“It took a three-month war and a 14-point peace plan to shatter the Persian Gulf’s image as a beacon of stability and influence in a troubled Middle East. But on a whirlwind two-day trip to assuage U.S. allies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio did his best to put it back together again,” the Washington Post reports.“The top U.S. diplomat traveled to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain this week, delivering a message of reassurance to U.S. allies that had been targeted by Tehran‘s drones and missiles but were largely left out of ongoing U.S.-Iran peace talks.”