CL Tehran struck back at its Gulf neighbors overnight, one way to describe answering an American bombing campaign by yelling at the people standing next to America. Six nights in, and the map of who is angry at whom has stopped making sense to anyone without a whiteboard. One hostage came home. Everyone else stayed up.-- CL

MB Tehran struck back at its Gulf neighbors last night, the kind of move you make once the original plan (do not provoke the country that has bombed you for six straight nights) gets quietly shelved for plan B: provoke everyone within reach instead. Washington, on the same day it threatened the domestic press over broadcast licenses, freed one hostage and accused China of meddling in an unrelated vote. Governments under pressure don't admit it. They start more fights, faster.-- MB