President Trump must rue the day he listened to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Maureen Dowd’s column captures a striking reversal: a president who promised to avoid “blood and sand” entanglements now appears trapped in one of his own making.
By invoking O. Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief,” Dowd underscores the irony. What was framed as a show of strength and swift dominance has morphed into a drawn-out conflict with mounting costs, dwindling leverage, and no clear exit. The metaphor is apt: the would-be captor now looks captive to events he set in motion.
Dowd points to the political, military, and diplomatic strain — from depleted stockpiles to domestic fallout — and suggests the crisis has overtaken the narrative of control. Rather than dictating terms, the administration seems to be reacting to a conflict that refuses to conform to its script.
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