The Middle East has been engulfed in a whirlwind of chaos over the past month, not because of any novel developments in the U.S.-Iran war but rather because of a mercurial American policy led by an inconstant administration. We have bounced between amity and enmity since the first ceasefire came into effect in early April, a pattern that has only ramped up since the signing of the memorandum of understanding(MOU) in mid-June.