2007 Forecast Trends -as of January 1, 2007

2007 Forecast Trends

 

A Forward Look at Current Trends

Developing For 2007

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(A-O Report Feature) -- It’s that time of year to look forward and note the current trends to see where they may be leading us in 2007. A-O is not predicting nor prophesying anything but instead this article is simply noting the existing attitudes or actionable events that are “trending” or working towards a conclusion of some sort.

Last year’s article attempted to take a look across the spectrum of prophetic elements including those beyond geo-politics including science, environment, outer space but those areas are difficult to point to trends, which is the primary focus, so this year, we’ve avoided any such an attempt.

This article will note and limit comments this year to the trends in geo-politics, and even to some extent, the financial-economic sectors of the American economy. The article is also limited to primarily those nations which may have a more significant involvement in prophetic fulfillments.

In looking forward, the trends in Geo-politics seem to be ominous for 2007, even more so than in 2006.

It is the Geo-political realm that will have the most impact for 2007.  While geo-politics is usually the dominant factor in a given year, it is not always the case.  In some years, science may dominate, or economics, or natural events or technology, or programs such as outer-space. Sometimes it is cultural developments such as the coming of age of baby-boomers in the 1960s that have dominated events in a year. Still, in the last several years, geo-politics is the dominant force and in regards to Biblical Prophecy it is the one realm where we can observe trends and follow them into the future to see where they lead. This is untrue of weather, earthquakes, volcanoes, Solar disturbances, because there seems to be no trends to help make anything but vague, general projections.
 
 

 

The Middle East

Overview:

The overall trend in the region is one of great potential for an increase in violence if not a regional war.  Although Iraq is dominating US mainstream media outlets and pre-occupying much of the attention of the White House and Congress, the rise of power of Iran looms large going into 2007. Another looming shadow that is emerging is the growing activism of Saudi Arabia with a new King who’s begun to stake out a more aggressive foreign policy albeit in a more subtle fashion. This A-O article will review some of the major trending developments for key nations in the Mideast region because it is this region that is the most prominently written about region in Biblical Prophecy.


Israel

Israel finds itself, geo-politically trending in downward spiral both diplomatically and militarily. Israel is perceived by her neighbors as being vulnerable to a military defeat as a result of the Lebanon war in the summer of 2006. Iran and Syria have joined with their proxy groups, Hezbollah and the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank in planning a further war, perhaps in 2007. All trend indications strongly suggest that these two nations are actively preparing for a war in 2007. Whether or not this transpires depends on Divine Prophetic timetables of course.

The trend as this point is for Israel’s enemies continuing their war preparations. Syria is even forming a new proxy group, much like Hezbollah for its Golan Heights region to move in a similar manner to that of Hezbollah.
The one joker-card in this mix of enemies is the apparent deepening distrust and hatred between factions within the Palestinian movement. It remains to be seen if this division within the Palestinian movement is as real as it seems or merely another Illuminati smokescreen to keep everyone from seeing the “wizard of Oz” of Illuminism who’s operating the controls behind the curtain.

Another trend is the deteriorating political situation in Israel. Prime Minister Olmert’s popularity is so low that it is hard to see how he can govern effectively in 2007. The trend suggests that he will face severe political crisis before the end of 2007, particularly if another Lebanon war emerges with similar results as in 2006. Olmert’s indecisiveness did not play well with Israel’s voters and any repeat will likely spell his political demise.

Another trend to watch is how Israel deals with the Iranian nuclear threat. There is much speculation that Israel may launch its own pre-emptive air strikes against Iran. However, the US is so bogged down in Iraq that any Israeli strikes on Iran could seriously threaten US forces in Iraq unless there is a massive US military buildup both on the ground and at sea. Should the US bring a massive naval buildup to the Persian Gulf region, then perhaps Israel will be part of a joint strike, but otherwise, the trending developments suggest no Israeli moves in 2007 for pre-emptive air strikes by Israel against Iranian nuclear facilities.

