“So is there anyone in the political scene in Turkey today who might be the first horn of the goat? After all, if the invasion by Iran starts within the next few years, the Confederacy counterattacking with its leader as… Read More ›
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Erdoğan Continues to be Best Candidate for Goat’s Horn
Turkey is to be the leading nation of the Sunni Confederacy during the Third Signpost as written about in my book, Daniel Revisited. The leader of the future Sunni Confederacy is the great single prominent horn of the goat in… Read More ›
The Piecing Together of Albania
While we watch the Middle East, there is that one country that is a part of the Signposts that is not really part of the Middle East but is located in Europe. That’s right – Europe. No, we are not… Read More ›
Map of ISIS Controlled Areas A Map for Iran’s Attack Route?
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) seems to be doing a rather good, detailed job of analyzing and reporting ISIS’ actions and strategies in Syria and Iraq. They have published a report in pdf form which they have made… Read More ›
ISIS Declares Caliphate
A news story from Aljazeera reports today that ISIS has declared its leader the new Caliph of Islam. The office of the Caliph, the Caliphate, is theoretically the head of all of Islam. So it is not surprising if it is demanding… Read More ›
Parallels to 1914 Europe: Is the Second Horseman About to Ride?
If you are familiar with the geopolitical situation as it was in Europe back in July 1914 one could say that there are parallels to the situation in the Middle East right now. Both situations involve several countries in chains… Read More ›
ISIS, the Growing Sunni-Shi’a Conflict, and the Second Signpost
For the last week or two, events in Iraq have been bringing us at least a few news stories every day. A recent article I ran across on the ISW website caught my eye and reminded me of something I… Read More ›
Is ISIS the Trigger for the Second Signpost?
If you are a regular visitor to this website, or to Joel’s, you are well aware of developments in Iraq these days. The situation looks like ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, which is the Levant) might provoke… Read More ›
The Legacy of the First Signpost Continues
Among all the things to watch in the Middle East, one of the things that has faded in importance is the continuing new democratic government in Iraq. As I wrote about in my book, Daniel Revisited, the democratization of Iraq’s… Read More ›
The New Jewish Temple is Coming
So here we are at the beginning of the four blood red moons – the first to occur on Jewish feast days since 1967-68. And I was reminded of the future Jewish Temple. Just after publishing this last post about… Read More ›
THE FOUR SIGNPOSTS 