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The Middle East is getting uncomfortable again.
The U.S. is moving personnel out of regional bases while warships in the Arabian Sea load long-range missiles and bunker-busters. Trump is openly considering another major operation against Iran.
Iran clearly sees what’s coming.
U.S. intelligence now says the threat to Americans is at its highest level since the war began, with embassy staffing being reduced across Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the UAE.
At the same time, cyber activity between Iran, Israel and the U.S. has jumped sharply through October.
That usually isn’t the kind of thing you want to see right before everyone starts insisting nothing is about to happen.
Israel is still the big question mark.
Trump backed Netanyahu despite pushback from senior advisers, and Netanyahu refused to say whether a joint strike plan against Iran already exists. Iran is already looking at retaliation options, including Dimona and Gulf infrastructure if its own nuclear and energy sites are hit.
The Houthi front is still sitting there too, waiting to make everything worse.
Washington is already cutting embassy staff partly because of fears of another escalation against Saudi Arabia.
And one story that deserves more attention: Reuters says U.S. administrations have asked SpaceX to switch Starlink on and off in conflict zones including Iran, Ukraine, Lebanon and Yemen.
Which is a pretty wild amount of geopolitical power sitting inside one private satellite network.
Meanwhile, China still hasn’t closed the economic gap with the U.S.
Its nominal GDP relative to America has actually fallen since 2020, even as the argument over whether China is slowing structurally or simply changing gears gets louder.
That’s where things stand.
Nothing has exploded yet.
But a lot of people are moving like they expect it to.
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