The End of the Beginning of WWIII
Seeing the signs of the next looming global conflict to active conflict
On September 22, 2023 I wrote the following post on social media.
Depending on how much you pay attention to world politics and the current shifting of military troops across the globe, it would make a person wonder a few things. Whether you want to admit it or not, the world powers are gearing up for the next global conflict.
Presently, we have Russia at war with Ukraine with no off-ramps to exit this conflict. NATO and its allies are fighting a proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. Now, recently Poland has cut off arms to Ukraine, and may potentially reclaim some former Polish territory from Ukraine. Japan is amid the largest military buildup in decades to fight against China or North Korea. China has moved over 150+ military aircraft in the region of Taiwan in the last few weeks. Iran and Saudi Arabia are fighting proxy wars in Syria predominantly and throughout the middle east.
Also, Iran is trying to flex its muscles in gulf against Saudi ships. This is all fueling a Middle East arms race, and potentially and likely a nuclear one. Iran just recently refused inspectors to view their enrichment facilities, yet again! North Korea is pledging unconditional support to Russia, whatever that means, and provocatively firing missile tests in the direction of Seoul and Japan. Then, you had the Indian government allegedly assassinating a Sikhs activist on Canadian soil who was a Canadian citizen. Then the governments expelled each other’s top diplomats from their respective countries, with India refusing Canadian visas. In the words of Ozzy Osbourne, we’re going off the rails on a Crazy Train!
All these proxy wars will soon become direct conflicts between nations once the major powers in the background of the losing side have enough. Where do you think the US would shift its efforts if China invaded Taiwan, North Korea attacked South Korea or Japan and Iran attacked Saudi Arabia or Israel? Then you have the role of India as the US’s biggest bulwark against China in the region, and potentially in the future having to condemn them for their actions if proven true. Right now, all these scenarios are plausible and potentially on the horizon.
Would we abandon the war in Ukraine to save Taiwan as China is the bigger threat to our interests? Or would we support Saudi Arabia, our favorite petroleum dealer, or Israel which is really our only true ally in the Middle East? Then again, we have over 35 thousand troops stationed in South Korea. Would we sacrifice those men and women for a greater good?
The US can't fight that many wars on multiple fronts, unless we have some ultra-advanced technology that can take down the smaller threats like Iran quickly. UAPs anyone? But reality is we have a weak executive branch and divided Congressional branch, and our enemies know this. President Biden, God bless him, is a senile old man who barely knows where he is, much less have the cognitive ability to make a decision on a massive scale with long term consequences.
With Putin's political maneuvering as of late, it makes me wonder, is China, North Korea and Iran about to make some joint moves to thwart the US military's abilities to respond globally. Singularly, they are not a great threat except for China, though their military isn't battle hardened like Russia. What we have going for us at the moment is China is in the midst of great economic turmoil that has their leaders currently distracted and having to deal with the grumbling with the CCP elders about President Shi’s handling of the country. You may have noticed in the news (if it is accurate) some “purges” happening within the Chinese leadership lately.
See, China is the key. Russia has been weakened by the war in Ukraine. About the only card Russia has left to play is the nuclear scenario unless North Korea can bolster them with supplies. But if North Korea does that for Russia, they weaken themselves. China is really the main character here because it’s the heavy lifter. China has the largest military navy in the world, but it is untested. China prefers subversion to direct confrontation with their Belt and Road Initiative. Being that the US is their largest consumer for their goods, they don’t want to make a direct enemy of their best customer. China has made great efforts to find other customers, mainly in South America. Though none have the economic buying power of the US, they are trying. Timing in this situation is everything.
If they all moved militarily at the same time, the US would be forced to choose which would be a priority. If you think in those terms, it looks like Russia jumped the gun before everyone else was ready. Or was it a brilliant strategic move to weaken the US not only militarily but economically by investing in billions of dollars in truly futile effort to contain and weaken Russia? Maybe I am wrong. I hope I am wrong. But the chess pieces are moving across the board at a quicker pace if you care to look. There is a great deal of uncertainty. Be prepared.
