WORLD WAR 3 WATCH
December 5, 2016
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NEWS about World War 3.
Are we on the road to World War 3? How much time do we have? Is there anything we can do about the events which are soon to overtake those living on the earth?
NOTE: We’ve updated the format of WW3Watch. All of the updated sections are upfront. Those sections which are still important–but do not change as much–are offered at the end.
We’ve substituted links for some of the “older” (but still important) parts of WW3Watch. This has been done to streamline WW3Watch. Anyone who wishes to read these parts in their entirety, may consult World War 3 Watch: May 30, 2016 (or an earlier issue) or follow the links provided.
December 5 – The quality of World War 3 news continued to decline.
With the tabloids and sub-tabloids dominating the genre, the state of World War 3 news over the past week could be described as “erratic” at best.
This can be chalked up to the lack of any REAL WW3 happenings over the past few weeks. When the world scene is devoid of real WW3 news, the media manufactures its own, as a rule.
This week was no exception to that rule.
For the past several months, Russia and the USA dominated WWIII chatter.
But not this past week.
The subject matter concerning the fear of World War Three was all over the map.
It seems a good time to remind folks that despite all of the theatrics, Russia and the USA are really on the same end times team. This will become apparent after the next war.
—Russia and the USA: End Times Members of Team Dragon
According to media reports, the world seems to have settled into a period of perpetual uneasiness and anxiety.
UNEASINESS And the Search for the Truth
Somewhere close to 775 articles have been linked to at WW3Watch since the beginning of summer.
That’s a LOT of World War 3 media attention and it dwarfs the amount of such talk in 2013-2015, as well as earlier in 2016.
There are 25 links in this week’s UPDATES section.
Last week’s offerings were slim. And while this past week’s choices were just as skimpy, there were some attractive ideas presented.
The mainline Corporate Media continues to work the edges of World War 3, leaving the heavy lifting on the topic to the tabloids, sub-tabloids and those Internet sites which use World War 3 as clickbait.
Still…
What does it all mean?
IS the world NOW on the edge of World War?
It seems likely it’s not very far away, perhaps only months.
HOWEVER, when World War 3 DOES break out, there will be NO warnings in the news media.
It will be sudden and swift.
The media will do its usual job of building fear, hatred and anger and then probably go “dark” for awhile. It’s suspected that war will begin during one of those dormant, “dark” periods.
During those lulls is when it is suspected the shooting will eventually start. This will allow for the maximum unease and anxiety (and eventually chaos) among the masses.
So again, don’t look for any advance warning in the media for World War 3.
FALSE REALITY AND WORLD WAR III
A little over a month ago, a consideration was raised and it was interesting, so it’s being included once again.
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Perhaps the heightened WWIII talk in the Corporate Media is only propaganda (which depends on a heavy dose of repetition). After all, the US and Russia kept up the Cold War for 45 years.
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Perhaps the idea is to create FEAR (a product regularly peddled by the Corporate Media).
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Perhaps World War 3 will be largely fought in CGI. There WOULD be some very real chaos, along with real bombing on the US home front–to create an even greater atmosphere of fear. But most of the “war” would be fought and presented as the “news” is today: in a false reality created by those who control the media/entertainment/government.
MORE: Virtual Reality and other Simulated Realities Are End Times Deceptions
The false reality which has been created–and which the vast majority mistake for actual reality–has been created for some reason.
A simulated World War 3 involving Russia and the USA and China and others would be a great “dress rehearsal” before the lights come on at the climax of human history. It would also accomplish the purposes of a real US-Russia-China war while preserving the US military for its primary purpose of providing the one-world government with its main military muscle.
What’s the purpose?
To drive the USA–and the world–into the one-world beast system which is not too far away.
MORE: The End Times One-World United: One Government, One Financial System, One Religion
This past week’s World War 3 news–unlike the past few months–was NOT mostly about the Russia, NATO and USA. There was that component, of course. But it did not dominate the choices.
The fear of an Indian-Pakistan nuclear war, nuclear war in general, Donald Trump, his various choices and how they might cause a nuclear war, as well as a varied selection of articles about Japan, China, Ukraine and Sweden were also in the mix.
