‘When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled’

Escalating tensions benefit no one. New flash points heighten fears and tend to tear peoples apart. When elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled flat.

Given the size and military might of the contenders, we can only imagine and be aghast at the terrible toll on human life and property that shall be inflicted if the “word war” deteriorates into a real war of nuclear weapons and missiles.