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At the very least, the “cui bono” question is clear enough: Khatib concludes that “the collapse of the Assad regime will inevitably mean the end of the Iran-dominated regional order,” to be replaced by a new order built around Israel as “the Middle East’s agenda-setter.”

Cui bono from all this “dark money”?

The always-telling question “Cui bono?” applies here.

But now the answer to all who would emulate the deeds of a Parry or a Ross, a Beecher or a Franklin, is the stereotyped cui bono.

But too little attention has been paid to the oldest question of all: Cui bono?