The current protests in Iran as reported by this NBC story seem to be generating hope in people that this time, unlike the Green Movement protests of 2009, regime change might actually occur. Most people don’t know about the Four… Read More ›
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The Second Signpost Cannot Tarry Too Long
We may forget another factor that will affect the timing of the Second Signpost, and that is the fact that three-fourths of the Iranian population hates the current regime. I mentioned this in Daniel Revisited. This story from American Thinker reminded me… Read More ›
Some Musings on the Antichrist: Where Might He Be Right Now?
This story came from the BBC that IS fighters and their families were given safe passage out of Raqqa by local officials, to other points in Syria and Turkey. The last fighters in Raqqa were brought to the negotiating table… Read More ›
A Prince Moves Us Towards the Second Signpost
In January 2016 a high-ranking Shia cleric was executed, and an embassy was burned down in retribution. In November 2017 a missile is launched from Yemen towards Riyadh, the Saudi capital. The Lebanese Prime Minister, a Sunni Muslim, finds safety… Read More ›
Good Summary on the IRGC, the Second Horn
In covering the news about US president Trump threatening to call the IRGC a terror group, The Guardian has asked the question, Is Iran’s revolutionary guard a terror group? The article does a nice job of summarizing the growth of… Read More ›
Albania’s Tie to Turkey Confirmed
Thanks go to a reader who sent me this article’s link. Turkey is building rapport affecting the lives of Albanians and “helping” the country culturally and economically. The Signpost theory tells us there is a coming Sunni Confederacy which will… Read More ›
The Signpost Perspective: The Kurds
Questions regarding the Kurdish people and the Signposts have come up from time to time. With the recent election for independence by the Kurds living in Iraq, this topic has come up again. The Kurds are one of the largest… Read More ›
Second Signpost Rhetoric Continues at the UN
Last week was the annual meeting of nations at the UN in New York where leaders from around the world make their speeches. This is the venue at which former Iranian president Ahmadinejad would annually speak about the coming al-Mahdi,… Read More ›
The Coming Attack on the US Dollar
We’ve all seen the hurricanes – Harvey and Irma most recently – and their devastation on Houston and Florida. But there is a major economic storm about to hit the United States that will be far more devastating. It will… Read More ›
A Photo Op: Horn of the Ram Meets Horn of the Goat
One of the news sites I watch is the Iranian state-run news site Tasnim. Much of what they report is done for propaganda purposes and so much must be taken with a grain of salt, but they also report matter-of-fact… Read More ›