Little did I know, two weeks later, Hamas attacks Israel on October 7th.
It was a little too prophetic too soon for my taste. Not to say it was a revelation of any kind. Everything that is happening appears very predictable and becoming more obvious every day. Which said in a corn bread way, unless you were completely oblivious to what’s happening in the world, you should have seen this coming, as I warned on September 22nd.
This is becomg the end of the beginning of World War III. Dominos are falling. News propaganda is rampant. Hey, remember the time the New York Times showed the world of picture of a burnt out building and claimed that Israel fired a missle at a civilian hospital, but it turned out to be not the same building and actually the missile Israel really hit was a parking lot? Yeah, that happened.
The testing of alliances has begun, said another way, who is going to come to whose aid. The world is about to find out. The moving parts to all this is really hard to keep up with like a shell game.
Here is where it is going to get interesting. If the US joins Israel in attacking Iran, Russia will be compelled to respond to one of their top allies under seige. Now, will this mean they will stop their onslaught on Ukraine? Does Russia want be apart of a two front war? Are they more interested in fighting the war on their doorstep, or do they prefer the one in their neighbor’s backyard? Again, we are probably going to see in the coming weeks.
There is also the potential of nuclear escalation and exchange in the region. Israel has nukes, but how many no one knows. Iran has been working on enriching uranium and how close they are to a bomb is anyone’s guess depending on who you believe. But the US and Russia both have nukes for certain. Will they allow escalation to nuclear exchange over their allies territory or will that just be too close to getting actually lobbing them at each other? “Mutually assured destruction” seems to have lost it’s flavor. Cue Ozzy Osbourne again.
If you think back to World War II, it was very clear who were the bad guys and the good guys were. It was as simple as us versus them. Today, it should be as vividly clear yet again. Decapitating civilian children (including infants) and adults as long with soldiers is bad. Defending the innocent victims of savage attacks is the morally high ground.
Hamas and Hezbollah are barbarians hellbent on the destruction of the state of Israel and the genocide of its people. These are not the actions of an enlightened, 21st century civilized people. These are the actions of monsters. These are the actions of evil.
What is the reality here? Israel is a sovereign state with every right to defend itself and its people. Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations, not freedom fighters. Hamas targeted civilians on October 7th killing Israeli and Americans alike. Hezbollah has launched 14 attacks against the US military bases and personnel in Iraq and Syria killing over 30 US soldiers. Currently both are backed by Iran, who is the #1 supporter and exporter of world terrorism. Evil must be opposed. Always. But is that part of the trap for the United States?
Where are the peace makers trying to stop the unfolding nightmares? They are nowhere to be found. The world is headed for war. The world leaders want war. Do you know what would firm up that shakey world economy right now? War.
The problem of going to war with Iran is that it is a tough nut to crack. Its a rough and mountainous part of the world. Even if you drop nukes on Iran, they will survive. The rulers of Iran are 10,000 mullahs, not a single family or bloodline. There is no single head of a snake to chop off. How do you kill this hydra of evil? You can’t, but you can contain it.
What is happening is that the enemies of the Israel and the United States are trying to provoke us into doing something vulgar and abhorent in a scale of violence to turn the world against us. War with Iran is another war without end and no exit ramp.
So who is winning in all these world conflicts? China, of course. Everyone is looking at Europe and the Middle East, and no one is carrying about what is happening in their part of the world. China’s number one enemy is preoccupied and dumping tons of money into one, soon to be two, major world conflicts. It is a beautiful distraction. Then again, China, as I have previlously written, has its own issues where the clock is ticking for them as well.
Be carefull of the saber rattling. Be carefull of whose sons and daughers you encourage to go off to war. I leave you with this last song from Ozzy Osbourne, “Killer of Giants” and ask that you to ponder the lyrics. I could be wrong about all of this, but this is just my perspective from the bottom end.
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