While it’s difficult to predict how the new Iranian hostage crisis will end, responses by other countries say much about modern geopolitics.The eternal problem with the Iranian government is, of course, that it is difficult to predict. Internal conflicts explain why.The president is a ranting apocalypticist who serves as the puppet of ruling mullahs but who was elected, albeit in questionable voting, by people who despise the mullahs.So was the Mar. 23 abduction of 15 British sailors and marines a planned act of the theocracy, the work of rogue members of the mullahs’ Revolutionary Guards, or the result of some internal clash that got out of control? If planned, was it an atte...