I have a few disagreements with your above (such as missing why Israel bombed in the first place and just what sweeties Iran is) but it's not the thread for it so I'll let it rest...
It would be nice to see Hamas lay down their arms and give themselves up, and end this war. I agree with you there. We can both agree before God in the cause of real and lasting peace for all.
On the day to day I think our worst enemy is inflation here at home, I heard that's also a factor in other countries as well (Germany, France?).
It's not that necessary items won't be available, we just won't be able to afford them.
There's just so much stuff we all had wrong on the 'apocalypse'... Lol.
Have you ever thought of that? In all these apocalypse movies I never thought patriotic citizens would be turned into enemies of the state and that inflation would kill here at home.
I didn't see this one coming at all... I probably envisioned many things over the years but not this. Lol...
I've been seeing this coming for almost two decades now. It wasn't a matter of if. It was a matter of when.
The dollar is only worth 3% of what it was worth when Americans were forced to accept debt notes instead of physical assets, like gold and silver.
The national debt increases by 1 Trillion dollars, every 100 days. This isn't because of spending. This is because of the interest on the debt alone.
There is very little wiggle room to devalue that fiat currency any more.
If the Fed lowers the interest rate; we spiral into hyperinflation.
If the Fed raises the interests rate; the economy slows to stagflation.
Gold continues to be in high demand; but this is being papered over in the futures market. Usually when we see the price of gold climb, the value of the US dollar drops. Something unusual is happening this time. The dollar is holding steady. That is because the rest of the world is buying into the US dollar, because their own fiat currencies are in trouble.
Maybe BRICS will save the day. The rest of the world has grown weary of US hegemony; and as history demonstrates. every empire that resorts to fiat currency, and doesn't turn away from it, collapses.
Empires rise and fall because subjugating people who don't want to be subjugated requires large armies. Armies cost money.
Our founders warned us. Our founders weren't prophets. They simply studied history.
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a monied aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power (of money) should be taken away from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs." — Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President.
"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." --James Madison
"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it's issuance." — James Madison
There is a world power shift taking place.
Wars are fought for two reasons, for money and for God. When they say it is about God, it's really about money.
