John Kerry, like Woodrow Wilson, Mistakes High Moral Ground as a Basis for Lasting Agreement

On Saturday, while meeting President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, Mr. Kerry was overheard offering reassurances that his fragile plan would succeed. “We will make it work,” he said. He then said he had heard that Mr. Lavrov had put the chances of success at 49 percent at an open meeting of the conference.