Rattled.

This is coolbert:

 "'There's this gigantic funnel that sits over the table in the Situation Room. And all the problems in the world end up coming through that funnel to the same eight or 10 people. There's a limit to the bandwidth those eight or 10 people can have.'"

TOO MUCH FOR TOO FEW!

"rattled: adjective   informal - Anxious and worried"

"Behind the Curtain: Rattled U.S. government fears wars could spread"

From https://www.axios.com | /2023/10/20.

"Never before have we talked to so many top government officials who, in private, are so worried about so many overseas conflicts at once."

"Why it matters: We don't like to sound dire. But to sound a siren of clinical, clear-eyed realism: U.S. officials say this confluence of crises poses epic concern and historic danger."

[....]

"Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates — who ran the Pentagon under presidents of both parties, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — tells us America is facing the most crises since World War II ended 78 years ago."

FIVE CRISIS ALL OCCURRING MORE OR LESS SIMULTANEOUSLY. DANGER THAT THE OVERLOAD WILL CREATE AN URGENCY OF DECISION MAKING THAT WILL BECOME [IF NOT ALREADY OCCURRING] UNMANAGEABLE.

As to what those five crisis are with further elucidation each situation and confrontation the devoted reader to the blog will just have to read for themselves.

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