On the Players of War

Othello seems more the story or nations then men and women. Each practices his own brand of diplomacy, and alliance is either honest or not. Friendship seems to play a little role in the developments, furthering the metaphor or men as nations with relationship based of opnions of action and loyalty. Women, though, are not nations but rather provices. They are annexed and serve their masters. But regions can rebel, and Othello begins to distrust Desdemona, turned by foreign propaganda.

World War I started in much the same way, with a small country (Rodrigo) provoking a larger one, leading to a brawl that gravely injures many. There was no Othello/Superpower to overide all others.

Iago is comparible to Bismarck before WWI, trying to turn the world against France. Iago aims to turn all against Othello.