War has become the norm in the Middle East

There are now eight countries and terrorist-designated groups at war one way or another in the wider Middle East region and it has become the norm to read about the latest bombings. The new year has truly begun in the worst possible way. The countries involved are the US, Israel, UK, Iran and Pakistan, and the terrorist-designated organisations are Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis. What a mix, what potential for catastrophe for the whole world, and yet hardly anyone is urgently seeking peace, except for the UN, the millions of protesters around the globe and the Pope. The US, aided on a much smaller scale by the UK, and the Houthis have now settled in for a long period of tit-for-tat missile strikes, Iran and Pakistan likewise, Iran is stirring it up whenever and wherever it can, and Israel is not going to give up until Hamas has been eliminated from Gaza. So, a year of multi wars ahead of us. Meanwhile, the UK government is moving on with its plan to send all illegal immigrants, who arrive by boat from Calais, to Rwanda. There is very little sign of any hope or decency or optimism in the world right now.