Second Signpost: Proposed Order of Operations

By Mark Davidson on August 14, 2026 • ( 0 )

(14 August 2026) It is now 10 pm MST August 14, or, 4 AM GMT, August 15. We have been watching events centered on Iran and its regime, waiting for escalation of what looks to be the Second Signpost.

We have been watching since February 28. The Strait of Hormuz has been closed since March 2, and has been so for 166 days.

Since the only news out there was Trump’s boasts about annexing the Strait of Hormuz, let’s take a glance at the overall order of events that will likely be coming up.

Proposed Order of Operations

The following information is based on the many posts on this site from the last few weeks, with the links to various sources.

Step One: When global oil paper market prices can no longer be held down due to the depletion of global oil inventories (except those of China), the regime could then count on maximum global economic pain with the destruction of the Arab oil infrastructure.

This point in time could be end of August to mid-September.

Step Two: With one-quarter of the world’s oil production gone, oil markets would see this immediately and due to no oil backup, the per barrel price of oil could double, triple, or quadruple, or more. Fuel shortages would develop. The US would lose its petrodollar.

During this time the regime would wait for the US military to withdraw. They would withdraw due to spending being choked off, and/or more and more shortages would keep ships and planes from being used.

This could go on in September through November.

Step Three: As soon as it is deemed the US military would no longer be a hindrance, the regime would begin its boots-on-the-ground invasion of the Muslim countries of the Mideast. The regime could also order the militias surrounding Israel to conduct the Psalm 83 war.

This could go on from October through to next spring.