I don’t believe that Boethius was prescient enough to be thinking of Donald J. Trump at the time. Most prominently among the tears is his lust for peace, when peace is simply not available. Let me leave aside the so-named “12-day war” between Israel and Iran, which I will come back to, and focus on the other six. Thus the 20-point Gaza Peace Plan is a bandage on a malignant sore. Trump’s instincts, usually so good, go awry when it comes to war and peace.