{"id":210205,"date":"2020-07-12T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210205"},"modified":"2020-07-15T05:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T05:26:12","slug":"the-perfect-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210205","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rixon Stewart \u2013 July 12, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Recently displayed Iranian anti-ship missile, which successfully hit a target at a range of 280 kilometres. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and rioting in U.S. cities it\u2019s easy to forget that tensions between the Islamic Republic and the West have not entirely eased.<\/h5>\n
The hostility between them remains and at some point in the next few years it will flare-up again. Of that you can be certain.<\/h5>\n
So while the media is full of stories about simmering racial tensions, real or contrived pandemics and the possibility that we may soon have to accept mandatory digital IDs, the long threatened conflict with Iran hasn\u2019t gone away. Instead it has been put on a back burner, for now, but when the time is right the powers that be will bring it to the boil again.<\/h5>\n
Iran knows this. So they\u2019ve taken every opportunity to develop their own defence technology and they have made considerable headway, particularly with locally developed radar and missile technology.<\/h5>\n
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Ain al-Asad airbase, which was occupied by U.S. forces, following Iranian missile strike. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

This was demonstrated earlier this year when Iranian missiles struck a U.S. base<\/a> <\/span>in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. murder of General Soleimani.<\/h5>\n
Although over one hundred U.S. service personnel suffered traumatic brain injuries<\/span><\/a>, it could have been much worse. Iran had informed the Iraqi government hours before the strike and they passed on the warning. Had they not done so hundreds of American soldiers would have been killed.<\/h5>\n
Significantly, America did not launch any retaliatory action.<\/h5>\n
So while much else currently occupies the headlines, the ongoing tensions with Iran remain undiminished and we confidently expect that in the next few years open conflict will erupt.<\/h5>\n
However, Iran is not invulnerable. Its main weakness is its air-superiority capability but that will almost certainly change when the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPA) that was adopted with the nuclear agreement expires in October 2020.<\/h5>\n
Then Iran will be free to go on an arms buying spree and top of its shopping list will be air-superiority fighters, probably either Russian or Chinese. While Iran has managed to keep most of its air force flying and even successfully upgraded the avionics, radars and missiles on some of its planes, its air superiority fighters are still at least thirty years old.<\/h5>\n
So Iran will soon be looking to acquire more modern fighters. Possible contenders for this include the Russian Su-30 or the Mig-35, or the Chinese J-10C<\/span><\/a>. Whatever plane Iran eventually decides on the acquisition of advanced air-superiority assets will dramatically alter the regional balance of power.<\/h5>\n
Indeed, the day may come when Russia and China form a military alliance with Tehran against what they see as encroaching Western hegemony.<\/h5>\n
In the meantime the linked report<\/a><\/span> illustrates how Iran is steadily upgrading its military capability. Spurred on by Western sanctions and with bitter memories of the arms embargo imposed on it during the Iran\/Iraq War<\/a><\/span>, Tehran has put much effort into developing its own advanced weaponry.<\/h5>\n
Those efforts have paid off.<\/h5>\n
Meaning the West will pay a heavy price now if it underestimates Iran\u2019s military technology. Many in the West know this. That\u2019s why we suspect the U.S. did not retaliate after Iranian missiles struck the U.S. base in Iraq. Despite Trump having warned Iran that it would pay a \u201cheavy price<\/span><\/a>\u201d if it attacked U.S. forces, nothing happened.<\/h5>\n
There’s good reason to believe that Trump was \u201cadvised\u201d against retaliation by his military aides.<\/h5>\n
Nonetheless, tensions between Iran and the West remain and at some point in the next two to three years they will come to a head. When that happens a perfect storm will be unleashed. As war with Iran \u2013 and maybe Russia and China too \u2013 will give all the world powers the additional pretext they need to clampdown further on their citizen.<\/h5>\n
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Dees: social distancing. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019ve already had a glimpse of what that might entail with efforts to contain Covid-19. However, social distancing and lockdowns are mild forerunners of what might be in store. This could entail:<\/h5>\n
-> The abolition of cash and its replacement with digital transactions, (as in \u201cthat none may buy or sell unless they bear the mark of the Beast\u201d)<\/h5>\n
-> The introduction of detention without trial of anyone deemed a threat to national security. This could include not only Muslim militants in the West and Western sympathisers in Iran but also those who question their government\u2019s real agenda.<\/h5>\n
-> The gagging of those media, like this website, that are not entirely owned or controlled by the elite.<\/h5>\n
-> This may also involve silencing all those who question the conventional narrative. Like Kevin Boyle, a regular contributor to this website who recently had some of his videos removed from YouTube. Even though they were far from controversial.<\/h5>\n
-> And finally, and most importantly, this could also involve the elimination of a large portion of the world\u2019s population; those whom the elite regard as “useless eaters”. In this regard it would wise to keep an eye on the development and roll out of a Covid-19 vaccination program.<\/h5>\n
War with Iran, possibly escalating into wider conflict with Russia and China, would provide the perfect pretext for the implementation of such measures. Armed with new legislation with which to fight the war, all the combatants would be able to apply these measures against their own citizens in the name of fighting their adversaries. In much the same way as lockdowns were imposed across the planet in the name of fighting Covid-19, so dissidents and suspected enemy \u201csympathisers\u201d could be locked away in the event of war with Iran.<\/h5>\n
This could all be done not only to “protect the public”, like the wearing of facemasks, but under the additional pretext of national security. Under such conditions few would object. Thereby making it easier to eliminate all potential opponents to a New World Order and ultimately open the way for “peace and reconciliation” under a global ruling elite.<\/h5>\n
At least that’s the plan, but like all schemes we suspect that things may not turn out as the planners intend. A small minority of humanity, probably no more than 10 to 15 percent of the population are beginning to grasp the bigger picture. Although still a minority their numbers are approaching a critical mass and ultimately this could change everything. Ed.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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