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Most people in the western world have no idea how serious the situation in the Middle East has become.  I have been using the word “existential” to describe this conflict, because ultimately this is a war for all the marbles.  Both sides are willing to do whatever it takes to win, and both sides are absolutely determined to utterly crash their enemies.  Needless to say, Iran has been promising to wipe Israel off the map for a long time, and now some Israeli politicians are openly talking about regime change in Iran. (Read More...)

All of a sudden, everything has changed.  Israeli troops have entered southern Lebanon, Iran has fired hundreds of missiles into the land of Israel, and it appears that all-out war has arrived.  This war doesn’t seem to have a commonly accepted name yet, and so I am just going to start calling it “the Biggest Middle East War” until somebody out there comes up with something better.  Is it just a coincidence that this war has suddenly exploded as the “Comet of the Century” is flying past our planet? (Read More...)

The next stage of the Big Middle East War has begun.  On Monday, IDF troops crossed the border and entered southern Lebanon.  Over and over again, Hezbollah has stated that there will be “all-out war” if this happens.  So now we will watch and see what happens in the coming hours.  Will Hezbollah decide to launch thousands upon thousands of missiles toward Israeli cities?  Will other parties join the fight?  This stage of the war is going to look completely different from Israel’s war against Hamas.  Hezbollah is a formidable enemy, and it has very powerful friends. (Read More...)

A lot of big names have been killed in the Middle East during the past 12 months, but the death of Hassan Nasrallah is something completely different.  As you will see below, he was believed to be a direct descendant of Muhammed.  In Shia Islam, this is a really, really big deal.  An attack on Nasrallah is literally considered to be an attack on the family of Muhammad himself, and this is why we are witnessing so much rage in Islamic nations all over the world right now.  I don’t know why hardly anyone in the western world is talking about this.  For Shia radicals, there must be vengeance for the death of Nasrallah.  There simply is no other option. (Read More...)

The Biden administration has shifted into panic mode, and there is a good reason for that.  It has become clear that Israel and Hezbollah are on the brink of all-out war, and once that line is crossed there will be no turning back.  Needless to say, an apocalyptic conflict in the Middle East would have the potential to be the greatest “October surprise” of all time.  If the U.S. is forced to intervene in an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, there are thousands upon thousands of Muslims in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania that will simply refuse to vote for Kamala Harris.  We already got a preview of this when large numbers of them cast protest votes against Joe Biden during the Democratic primaries.  Kamala Harris must win Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania if she has any hope of emerging victorious in November, and so keeping Israel out of Lebanon is of paramount importance for the Democrats right now. (Read More...)

Months of negotiations have proved fruitless, and it appears that we really are about to get a “full-fledged war” in the Middle East.  Sadly, I don’t think that any of the parties involved have really thought this through.  Both sides have been arming themselves to the teeth since the last war ended in 2006, and both sides are willing to literally do whatever it takes to win.  Of course Israel will not just be fighting Hezbollah this time around.  The IDF will be facing an entire alliance of enemies, and in order to win such a conflict the Israelis will be forced to do things that they would rather not do. (Read More...)

The situation in the Middle East has started to spiral completely out of control, and it appears that just about everyone is bracing for a major escalation.  The Chinese are telling their citizens to leave Israel, the Biden administration is sending more troops to the region, and the Israeli government has suddenly decided that now is the time to declare a “special situation on the home front” which grants the IDF extensive authority to issue orders to the general public.  Obviously all three have become convinced that something really big is coming.  What do they know that the rest of us do not? (Read More...)

Events in the Middle East and in Ukraine are bringing us dangerously close to the unthinkable, but meanwhile most people in the western world are paying very little attention to what is going on.  We literally have not been this close to an apocalyptic global war since the end of World War 2, and yet most of the population is partying.  Unfortunately, it won’t be too long before they are shaken out of their slumber. (Read More...)