It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYc.

It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. Good morning everyone and on this January 22nd it's not just

Hamas versus Israel and Israel versus Hamas. The United States is increasingly at war right now in the Middle East.

A headline from yesterday's Washington Post, as Hutis vow to fight on, U.S. prepares for sustained campaign.

Officials say they don't expect operations in Yemen to last years,

but they acknowledge it's unclear when the group's military capability will be sufficiently eroded, Washington Post.

New York Times headline yesterday, widening Mideast crisis.

U.S. troops in Iraq injured an attack linked to Iran-backed malicious.

Headline from the Economist yesterday, America and Iran stepped closer to the brink of war.

Tit for attach strikes and assassinations turn the ratchet.

So we're going to tap the knowledge and wisdom now of one of the most knowledgeable and

experienced journalists and analysts there is about the Middle East.

It's New Yorker magazine columnist Robin Wright,

also a distinguished fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and author of books including The Last Great

Revolution, Turmoil and Transformation in Iran, Dreams and Shadows, The Future of the Middle East,

and Rock the Casba

rage and rebellion across the Islamic world.

Robin's new article in the New Yorker

is called how 10 Middle East conflicts are converging into one big war.

Robin's scary title, but also good to have you on the show

to help explain the big picture right now.

Welcome back to WNYC. It's always good to be with you Brian. Let's start with the

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