ONE NEW NOTE was a few articles connecting World War III with a coming space war and the ever-popular asteroid collision with the earth.
MORE
- THREAT FROM ABOVE: Space Weapons and Armageddon
- Near-Earth Objects: Where We are Headed
- Killer Asteroids, Near Earth Objects and Other Scary Stories of Men
NOTE: No one can physically prepare for what’s coming.
That includes the popular end times activity of buying or constructing underground bunkers.
The Bible is crystal clear about what will happen in the end times–particularly to those who take refuge underground (as in underground bunkers).
“And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.”
–Isaiah 2:19
“And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”
–Revelation 6:14-17
MORE
- Underground Bunkers: False End Times Underground Salvation
- Underground Bunkers in the End Times: Will they Work?
- Underground Bunkers for the End Times: What does the Bible Say?
A FEW QUESTIONS:
Will the next major terror attack hold off until after the 2016 US election?
It looks like it (the very well-publicized threats in the Corporate Media notwithstanding): it’s a week after the election and no terror attack has materialized in the USA yet.
How long will this uneasy quiet which has gripped the world last? Will the anti-Trump protests trigger a greater period of civil unrest?
When will the next 1-rash of terror attacks hit the USA?
Our guess USED TO BE “after or perhaps in conjunction with the elections.”
But a lot of that was based on the constant hype in the media which, so far, has turned out to be the usual blah-blah-blah.
HOWEVER, one guess is as good as another–unless the guesser labors for the mystery of iniquity.
Even then, many are deceived about the true schedule of man-manufactured events.
US CIVIL UNREST
The USA’s civil unrest, so prominent during the spring and early summer, went into hiatus later in the summer but resumed a few months ago with claimed killings in Charlotte, Columbus OH and Tulsa and police clashes during protests in Charlotte.
Chaos is still spreading around the world. Even those areas which are still relatively peaceful appear to be uneasy and the local media in many areas continues to warn and promote a fear of chaos and terror.
Time is growing shorter. Every day is another day closer to World War 3.
To repeat what we’ve said all during the first half of 2016: It looks like the Summer of ’16 (and the entire second half of 2016) promises thrills, chills and spills!
The Summer of 2016 started out with a bang but has tapered off somewhat over the past couple of months. The second half of 2016 has, so far, NOT DISAPPOINTED on the excitement front.
Will it continue? OR will it fade?
World War 3 is a day closer today than it was yesterday.
No one on earth knows when the fighting will begin.
But the stage has been set for some time.
Tick tick tick…
UPDATES [December 5, 2016]
- War in Space: Russia, China and U.S. show us what World War 3 could look like
- Apocalypse to begin with the impending World War 3 or asteroid to annihilate Earth?
- NATO stages LARGEST EVER military drills on RUSSIAN BORDER as global tensions escalate
- World War 3 News: Russia Aims Nuclear Weapons At Europe And NATO, Putin Prepared For WW3
- Chilling DEFCON nuclear warning update as Russia reactivates ‘nightmare’ nuke train
- Russia and the USA: End Times Members of Team Dragon
- World War 3 Update: Israel launches air strike, bombs Syria
- World War News: Russia And Turkey Tensions Surface After Attack On Turkish Troops
- Teetering on the precipice of World War III
- Russia Nuclear War Threat: Sweden Ramps Up Defense After Kremlin Aggression In The Baltics
- Donald Trump Should Stand Up For Americans By Giving NATO To The Europeans
- World War 3: Ukraine Tests Surface-To-Air Missile Near Crimea
- Japan ‘preparing to NUKE Russia’ as Putin aims missiles at Tokyo
- The Coming War on China. Nuclear War is No Longer a Shadow
- China fires 10 NUKE missiles which can ‘destroy US bases at any time’ as war fears loom
- The British planned to start World War III by invading Russia with the German army
- EU leader warns of World War III on religious grounds
- Donald Trump’s biggest headache: Russia’s nuclear weapons
- No one can stop President Trump from using nuclear weapons. That’s by design.
