2025 is shaping up to be the year when the Middle East will burn down to the ground again. Folks I have said it before and I will say it again, the Middle East is where Satan has Permanent Resident status. This is the most satanic neighbourhood in the entire world.
In the latest development massive protests have broken out in Turkey. Turkey is having their presidential elections in 2028 and the Caliph Recip Tayyip Erdogan is such a great guy that he forgot to annoint a successor. And this is Erdogan's final term in office. There is no one from his party who can succeed him. The strongest and most popular candidate is a guy from the opposition by the name of Ekram Imamoglu who is also the mayor of Istanbul. He was about to be nominated by his party (the Republicans) as their candidate for president. But two days ago Erdogan swooped in and arrested Imamoglu. The charge : terrorism, corruption bla bla plus Imamoglu's university degree (from 1990) has been revoked by the university. In Turkey to run for elections you must have a university degree. So Imamoglu is not qualified to run for president. What a neat trick.
Long story short, massive protests have broken out in Turkey. Tens of thousands of people have descended onto the streets in Istanbul, Ankara and other cities. Here is a short video clip.
Under the Caliph Erdogan the Turkish Lira has crashed to 38 against the US Dollar - the lowest ever.
Here is the Dollar vs Lira chart for one year.
Here is the Dollar vs Lira chart for five years.
As you can see the Turkish Lira is totally screwed.
When Erdogan ends his term in office, the entire Muslim Brotherhood terrorist ideology to which Erdogan also subscribes will also come to an end in Turkey. This may cause some chaos in this chaotic country.
It will also cause chaos in next door Syria where the beardo weirdo Jolani absolutely cannot survive without the support of Erdogan and the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood. Two days ago Jolani also attacked the Hezbollah across the border into Lebanon - the first military incursion by Syrian forces into Lebanon in a long time. The Hezbollah, the Lebanese Army and also israeli troops in the area engaged against the Syrians and drove them back.
Why did they fight? I think they had nothing better to do. When (not if) Jolani collapses in Syria that country too will be thrown into chaos. The Druze people and the Kurdish people do not see any welfare or comradeship from the beardos in Syria. Its a long term problem with no near term solutions.
The past few days the United States has carried out some serious bombing of the Houthis in Yemen. President Trump has said that he has had enough of the Houthis blocking the Suez Canal. Did you know that global shipping rates (all over the world) have gone up by up to 200% since mid-December 2023? Prices of goods have sky rocketed because of these monkeys shooting rockets at global shipping in the Bab el Mandeb. Donald Trump says not only will the US bomb the Houthis (which is happening now) but they will also hold Iran responsible for the Houthis.
It is most likely that the US will bomb Iran as well. There are people who are telling the US not to do it alone but to work with the Israelis as well. When it happens the US and Israel will strike a crippling blow which will likely endanger the existence of the ayatollah regime in Iran. When (not if) the ayatollahs are hung from the lamp posts Iran will enter a phase of chaos as well. This time around the forces that are waiting in the wings include Madam Maryam Rajavi's Mojahedin Khalq outfit (democratic but leaning towards Marxism?) and the Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (the son of the late Shah of Iran) who sounds like a very amiable and civilised fellow. They really need to get their act together and make themselves able, capable and presentable to the Iranian people.
In Gaza the ceasefire is over. Among the demands set by Hamas to release the remaining hostages was that about 130,000 Gazans who have emigrated out of Gaza over the past 10 - 15 years all be brought back to Gaza. This is like the Puteri Gunung Ledang asking for a jambatan emas from Gunung Ledang to Melaka. It is designed to not make things happen. The Israeli have bombed Hamas positions in Gaza and the latest news is the Israelis have begun ground operations into Gaza again. Its war again.
This time they are determined to bring a conclusion to the hostilities. The time frame is about six months. Some Israelis are demanding (to the United States) that the leaders of the Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in Qatar, maybe Turkey and also Egypt be extradited to the US and be locked up in Guantanamo. The US has considerable leverage over Qtar, Turkey as well as Egypt.
It appears that the conflicts involving Israel (Gaza, southern Lebanon, Houthis) may have a shorter duration and will come to an end. However the conflicts in the other parts of the Middle East (Libya, Syria, Iran, Turkey, maybe Jordan, Balochistan) are gaining momentum.