What some of our AO sources anticipate is a very strong likelihood that Israel will be engaged in a second Lebanon war, in which the Palestinians will participate initially. IF, the fighting is going against Israel and it appears that a victory might be obtainable by Hezbollah, do not be surprised if Syria joins in the fighting. Likewise, in reverse, if Hezbollah is on the ropes and near annihilation, don’t be surprised if Iran and Syria move to intervene, especially if they think they can turn the tide and break Israel without any US or EU intervention. However, such a notion remains a long shot. More than likely, Iran will be content not to provoke any kind of retaliatory attack by the US or Israel against its nuclear facilities – UNLESS – Iran has obtained nuclear weapons. If Iran has nukes, who knows how things would develop.


Iran
 
Iranian leaders continue to toy with the West in their rhetoric. It was interesting to note that, at the end of the year - 2006, an official Iranian government website was boldly predicting that the Islamic Messiah and Jesus, son of Mary (not Son of God) would return to establish a global Islamic Kingdom on March 21, 2007. Clearly these religious fanatics think that something is “up” for 2007. They have made repeated comments in recent weeks suggesting that they will have a major nuclear breakthrough by March 21, 2007. What that breakthrough will be – if it will be- is hard to discern but indications suggest an enlargement of uranium enrichment to such a large level that it could then produce enough weapons –grade uranium to build a bomb within 6 to 12 months thereafter, according to some Western analysts.

Meanwhile, Iran’s other trend, on geo-political lines is to continue to build up its proxy fighters, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and also to bolster its presence in Syria and to build up Syrians ballistic missile capabilities with a large quantity of ballistic missiles for use against Israel and any other opponents in the region that might choose to intervene on the side of Israel. Such targets that could be vulnerable would be those in southern Europe, such as Greece and Italy.

Some A-O sources have also been reporting that Iran is, in reality, taking orders from Russia’s leadership. In such a case, Iran is then merely a proxy for Russia. Some suggest that China is also using Iran as a proxy against the West. This also may be the case but if so, both nations are using Iran as a proxy from a very great distance away.

Iran’s overall strategic goal is to buy time for it to achieve nuclear weapons status with enough of an inventory that it could repulse any attack by MAD, mutually assured destruction upon any nation attacking it.

There are even reports that Iran is working in conjunction with Al Qaeda despite the fact that Al Qaeda is led by Sunni sectarian views not Shiite views. Yet, if there is a linkage of cooperation between the two, then it is possible that together, they have created a formidable WMD capability that can be inflicted upon the continental United States and not merely US military bases and installations around the world.

Still, Iran’s overall strategy for 2007 continues to show a trend of playing it safe, biding its time in order to build a nuclear weapons arsenal and not merely content to have one or two warheads.

Should Israel and or the USA launch pre-emptive attacks on Iran, Iran has planned nasty counter-attack responses.

Syria

Syria is apparently taking its cue from Iran as a faithful ally. The reality is that Iran is using Syria as its own special proxy.  Syria’s President Assad is thinking that Israel may be beatable in war in 2007, IF Hezbollah can be sufficiently prepped for war and given even better missiles than it had in 2006. Those better missiles will be coming from Iran, through Syria. Already, according to intelligence reports of late 2006, Hezbollah now has more and longer range missiles than it had before. In fact, there are some intelligence reports suggesting that Hezbollah has the capability to strike nearly all of Israel including Jerusalem with missiles although apparently not many, yet. 

What does Syria hope to gain? Aside from wiping Israel out of existence, Syria wants back, the Golan Heights.

The developing trend with Syria is a “War” trend. Many world intelligence analysts including those in the Israeli military have been openly warning of this for several weeks now.

The only question is will Iran and Syria have the guts to start something? There of course is also the possibility that a war may be started “accidentally” with some minor provocation escalating out of control as was the case last summer. Last year’s trigger point, the kidnapping of 2 Israeli soldiers in a border raid was not an event that Iran and Syria thought would trigger such a large Israeli response. Little did they realize that Israel and the Bush Administration were looking for an excuse to escalate the situation and then see if Iran would follow through with an act that would be the excuse to launch the punishing air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

On another front, Russia has come to an agreement with Syria enabling Russia to have 2 ports of call for its naval forces. This gives Russia its first naval bases for operations in the Mediterranean from within the Mediterranean, something Russia has always wanted for centuries.  Russia is clearly expanding its sphere of influence in the Middle East. Part of this was apparently in exchange for some measure of protection from the West, particularly against any UN/EU efforts to have him arrested and charged with participation in a plot to assassinate Lebanon’s late president Rafiq Hariri. Part of this deal included new, state-of-the-art anti-air missile defense protection from US/EU/Israeli aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles.

