@Livingpong

You state that the article is badly structured and then say it is oversimplified? Hmmmm...okay. Could you elaborate on your opinion because you're making far less sense than this guy. At least give an example to back your view.

I think the author is operating from a greater position of historical knowledge than you are, which is why you don't understand the article. His points are pretty clear and he backs them with solid information. Your bias is that you see everything as an extension of the "American Empire", when really, we are looking at globalization, which doesn't respect any single national identity. Globalists are people who use so-called empires as a means to an end and then throw them away after they are used up. They don't have any patriotic feelings for a particular country.

Also, what he's saying is that these men don't need to predict what is going to happen during these linchpin events. They are directing the outcome through manipulation. Hello! 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq is a good example! What did Iraq have to do with 9/11? Nothing. And yet, there we were, with boots on the ground. This article is a perfect synopsis on how that process of elitism directing world events works.

The author of the article could of perhaps written it in a clearer manner, with much of the article unneeded and badly structured. It ends up in the same area as the Linchpin idea itself, an oversimplified summary of a complex problem.

The article raises some interesting points and also some interesting questions. Though events can be conspired, and those at good advantage points can indeed prosper from the fallout of those events, where these events may lead can never be fully anticipated.

A current example of this kind of quandary are the oil bottlenecks near Iran and Yemen where a great proportion of the world's oil supplies are shipped. Years of interference in the affairs of other nations has set many events in motion and destabilised many nations where once dictators met the needs of western empires. As many nations now begin to catch up with, and likely overtake western nations, the balance of power is shifting. Another power is rising in the Asia Pacific, they too well served by the shipping lanes that deliver the resources they desire. The U.S. empire, long served well by this system, still can't help themselves from posturing and nervously eyeing this new empire, despite the risk of further antagonising the situation.

A system that has served the greed of empires for some time, rests on a brittle foundation. If it shatters, cracks or manages somehow to remain intact, no one can entirely predict. Though I don't doubt for a second many have plans in place to try and lever advantage from a number of possible scenarios.

There are probably a hundred other powder-kegs waiting to go off. Probably a think-tank wondering how to profit from each of them. It may well be something ignored though that catches everyone by the crown-jewels. Personally I hope it's zombie koalas.

This is good. Article I was just about to post it.