The War Was Terrible, And The Portions Were So Small

Just as social ills like racism and sexism are more covert in the United States today than they were a century ago, war is waged in smaller, less organized fits and spurts with dulled plateaus of violence. The world is unlikely to see anything on the scale of the first two World Wars again; technology has replaced some of the human cannon fodder and public support for all-out war has diminished. Thus, I am incluned to agree with (cough) Newt Gingrich (gag). What we are seeing in Israel, Iran, Lebabon, Syria and Iran by proxy is shit-your-pants terrifying and crawl-under-your-bed distressful. This is as close as we've come since 1982 to total regional warfare.

And, just in case you haven't yet shit your pants or scrawled under your bed, don't forget about Sudan! No, that wasn't solved either.

Sudan Faces Pressure to Accept U.N. Force (AP)