He spoke in parables, of locusts and fireballs. Burning fires and dark clouds of hate. There is no doubt that the Americans will win the war but they will not win lasting peace. What will be won will eventually crack and shatter which will lead to further conflict in the region. The threat of the Middle East is nothing compared to the other menace foreseen. So much of life will be destroyed, so much will be rebuilt, as man himself will be rebuilt. How strange to walk by his side and see through his eyes. Two ghosts passing through the present and the future. He foreshadowed the encroaching darkness and revealed my path - a sanctuary yet to be found.