Relationships of divers nations crystallize in Terrible Times: alliances divide along Terror/Anti-Terror lines.
The paradigm is surgical: eradicate the cancerous cells. So privy nations operate on Terror's malignant network of Hells.
The human species balances upon the precipice of Fate: voices clamor on Freedom's side; dogma grips the side of Hate.
And one God watches, knowing They have and will defeat the Beast. But who's the Beast? "It's them!" points each. May the best team win, the other cease.