- Putin’s New Foreign Policy Doctrine Claims Nuclear War Unlikely
- Russia sets out its policy on terrorism, nuclear war & global ties in new Foreign Policy Concept
- Indian aggression can lead to nuclear war
- An India-Pakistan crisis: Should we care?
- Did Donald Trump just raise the odds of war between India and Pakistan with one phone call?
- Trump’s Secretary of Defense pick, James Mattis, warned that land-based nuclear missiles pose false alarm danger
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Assessment: December 5, 2016
Little has changed over the past month.
The TONE of the WW3 coverage has softened this past week. Also the number of voices shouting “World War” has lessened over the past week.
July and August are now finished; September, October and November are over as well: there’s a 50% chance of World War III; which is +0% change from last week.
Not because the world war situation is any worse (it’s not) or better (it’s not).
Tensions ARE running high–at least in the media–and there are reasons for that.
The 50% rating is more about the amount of public threats Russia and the USA continue to make–though it must be pointed out that the USA and the Soviet Union (Russia) threatened each other for 45 years during the Cold War.
Uneasiness among the world’s peoples is now the new normal.
UNEASINESS And the Search for the Truth
Because there’s a feeling there’s yet some pieces to move into place first, the verdict here is: There’s STILL a little time left yet.
A LITTLE TIME.
Less than there was last week.
At least until the shooting starts.
But again: tick, tick, tick…
When World War III begins, there will be NO WARNING in the papers or other media.
The “chance of World War 3” number has more to do with the time drawing closer than it does with any specific event.
It also has to do with the increased war chatter in the media. Propaganda depends on repetition. Of course, the constant drone of WWIII news presently could be total deception and the usual fearmongering.
June and July have come and gone.
August, September and October are gone as well.
We’re still keeping an eye on the second half of 2016, particularly on late September-early October.
The USA’s national political conventions always seemed like a time for unrest to break out and spread, both before and after. But they have come and gone with few disturbances despite weeks of the Corporate Media fear campaign.
Early October assessment: Though the world is not at war, there seems to be a tension in the air. One situation which promises a US war with Russia and China is the desertion of the USA by its traditional allies around the world. This past week it was the Philippines.
Mid October assessment: There are increased threats daily. Any “October Surprise” has SO FAR not involved any shooting. Will something involving the US elections take place? The Corporate Media has been strongly hinting at such an occurrence.
Late, Late October assessment: Russian president, Vladimir Putin, injected himself into the US elections by warning the USA that Hillary Clinton’s Syria policy, should she be elected president, could lead to severe consequences (translation: World War 3). This is pretty much unprecedented by a foreign leader BUT these are times in which previously “unprecedented actions” will occur.
Mid November assessment: Syria and Iraq continue to be hot spots, especially Aleppo and Mosul. But the rest of the world appeared to quiet down after the US election. Will the quiet continue? For how long?
We will see.
HOWEVER: All this is the beginning, not the end.
Wars and Rumors of War: The Beginning of Sorrows
“And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.”
—Mark 13:7
“But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.”
—Luke 21:9
We appear to be in the “wars and rumours of wars” and the “wars and commotions” stage of events.
The real action is still in the future. But the future is getting closer.
50 percent is about average historically. However, this a +20 since the Paris attacks in November 2015. Continued action in Syria or the Middle East could raise that number quickly. The number of public threats exchanged between Russian and American proxies in early/mid-October has raised the assessment percentage 5 percent over the past several weeks.
However, those who believe “all war is an engineered event” are convinced that this means big things are just over the horizon. HOWEVER, there is still a feeling here that events have a little bit longer to go before WWIII begins.
The long term view is 100%. This is no change from our last edition.
Pre-war propaganda levels in the USA against all things Muslim continues to escalate. The escalation in anti-Muslim propaganda in the USA began about in August 2014 and continues full force at present.
Pre-war propaganda usually starts somewhere between 18 months to three years before the shooting starts. The USA has been in pre-war propaganda mode for over two years (August 2014).
