A World On The Verge Of War?
Zero Hedge
September 17, 2012
Here is a summary of where the world stands: -
- Unable to reach a compromise over the weekend, South Africa is now in an all out labor strike, with the police again firing rubber bullets at miners with lethal escalation guaranteed
- Back from vacation, the once again penniless citizens of Spain, Greece, and Portugal have resumed protesting austerity
- US embassies attacked, in many cases with numerous casualties, in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Lebanon, India, Balgadesh, Indonesia, and others.
- Japan “appropriating” China-contested islands provoking a firestorm of retaliation including demands for “war with Japan”
- The Japanese ambassador to China dying mysteriously
- Netanyahu telling Meet the Press Iran will have a nuke in six-seven months and must be stopped beforehand
- Warships from more than 25 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, launching a military exercise in the Straits of Hormuz
- A third US aircraft – the CVN-74 Stennis – carrier is en route to Iran with an ETA of about 10 days
- And finally, a potential catalyst to light this whole mess on fire, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announcing that its troops are now on the ground in Syria.
From Reuters:
Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are providing non-military assistance in Syria and Iran may get involved militarily if its closest ally comes under attack, commander-in-chief Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Sunday.
Jafari’s statement is the first official acknowledgement that Iran has a military presence on the ground in Syria where an 18-month-old uprising has left tens of thousands dead.
Western countries and Syrian opposition groups have long suspected Iran has troops in Syria. Iran has denied this.
“A number of members of the Qods force are present in Syria but this does not constitute a military presence,” Iranian news agency ISNA quoted Jafari as saying at a news conference.
Qods is an IRGC unit set up to export Iran’s ideology. It has been accused of plotting attacks inside Iraq since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
Jafari did not indicate how many IRGC members were in Syria but said they were providing “intellectual and advisory help”.
The Islamic Republic has backed Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad since the crisis began and regards his rule as a key part of its axis of resistance against Israel and Sunni Arab states.
Jafari also said Iran would change its policy and offer military backing if Syria came under attack.
“I say specifically that if Syria came under military attack, Iran would also give military support but it … totally depends on the circumstances,” he said.
Next up: satellite photos somewhere “confirming” beyond a reasonable doubt that weapons of mass destruction are being prepared for usage, and a preemptive war is the only way to not only preserve peace, but to be awarded the Nobel prize in said activity.
What is perfectly obvious to anyone but the most jaded and biased, is that the West will use any opportunity of conflict escalation which in turn will send crude, and gas, prices soaring, to commence the launch of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve release, arguably at just the right time to push down gas prices, which as we showed on Friday have never been higher on this day in history. “Right time”, because any SPR release will have the short-term benefit of boosting Obama’s re-election chances even more, even if it means surging gas prices after the election.
The reality of course is that the bulk of upside pressure on commodity (crude and gas included) prices is as a result of the Fed and ECB’s recent monetization expansion and liquidity tsunami, which does the usual: soothes the symptoms for a few weeks, crushes volatility and creates the impression that all is well…. if only to lead to yet another far more grave outcome. And since there is now officially no limit much debt the Fed will monetize, there is so no limit on how high commodity prices will go.
So while in reality any war, supposedly one which is “regional” and “contained” will merely be a smokescreen to the central banks officially taking over ownership of the insolvent developed world, the likelihood is that a war will neither be “regional” nor “contained” as both countries that make up the axis of a future hard-backed currency, China and Russia, have already made it quite clear that any intervention by the US in regions they themselves consider strategic, such as the Senkaku Islands, Syria and/or Iran, will result in retaliation.
Needless to say, nobody could possibly foresee war as the outcome to the global depression ver 2.0: certainly not the Princeton historian who will be, more than anyone else, responsible for it.
UPDATE...
China prepares for a possible war with Japan
September 16, 2012
By: Harold Mandel
http://www.examiner.com/article/china-prepares-for-a-possible-war-with-japan
There is a new hot spot developing in the world at this time between China and Japan. The military preparations by China for a possible war with Japan have shaken up an already troubled Tibet. The Tibet Sun has reported today: "China steps up military drills, Air Force exercises in Tibet."
Due to a raging dispute with Japan over islands in the East China Sea, the Chinese army has heightened its military exercises on all fronts, including aerial drills by its air force in Tibet as well as by special forces. Chinese state-run CCTV has reported special operations forces from the PLA have begun an annual set of military drills which are aimed at training reconnaissance capabilities and survival skills.
Chinese naval forces in the East China Sea have been practicing capture of islands, and Chinese state media have carried pictures of Air Force planes flying over the Himalayas in formation. This photo has been carried as part of a “weekly review” of military pictures. The Chinese fighters have been cruising with live ammunition over the Himalayas.
This tragic state of affairs leaves the United States in a potentially dangerous bind at a time when the nations' interests are already being strained in the volatile Middle East. Although the United States has traditionally been friendly with the Chinese and Japanese, it was Japan that sparked off World War 11 with a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. But, the Chinese Communists moved in force against American troops during the Korean war in the 1950s and helped to create the stalemate which exists until this day.
At this time in history the United States may therefore feel compelled to support Tokyo if a war with China begins due to continued tensions with the Communists. This not only would leave the Tibetans under more stress than ever, the entire world would also be at risk for a major nuclear confrontation between China and the United States. All initiatives worldwide at discouraging a possible war between China and Japan are therefore necessary at this critical time.
UPDATE...SEVERAL OF THE CHAPTERS IN THE PROPHECY IN THE MAKING BOOK REFER TO CHINA'S TARGETS IN WW3. ALSO, IN RELATION TO BIBLICAL AND NON-BIBLICAL SOURCES, DOES IT DESCRIBE HOW CHINA WILL COME TO WIN THE THIRD WORLD WAR.
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