The Bashar Assad government has been very wobbly since Bashar took power after his father’s death, and has escaped some failed attempts at an overthrow by rebel officers within the Syrian military. President Assad remains vulnerable to an international inquiry investigating the assassination of Lebanon’s President Hairiri. Reportedly, an international investigation will soon wrap up its investigation (by Spring) and turn the matter over to the UN and an international court tribunal. It is possible, that President Assad may face international arrest as one of the plotters in that assassination. If so, the potential is there for all kinds of mayhem to emerge from Syria in 2007. Russia and Iran will not take kindly to any UN/EU attempt to dislodge Assad from power. It is conceivable that a Mideast war could be triggered by a UN mandate for the arrest of key Syrian leaders including Assad for murder. It is too soon to tell for sure, but the trends are towards such a confrontation in 2007.


IN FACT: the entire Mideast appears to be set up for a preview of the battle of Armageddon, and perhaps the Magog invasion, with EU forces standing by off the Lebanese coastline, and Russia moving naval forces into Syrian ports.  Illuminati plans for introducing the Antichrist called for its own version of Biblical wars to precede his arrival with its own version of Armageddon and a Magog war. Link. IF SO, perhaps, just perhaps, 2007 will be the year they are allowed to implement this plan. It will only happen though if it also happens to fall into line with God’s own divine timeline and that remains to be seen. 

 

Lebanon

Recent intelligence reports and analysts are noting that Russia has begun to work its way into a position of influence with the current Lebanese government.
Russia is promising the government assistance in exchange for oil and natural gas pipelines to reach the Mediterranean coastline which will be a lucrative financial arrangement for Russia. Look for greater Russian involvement in the Lebanon equation as the year 2007 progresses.

Meanwhile, Iran and Syria continue to work behind the scenes for a coup to overthrow the current Lebanese government. However, the EU contingent of the UNIFIL forces, led by France is in place to prevent such an attempt. The vast armada of EU naval forces, including 2 aircraft carriers are standing by to foil any Syrian-led coup attempts and should the situation arise, EU forces, led by France stand ready to declare war on Syria and engage in an all out war against the Assad regime.

Jordan

Jordan has played a neutral role in the Middle Conflict since the 1967 war. It lost the West Bank and Jerusalem to Israeli forces in that 6-day war. Jordanian leadership learned its lesson and has taken a consistently neutral role in any later conflicts. Do not expect this to change in 2007 should war break out.


Saudi Arabia

The Saudi government is under the rule of a new king. In 2006, the King was more interested in internal affairs and solidifying his grip on power than in conducting a more aggressive foreign policy. This began to change late in 2006, particularly with the changing conditions in Iraq and the apparent realization that Iran will not be stopped in developing Nuclear weapons. The Saudis fear Iran as much if not more than the Israelis. Thus, the Saudi King is making moves to acquire nuclear weapons as a way of defending itself from Iranian hegemony in the region.

In regards to the Iraq situation, the King let it be known to the US that if the US cuts and runs from Iraq and leaves the Sunni Moslems defenseless against the Iranian-backed Shiites, that Saudi Arabia and other Sunni nations would send troops to fight the Shiites. That is turn would likely lead to Iran marching its troops into Iraq and thereby creating a regional war that would likely shut down all Middle East oil production.

The Saudis are determined to battle Iran one way or another or many, including economic warfare. The Saudi king is prepared to pump out oil from his nation as fast as he can to drop oil prices to the point where Iran can no longer finance its war plans or its nuclear program. The Saudi king is prepared to pump out oil as low as $25.00 a barrel, indefinitely if needed to bring Iran to its economic knees should the situation worsen in Iraq and the US pulls out. As an aside, US oil companies would be seriously damaged by such a move, a fact known all too well by President Bush, an oilman himself. Thus, Bush has a serious impetus to retain US forces in Iraq, indefinitely.


Iraq

Saddam’s execution didn’t provoke an immediate backlash, but as word filters out to an Iraqi Sunni population via Internet videos of the execution and the flagrant taunting of Iraq by Shiites, Saddam’s death may yet spark a renewed escalation of sectarian strife in Iraq yet don’t count on it. 

Expect the violence to continue escalating between Sunni and Shiite early on in the year and by spring such violence may so spin out of control that the US forces in Iraq can do nothing to quell it, without initiating wholesale, indiscriminate slaughter and genocide, which would be against the UN charter.

From what can discerned from A-O “insider” sources in Washington, President Bush is likely to “surge” at least 20,000 and perhaps up to 50,000 more troops to Iraq, “temporarily.”  Many analysts, including military brass, believe this could “break” the US army. There is  a lot of insider gossip floating around in Washington about what will be done once the surge is made. There are some analysts and insiders who think that the US will bring the extra troops in to “wipe out” the Mahdi militia of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and other Shiite militia groups.  Bill O’Reilly of the “The O’Reilly Factor” TV show on FOX NEWS CHANNEL reported just before year’s end that he sat in on a high level meeting with top Pentagon brass who told him some of the plans for a “surge” in Iraq and all O’Reilly could report on that discussion was that something BIG was going to occur in January of 2007. Whether or not this happens and what “BIG” really means – remains to be seen.

There are also strong rumors in some quarters of a coming US naval build up in the Persian Gulf that will be used to attack Iran, in case Iran should attempt to intervene in new US operations in Iraq. There are rumors in Washington, D.C. of any where from 5 to 7 aircraft carriers being “surged” to the region by mid-March. Will this happen? It’s possible but if it does happen, don’t expect Iran to jump into the fray to help the Iraqi Shiites with 5 to 7 carriers sitting on their doorstep.  Iranian leaders are not stupid. Iran is the land where the game of chess was invented and they are masters of that game.

Should the Bush Administration launch such a venture in Iraq without 5 to 7 carriers off the shores of Iran, then lookout for trouble ahead. The US could be in for a debacle like it’s never seen before – far greater than the massacre of General Custer by the American Indians at the Little Big Horn – known as “Custer’s Last Stand.”

More than likely, the trend towards the break up of Iraq will continue in 2007 and the US will be forced to partition Iraq into 3 separate territories at some point either this year or the next, to keep each group from killing the other.


Afghanistan

The Afghan situation is also becoming a serious problem along the lines of Iraq but at the moment the lines are clearly drawn between the West and the Taliban with much of the population being fence sitters who will side with whichever side is winning.  The Taliban have begun to recover much of their old territories in a war reminiscent of the 1980s Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Should the Taliban launch another military offensive it may take enough territory back to put the Allied/NATO forces into a desperate situation, particularly if NATO is force to use its other forces in a regional Mideast war, should things get out of hand in Lebanon-Israel, should that war develop and we suspect it will.  For the most part, we’re inclined to think the Afghan war will remain in about the same static situation it is now, throughout the year.


Pakistan

President Musharraf is losing political power slowly in his nation as its people become more and more radicalized. At some point, perhaps this year, A coup will sweep the pro=western leadership from power and most likely a radical Islamic group would take over and become even more radical than Iran, if such a thing is possible. Don’t be surprised if Al Qaeda takes over, but this is not likely. Pakistan could become an easy excuse for a nuclear strike by America if a new Pakistani government was formed by Al Qaeda and Osama.  Osama knows this and would probably keep a take over from being seen as an Al Qaeda government.
Still, it would not be too surprising to see Musharraf gone from the political scene in the next 12 months.

Turkey

There is a trend continuing in Turkey, as it has for several years now, towards greater Islamic radicalism. Do not be surprised if Turkey invades the Kurdish territory in Iraq sometime in 2007. Turkish troops already made one brief foray into the region in the fall to chase Kurdish terrorists out of Turkey.  Turkey would likely invade an independent Kurdistan if the Kurds declared independence from Iraq. The Turks simply cannot allow an independent Kurdistan. According to some “intelligence publications” including Debka, to name just one, the Bush administration has given Turkey the okay to invade an independent Kurdistan should the Kurds declare independence.

As for Turkey’s desire to become an EU member, there remains too much doubt within too much of the EU circles of power to allow or grant Turkey a full membership in 2007. The thinking is to wait and see what develops.


Asia

Red China

Look for Red China to continue the status quo and continue to grow its economy. Should a major confrontation erupt in the Middle East, China might be tempted to invade Taiwan while Washington’s hands are tied but otherwise, don’t look for much to change in Red China.

North Korea

It appears that North Korea is simply attempting some hard bargaining to exchange its nuclear program for massive economic assistance. The UN sanctions are likely to put a crimp in North Korean weapons sales and as such we tend to think that, barring a major conflict in the Middle East, North Korea will continue its hard bargaining for economic concessions from the West. Part of its strategy may well be to continue to develop its nuclear program until it gets the deal that it wants with the West. Now that IS some kind of hard bargaining.

With a new UN Chief who hails from South Korea, don’t be surprised to see a deal struck sometime in 2007 wherein North Korea will supposedly give up its nuclear weapons program in exchange for money, trade and economic development. It may well only pretend to give up its program, then reap in the benefits and later pull another nuclear rabbit out of its hat, years from now. One thing seems more likely – no real agreement this year will develop. 2007 will most likely be another year of merely hard bargaining.

Japan

Alarmed by North Korea’s belligerence with missile tests and a nuclear test, Japan has begun to think the unthinkable – having their own nuclear arsenal to prevent attacks against itself. While publicly denying it, the word among intelligence circles is that Japanese leadership is now, for the first time ever, contemplating the possibility of acquiring nuclear weapons. According to various “intelligence” publications, it is believed that Japan already has the know-how and equipment in place to build its own bombs within a year of starting such a program. Depending on how things develop, 2007 might just be the year they decide to make their bomb.

Europe

The EU

Look for the EU to continue to struggle with its Constitution still not being approved, yet plugging along without one. The EU currency is fast replacing the dollar as the currency of choice. This trend began late in the year and is likely to continue in 2007.

The biggest problems facing the EU:

The Growing Iranian Threat
The Growth of Islam within Europe

The Iranian threat is finally being taken seriously by EU nations particularly those within Iranian missile range. This becomes more acute if Iran moves some of its Shihab-3 missiles into Syria as some “intelligence reports” suggest. If so, all of southern Europe as well as part of central Europe could be threatened. This is partially why there has been such a European naval build up along the Lebanon coast. Italy and France have deployed their own aircraft carriers to the region.

The growth of Islam in Europe is particularly troublesome to many European nations including Germany, France, and Britain. This trend is only going to continue to grow and with it, the growing threat of terrorism. In fact, it is only a matter of time before another major terror strike occurs in Europe, perhaps in 2007.

France

France will be France in 2007 as always. Look for France to become more pro active militarily in Mideast affairs in 2007, especially if the shooting starts again between Israel and Hezbollah or if Syria attempts to meddle in Lebanon’s affairs.
There may also be a clash if Syria’s leaders are indicted for the assassination in 2005 of Lebanon’s President Rafiq Hariri and the Syrian government fails to comply with UN/International Court mandates for the accused to be handed over for trial.

Britain
 
Tony Blair’s departure from the political scene will likely produce a new government less disposed to follow America’s lead in 2007, at least as far as military ventures are concerned. In fact, look for a British pullout from Iraq to be announced not long after Blair relinquishes power. Britain appears to be moving politically away from die-hard support of American policies around the world. Look for this trend to strengthen in 2007.

 

Germany

Germany and France are somewhat joined at the hip regarding foreign policy matters including and especially in regards to Iran. Should fighting break out in the Middle East look for Germany to follow France’s lead. 

Russia

Russia will continue to retain a foreign policy that is a thorn in the side of the West but especially in the side of the USA. Russia will continue a foreign policy of trying to contain Western power and influence in the Middle East and Central Asia and attempt to make further inroads in Latin American markets, particularly Venezuela and Brazil, competing with Red China. \

Look for more Russian meddling in the Mideast, especially on the diplomatic front and also on the weapons sales front. Russians are lobbying the Saudis hard to sell them a new advanced generation of jet fighters, trying to outbid both the US and France.

Russia will also continue to back Iran with the thinking that Iran can be something of a proxy or foil to American “imperialism” in Central Asia, which Russia considers to be its own backyard.

Russia remains wary of China and vice-versa. This is an uneasy relationship but both sides want desperately to contain what they perceive to be US hegemony around the world, particularly in Asia. Thus, the two nations are putting aside their distrust of each other for the moment to cooperate diplomatically against US interests.


Africa

The growth of Islam is now creating new battlegrounds between Islam and the West within Africa. Somalia is the latest battleground. At the end of 2006, Ethiopian troops assisted a more moderate Somalian Islamic government in ousting extremely radical Islamic terrorist from the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Look for more such fighting there and elsewhere on the continent.

Egypt

President Mubarak is slated to hand over the reigns of power to his son sometime in 2007. With such a change, Egypt becomes vulnerable to a radical Islamic revolution. Because of this, do not expect Egypt to play much of a leadership role in any future Mideast conflicts. Mubarak’s son will have his hands full just holding onto the reigns of power in 2007.


Australia

Australia and New Zealand will continue the trend to reluctantly follow the US lead in most places but most likely NOT in Iraq in 2007. Australia will likely pullout any troops remaining in Iraq, following New Zealand’s lead years earlier. Australia, and New Zealand as well will likely think twice before following President Bush on any further military misadventures around the world, although both nations will likely continue joint naval anti-terror operations training from time to time.


Latin America

 

Venezuela

Because of President Chavez actions in the past year, Venezuela is being placed at the top of the Latin American list for his anti=U.S., pro-Iranian foreign policy. Chavez is the one major thorn in America’s side in Latin America who could cause serious problems for America in more ways the one in 2007.

There are numerous intelligence reports including various mainstream news media such as FOX News indicating the Chavez has agreed to allow the Iranian military to establish Iranian missile bases in his nation with missiles capable of reaching the United States.

Chavez has also threatened to cut off all oil and refined gasoline products to the United States should the U.S. attack Iran. Chavez is also offering Iran some of his old US jet fighters for spare parts and has begun shopping around for new jet fighters and launched a new purchasing program to build up his military for what he fears might be a future US invasion of Venezuela. Look for Chavez to find ways to support other nations who are enemies of the United States and endangered militarily by the USA.

Look for Chavez to slowly develop more of a leadership role within Latin America in 2007 and beyond as other Latin American nations grow tired of Bush’s administration. The only reason why some nations harbor continued closer relations is due to being controlled by their debt to the World Bank and US investors. We understand that Bush has no heartfelt backing from Latin America on US foreign policy in the Mideast.

Cuba

Fidel Castro’s health will be the big factor in 2007. IS he dying or not. Conflicting reports make it difficult to know for sure. If Castro passes from the scene, don’t be too surprised if Castro’s brother opens the doors to American trade and cooperation, no doubt being bribed in some manner. Yet, don’t put such a notion into stone. Castro’s brother used to be more of an idealistic communist than his brother, or so we’ve been led to believe.  If he still retains such idealism then don’t be too surprised if he makes a deal with Iran to accept Iranian missiles into Cuba. IF Castro remains alive but unable to govern, expect the status quo to remain as it now is.

Mexico
 
Mexico continues to slowly unravel. Its last elections have nearly plunged that country into a bitter civil war between rival political factions. Mexico has apparently adopted a strategy of re-conquering the lands it had lost to America in the past 160 years by flooding those areas and other parts of America with Mexican illegal immigrants. At some point, the balance tips in favor of Mexico. Of course, this is part of a future N.W.O. grand plan to integrate the USA into the master plan of Global Governance in which Mexico, Canada and the USA become a single North American nation known as the North American Union – NAU to compete with the EU. That plan will not get them far as God has other plans for America-The Babylon.

Expect the immigration trend to continue, unabated in 2007 unless or until a major terror attack takes place in America and it is determined that the attackers came across the Mexican border. IF so, and IF Bush continues to stall border action, look for 300 million Americans to storm D.C. and hang any politician not moving to enforce border security to the maximum. However, I suspect that before such a thing would happen, a Democratic Congress would use it as an excuse to impeach Bush and remove him from office, and do so swiftly, regardless of Bush’s Illuminist father’s opinion.

In the meantime, look for more jobs and opportunities to move to Mexico and look for more moves in 2007 to slowly step towards a North American Union in the future.


Canada

Perhaps America’s closest friend and ally, Canada has not been one to fall in lockstep behind President Bush. Canada did not support the war against Iraq and did not join a “Coalition of the Willing” in an invasion of occupation of Iraq. This independence from America may well carry over in regards to future military action in the Middle East, particularly anything involving Iran.

Look for Canada to align more with nations such as France and Germany in regards to Foreign Policy matters around the world in 2007. In this regard, Canada may lose its status as America’s number one staunchest ally to Australia, at least in regards to foreign policy matters.

 


The United States of America

"Babylon-America"


Foreign Policy

The United States finds itself quagmired in Iraq and indeed in Afghanistan and quickly working itself into a similar fix regarding Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza.

The trends and some of A-O’s own sources within Washington D.C. indicate that President Bush will make a disastrous decision by sending more troops in a “surge” to Iraq as an excuse to resolve the sectarian fighting in Iraq. Yet this may only be a superficial reason or an excuse.

A Potential Iraq-Iran Scenario

A-O sources in D.C. are concerned that Bush wants to kill 2 birds with one stone. In this case perhaps the old adage – “a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush” would be reversed to something like killing 2 birds in a Bush-league move. These sources fear that Bush is trying to set a trap for Iran to snag the bait and give Bush a direct excuse to launch military air attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities.

IF, this is the case, and this commentator has serious doubts, then Bush and his neo-cons are more creative and ingeniously devious than they are given credit by their critics. It does seem that despite advice from some close advisors that Bush is determined to attack Iran’s nuclear installations and sooner, rather than later despite the risks. Bush apparently seems convinced that US forces can win a “peace” in Iraq and at the same time (according to some sources Bush is hoping to…) lure Iran into committing an act that will serve as an excuse for the American military to take on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

In other words, Bush is willing to gamble everything on one roll of the dice.  It is hard to believe that Bush could be so stupid. Yet, perhaps this is actually part of a Master-Plan by the Illuminists to once and for all whittle America down to a size that will leave the American people begging for a North American Union and inclusion into a New World Order.

An attack on Iran by the United States will not benefit America. In fact, if things should progress to the point where an attack on Iran is implemented then such developments will likely result in a failure to cause any damage using conventional weapons and thus force Bush to escalate into use of nuclear weapons of such a magnitude as to effectively destroy Iran.

Any such an attempt to destroy Iran with nuclear weapons will no doubt be met with Divine intervention that will destroy America, because Iran must remain a nation and force that will fulfill its role in Biblical Prophecy as part of the coalition that joins in the Magog invasion attempt against Israel.

Unless, humanity is now stepping in to “The Day of the Lord” prophecies in 2007, then such a scenario will NOT occur.

A More Likely Iraq Scenario?

Instead, it is more likely that the situation will continue to muddle through in Iraq for 2007, with the US failing to halt the sectarian violence. The U.S. will be left with little choice but to allow Iraq to be partitioned into three small separate nation-states. Iran will not be touched by any US or Israeli pre-emptive strikes on its nuclear facilities in 2007 and Bush will continue trying to figure out a way to do so going into 2008 as, according to several sources, Bush remains convinced that his legacy should include his handling of the Iranian nuclear problem before he leaves office.

The trends and logic seem to dictate to us that the course of action that Bush will take in 2007 will be one which keeps the possibilities open for an attack on Iran but that Iran simply will not take the bait necessary for Bush to claim a reasonable excuse to launch such attacks. Thus, Bush will remain frustrated on that issue in 2007.

America and Israel

The current trend in policy lately by the Bush Administration has been to distance itself further from Israel. Given this trend and recent Presidential findings about Israel’s reliability as an ally,  the Bush Administration is likely to give only  lukewarm support to Israel in any future military engagements with Hezbollah, unless there is the possibility that creates an excuse for a pre-emptive action against Iran’s nuclear facilities.


America and Europe

European leaders have no respect for George Bush. They see him as an idiot. As a result, relations between America and the key leaders in Europe will remain distant at best in 2007. Do not expect any ‘Coalition of the Willing” to join Bush in any new military misadventures in the Middle East. Look for European leaders to try to take new diplomatic initiatives in not only the Middle East but other areas around the world because of Bush’s ineptitude at diplomacy. Look for less cooperation in 2007 between the Bush administration and European nations and whatever cooperation there is will be unenthusiastic, well-restrained and only what is absolutely necessary for their own self-interests. None of the major European leaders will stick their necks out for any Bush policies for the remainder of his term.


America and Russia

Look for less and less cooperation between Putin and Bush. Russia is now actively working to stop what is perceived to be Bush’s imperialistic moves in central Asia. There will likely be further strained relations between the two nations in 2007 because of Bush’s policies.

America and China

China will continue to take advantage of America’s consumer markets but relations will remain tied primarily because of China’s desire to make money from the lucrative American market. China is holding now trillions of US dollar debt, to such a large extent that China will be reluctant to dump out of US dollars because in doing so, it could see much of its own wealth vanish overnight. After all China’s new found wealth is only on paper and based upon dollar-denominated, US assets. Dumping dollars only destroys much of its own wealth as the value of those assets decline faster the more it dumps.

The American Economy in 2007

 

America’s economy is thought by some forecasters to be teetering on the edge as 2007 begins. The real estate market is a bubble that has already begun to lose air. That bubble hasn’t yet burst, but it could and if it bursts at all, 2007 is likely to be the year it happens. According to our contacts within the investment world, it seems likely that there will not be an actual bursting of that bubble, but a slow leak that will take at least two more years to let out some of that air.

This is predicated upon keeping the banking sector solvent in the face of a potential crisis in the Foreign Currencies markets and the “Derivatives” market. It is in these two markets where things could get very dicey very quickly and if so, sooner rather than later, as in this year not next.

If there is a bursting bubble in these markets then everything else would tank into a depression designed to create worldwide chaos and war that will then allow the Antichrist to appear and set things right, and thus earning the reason for being worshipped.

In other words, if 2007 is the year for major Prophetic fulfillment, then the economies of the world will tank. Remember, according to Revelation 18 the woman sees every thing as just wonderful, not a problem in the world until suddenly, out of nowhere comes instant destruction. There is also the lament of the global merchants of the world which implies that things were great until suddenly their world marketplace headquartered in Babylon is toasted in fire. Revelation 18:11 says of the merchants of the Earth that “no one buys their merchandise anymore” after the fiery demise of Babylon. Why? Because everyone who held debt instruments denominated in US currency no longer has anything of value. In other words, those paper assets have gone, “poof.”

Therefore, the conclusion is that IF we are at the end of the age and Biblical prophecy is due to kick into gear in 2007, then the world goes bankrupt only when Babylon’s sudden destruction occurs. Because of that aspect, will 2007 herald a financial crash? The answer is – only if Babylon and when Babylon is destroyed. IF that transpires in 2007, then yes. IF Babylon-America remains, then, NO, there will be no “crash” of the economy and most likely 2007 will be a year of muddling through events as they develop.

Is a recession possible? Yes. Is a Crash and Depression possible? No, not if the world is very close to the prophetic fulfillments in the next few short years. The crash and depression of the world economy seem to be tied to the fate of Babylon-America’s divine judgment. So, in 2007 don’t expect a Crash or Depression in the world unless Babylon-America is destroyed in fire. If no Divine Judgment falls on America in 2007, there may be a recession, or there may not, but one should not then expect a crash, or depression.

Could 2007 see economic growth? Perhaps but don’t count on any strong growth. Expect economic conditions to most likely, muddle through at best.

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