other side of the world, are separate questions.