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In the spring of 2026, the first openly gay President of the United States was in the second year of his term. King Charles of Great Britain had begun the third year of his reign. In Germany the New Socialist German Workers Party had consolidated its rise to power and had returned the swastika to the national flag. The United Republic of Korea, like Germany decades before, when the wall was torn down, continued to deal with the economic catastrophe that accompanied the fall of the North Korean regime. And the Third Great War, or Armageddon as the press popularly called it, continued to rage.
When the war began, seventy-four-year-old Franklin Graham had led American evangelicals in proclaiming that Armageddon was at hand, that the Messiah's return was imminent. A movement developed and for evangelicals everywhere, but particularly in America and in Sub-Saharan Africa, the war took on the characteristics of a Modern Crusade, much to the horror of Western Governments who had to deal with those Islamic countries who were still their allies.
It had started, much like the First Great War, with a fluke. Iran in the course of a military exercise mistakenly set off a missile. It didn't even have a warhead attached. But it was programmed to head south toward Israel. Israel immediately responded by blowing up the missile and leveling a good part of Tehran. Iran responded by destroying half of Tel Aviv.
Treaty obligations were invoked. Sunni versus Shia divides among Islamists were largely although temporarily forgotten. Although the United States and Russia were basically on opposite sides, they were united through back channels in trying to see that nuclear weapons were not employed. In a few short months the entire Middle East was laid waste. The Suez Canal was in ruins. Although the actual battleground was thus far confined, there was the possibility that actual fighting might soon extend beyond Asia Minor and North Africa. Certainly cyber warfare already extended worldwide. For example, the United States' electrical grid had been disabled on several occasions. The internet and dependent electronic communications were no longer reliable.
The greatest effect on the "first world," however, was economic. The Dow-Jones had fallen over fifty percent. The worldwide flow of oil had been totally disrupted. Although progress had been made in converting to "clean energy," gasoline prices in America had risen to six and seven dollars a gallon, even higher in Europe. Transportation costs had driven the price of everything sky high. Blackouts occurred from New York to Marseilles. There were shortages of everything from gin to jeans. Unemployment in some countries reached forty to fifty percent. The only place young men could find work was in military service. Even weapons manufacture was in decline. After all everyone who wanted military superiority already had enough weapons to blow up their neighbors, if not the world. Worldwide, there was a giant "displaced persons" problem.
Like its predecessor, The League of Nations, the United Nations collapsed in the face of a real war. NATO did survive.
One place that seemed reasonably normal, at least on the Israeli Allied side of the conflict was the Greek island of Lesbos, the place that gave Lesbianism its name. It had gained international prominence ten years before during the period when Syrians and other Middle Eastern migrants were seeking a way into Europe. At that time a number of facilities had been built nearby existing resorts. These were now ideal for non-governmental organization headquarters and allied command offices. But especially could the be adapted for places for Allied Officers and Enlisted Men to spend R&R. That is "Rest and Recreation," a week or so away from the front, which was granted to soldiers and sailors every few months.
This is a story about recreational opportunities on Lesbos at a time when the world was coming to an end all around.
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