Day 1,578: tall order, ingrained, scavenger, gnaw, crumble

This is a tall order. Much can and will go wrong. Ordinary Arabs’ ingrained anti-Zionism will gnaw at their leaders’ willingness to help. But the alternative is the decay that feeds scavenger states like Iran and Russia. Mr Biden is the only leader who can pull things back together. If he fails, and the security of the Middle East crumbles, it will be a catastrophe for America, too.

Only America can save Israel and Gaza from greater catastrophe

Artwork of the day 
Sketch for Wounded Kitty's Going, Doggy's Ear He's Gnawing
Valeria Trubina
Date: 1989
Style: Transavantgarde,Naïve Art (Primitivism)
Genre: sketch and study

Word of the day 
tall order: a request that is difficult to fulfill
ingrained: (of beliefs) so firmly held that they are not likely to change
gnaw: to bite or chew something repeatedly, usually making a hole in it or gradually destroying it
scavenger: a bird or an animal that feeds on dead animals that it has not killed itself 
crumble: to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces 

Quote of the day
“Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky