This NY Times editorial appeared recently. Its worthy of reading for it shows the push within the Trump administration to do to Iran, what the Bush administration did to Iraq. History may repeat itself. Lawrence Wilkerson, chief-of-staff to Colin Powell… Read More ›
Iran
What Will the Current Protests Accomplish? Nothing.
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Kissinger is Right On Both Counts
For those who aren’t familiar with Henry Kissinger, he was the secretary of state during the late Nixon and Ford years, 1973-1977. He is considered by many to be the greatest secretary of state, in terms of statesmanship, of the… Read More ›
Ron Paul Asks a Most Pertinent Question
Former Texas Congressman – and the only man to ever give Fed Chairmen a hard time in Congress – asks a most pertinent question for today. From the title of his article he assumes the Trump Administration will start wars with both North Korea… Read More ›
Rocket Attack on IS: A Test for the Second Signpost
Iran claims to have launched six medium-range missiles yesterday, in an attack on an Islamic State (IS) strategic complex in eastern Syria. It is my belief, that if the rocket attack really occurred, we have just witnessed a major test… Read More ›
The Signpost Perspective: Qatar, IS, and Iran
After what seemed like a few weeks of relative silence in the Middle East, we had two news events this past week. Many of the Saudi-led league of Sunni nations cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar, and just today Islamic… Read More ›