The compounding complexity of the markets combined with the historic levels of intervention woven into a global fabric of falsehood have driven me to try to figure out what the end game is...and it is only a very simple deduction based on my very limited pespective... that of being a smothered gold bug in a tiny gold bug army that is armed to the teeth with a weapon of mass paper asset destruction...about to be unleashed. But for that to happen what is the grand plan?

The writing is on the wall and everyone from the cartel to Wall St. to the Fed. and all those who rule them know one thing; gold is the ultimate currency but oil is the ultimate financial lubricant. Pretty simple. But wait, what about the impending collapse of the U.S. dollar, economy and way of life? The end is nigh. The U.S is on thr brink of becoming a third world economy, facing immasculation and beholden to all it's creditors for the next three generations. So, TPTB know all this and they must have and end game that is a winner; one that mere goldbugs would never understand. What could it be? Pretty obvious in my mind.

Go for the jugular and dam the torpedos. Take over the major oil producers by force and the playing field becomes magically level...at a very high cost. Iraq (check), Iran (war imminent), Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, et al will become annexed by the U.S. The U.S. will be their new protector. Oil will continue to be sold by the U.S. in U.S. dollars....with huge flow through rewards. Both the U.S. and the western European allies will be assured of sensibly priced oil. Checkmate Russia. The game is won in the fourth quarter. The American way of life is preserved. This has to be accomplished very quickly and decisively while the U.S still has the military advantage, before the ominously overwhelming financial crisis destroys her. It's unthinkable but it is the only way that the American way of life and its power can be rescued and maintained. The "war on terror" will be over. The better of the evils is justified in the end result. Americans will understand when martial law is declared and they are guaranteed a fairly acceptable standard of living. No more debts. The $ Quadrillion derivatives monstor is dissolved. Might will be right. China will be neutered at great cost to all...but an agreement will be worked out to maintain her equilibrium. Jihads will not be tolerated. Russia will be encouraged to go along with it all for some of the action. South America will be relatively unscathed. Britain will be kept afloat and well armed.

Well, maybe its all a "fanatasy" but some sort of end game is about to commence. That's my simple shot at it. Forest agrees.