The end of 2023 is beginning to look like the end of the first act of a Greek tragedy, but with the world being laid low, and not just a romantic hero.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza has been devastating, as the war with Hamas and Israel remains heated. The war also continues in Ukraine, with Russia frustrated it hasn’t yet successfully absorbed Ukraine and with Vlad “The Impaler” Putin shuffling his political enemies off to Siberia. As both wars rage, attacks on US troops and commercial shipping in the Middle East underline a growing concern that war will widen, engulfing the US and its allies in an apocalyptic nightmare of destruction.
