Up the Escalation Ladder
The Question is, What's at the Top?
Things have indeed accelerated as I shared back in April:
In that post, I described how a reset is coming for three distinct, yet interrelated global regimes:
The Global Financial Regime
The Global Geopolitical Regime
The Emerging Digital Regime
We are now seeing an escalation path in the war - let’s call it what it is - between Israel and Iran. On Oct. 1, Iran launched about 180 ballistic missiles into Israel as retribution for the brazen assassination of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah - two of Iran’s proxy groups that are part of its coalition of resistance. This was the second time Iran has launched missiles into Israel this year. Put into perspective, Iran’s missile attacks dwarfs all missile launches in the entirety of the Russo-Ukraine war in terms of scale.
As I type this, Israel is mulling how it will strike back and is carefully planning how it could take out Iran’s oil and nuclear assets. Iran has already issued threats of a massive retaliation if its oil assets come under attack - it in fact stated that it would take out oil assets of other nations in the Middle East including Azerbaijan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. That would essentially do more damage than a nuclear bomb as it would wipe out almost 40% of the global oil supply in an instant, sending economies around the world into chaos. The Oil Shocks the world experienced in the 70s would be child’s play compared to such a scenario. Inflation and interest rates would skyrocket and many countries would fall into a deep recession, or even depression.
It is no surprise then that the Gulf States have come out and affirmed neutrality - meaning the US cannot launch attacks from their sovereign soil - in hopes to appease Iran. But will Iran listen?
The link between the Global Financial Regime and the Global Geopolitical Regime is very clear here in this case: it is oil. In the Russo-Ukrainian war, it was the US dollar which was weaponized in the form of sanctions against Russia, which have failed disastrously. These links are critical as they feed off each other and catalyze activity by upping the ante - they are chips on the table, and the bets are getting larger and larger.
In just a few weeks, the 2024 BRICS Summit will be held in Russia, and that will be a significant event as an alternative to the US Dollar Hegemony and incumbent global financial system is being built by them. Bear in mind, Iran is already a member of BRICS, and Turkey - a NATO member - is looking to join which would escalate tensions even further. In fact, look at all the nations that have already applied, or will apply to BRICS:
These countries control a vast swath of the earth’s commodities and minerals - critical ingredients for making things, including weapons.
Just like in a game of pickup basketball, the team captains of the two sides are picking the last players to join their side before the game begins. And make no mistake, the game - in this case, a global reset - will happen.
As I’ve been telling as many people as I can, there is still time to prepare, but things are accelerating and time is quickly running out.
Let’s hope that this current flare up between Israel and Iran subsides and buys us some additional time - we really do not want an oil shock and skyrocketing inflation just as the Federal Reserve started cutting interest rates in celebrating the defeat of inflation. Nobody wants a repeat of the stagflation during the 1970s where inflation was “defeated” only to erupt higher twice due to the two Oil Shocks.
The US had to raise interest rates to 20% to finally get out of that quagmire. Can you imagine what a 20% interest rate would do to today’s global economy?
Oh, and by the way, about that 3rd Global Regime that has to do with Digital?
These are currently being tested, possibly to be deployed in the Middle East, and have already been deployed for limited reconnaissance use in Ukraine. It’s coming.
Watch my video back in April where talk about the acceleration that we are witnessing today: