{"id":27852,"date":"2017-11-11T10:29:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T15:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27852"},"modified":"2017-11-11T10:29:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T15:29:19","slug":"things-are-escalating-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27852","title":{"rendered":"Things Are Escalating Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Things Are Escalating Quickly<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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I didn\u2019t spend all week writing about the gigantic tremors occurring in the Middle East because I thought it was fun. If I\u2019m even remotely correct in my analysis, the entire world will be affected and shaped for decades to come by what\u2019s about to go down in the region. Rather than rehash what I already wrote, I suggest you take a read of the following if you missed them the first time around.<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia Are About to Make More Disastrous and Idiotic Mistakes \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia Are About to Make More Disastrous and Idiotic Mistakes \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a major update since those posts were published. Namely, it appears the government of Lebanon has seen enough and is coming out with its side of the story. As I reported in Part 1, the Saudis immediately claimed Lebanon declared war on it following the obviously staged and forced resignation of Hariri via Saudi Arabia over the weekend. This appears to be a case of classic psychological projection, as in\u00a0reality, Saudi Arabia appears to have declared war on Lebanon. It straight up kidnapped their Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some of what we learned from Reuters<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is held in Saudi Arabia, from where he resigned as prime minister, two top Lebanese government officials said, amid a deepening crisis pushing Lebanon onto the frontlines of a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.<\/em><\/p>\n

A third source, a senior politician close to Saudi-allied Hariri, said Saudi Arabia had ordered him to resign and put him under house arrest. A fourth source familiar with the situation said Saudi Arabia was controlling and limiting his movement.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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