Screaming into the Abyss
I never intended for this to become a series. I had hoped that at each point some measure of sanity would prevail and that the combatants in the unfolding catastrophe in the Middle East would pull back from the brink rather than dance precariously upon it to see how far they could push things. With the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah a few days ago and the invasion of Lebanon this morning it feels as if a moment of …