Christmas without peace and happiness

Nothing looks positive in Gaza or Ukraine or Sudan or the Congo or Venezuela etc etc etc. The world, in other words, looks about as bad as it could be, with the Christmas message falling into the cracks where violence and death sit. As Lindsay Graham, the wise old American senator of the Republican party, said in an interview after a visit to Israel: Hamas is not disarming and Hamas wants to carry on ruling Gaza, and no one is stopping them. The US and Ukraine have had further talks on finding a peace formula to end the four-year-old war and claim to have had constructive talks. But no sign of a breakthrough because there is no breakthrough to find. All the other places where there are supposed to be ceasefires in operation are erupting in violence. This is the way of the world this Christmas. There is very little to lift spirits. I can't remember such a bleak period of time in recent history. PLEASE BUY MY NEW SPY THRILLER, AGENT REDRUTH, A BRILLIANT CHRISTMS GIFT. CHECK IT OUT ON AMAZON