NOTE: Something readers should keep in mind: the USA and Russia kept tensions high for 45 years during the Cold War without ONCE facing off in a shooting war. The tensions were continued by proxy wars in Korea and Vietnam and dozens of other, lesser points around the world during that 45 years.
Of course, when World War 3 DOES begin, it’s likely to happen quite suddenly after a long build-up. The world is in the building-up stage at present. But then again, as a point of comparison, the world built up for 45 years during the Cold War.
The Corporate Media continues to hype fear in the homeland.
However, these warning appear to be agencies protecting themselves so when the next attack comes, they cannot be accused of “sleeping on the job.”
“A continued chance of a domestic terror attack BY October 2016 leading to war in the Middle East : [+79%}. It is almost certain to occur while Barack Obama is still in office.”
This has been our mantra for the past year. Will it play out?
OR will events prove that the world is heading into a period of peace, love and brotherhood?
Will a major terror attack happen before Barack Obama leaves office (as the consensus here has been for several years) OR will that happen on the watch of the next president (whoever that might be)?
There’s no reason to expect a domestic terror attack won’t happen. Expect this number to gradually increase until the actual attack takes place. Every day which passes by until January 20, 2017 brings the next attack a day closer.
Is the deceptive media setting up another scenario of hyped tensions over a long period?
Little has changed from last week.
However, the Bible is clear that at some point, there will be World War.
That is our final arbiter.
TENSION ASSESSMENT: December 5, 2016
Almost three months ago (How time flies!), the USA suffered a number of smaller attacks which some called “terrorism” (Islamic State claimed responsibility for one of the attacks). Was this the beginning of a wave of attacks leading to the USA to go to war after the new president takes office?
“When will the next “wave” of “terror attacks”–as well as the next waves of civil unrest–happen?”
The above is what we’ve been asking for the past couple of months.
There was civil unrest which started the night of the 2016 election–supposedly by the anti-Trump forces. The rioting in various US cities ran about four-five nights. Will this unrest over Trump start up again?
Will it contribute to WW3?
We’ll see.
Still looking for a terror attack prior to January 20, 2017.
June 2016 has come and gone and so has July. August, September and October are completed. All of the comparisons of the Iran-USA nuclear deal last summer with Munich appear to have been overblown.
September/October 2016 has also drawn our attention for reasons previously explained.
[We’ll see if that period is as overblown as the media rhetoric surrounding the two national US political conventions.]
While World War 3 did not start in September or October 2016, the amount of war talk sharply escalated in the media during those two months. But nothing more than media chatter at this point has occurred.
It doesn’t get any better from here on out (Though the man of sin has a short period of “peace and safety” before the wheels come off his wagon).
“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”
—1 Thessalonians 5:3
Time continues to tick away to the end of Obama’s term. And the feeling is very solid on something big happening before he exits office on Jan 20, 2017.
There are 81 days until Inauguration Day 2017. That’s less than 3 months away.
The world is on a steady march to World War 3. There will be periods of calm, periods of violence. Even during the periods of quiet, nothing will deter the beginning of World War 3.
It’s only a matter of “When?“
December 5, 2016
–NO CHANGE.
Overall Tension Assessment:The assessments have remained largely unchanged over the last twenty-five months. The assessment continues to be QUIET with a continuing chance of terror leading to war.
[For individualized assessments by country/regions, see World War 3 Watch: July 6, 2015. Surprisingly (or not), they have not changed much since then.]
With less than a month left in 2016, let’s take a look at what we’ve said for the past two years.
2016 has always looked like a logical time for events to begin OR it could happen AFTER the first of the year.
We’ll see.
ONE POINT we want to make. And we make this point knowing that many who read this do not place any faith in the Bible. BUT, no matter how men may plan and scheme and conspire, the timing for World War 3 is NOT in the hands of scheming men: it is in the hands of God and will NOT begin until the Red Horse is set loose.
Regardless of what men may have planned. Actually, if it were up to men, WWIII would likely have already begun by now.
No one appears to be in a hurry to commence World War III.
Of course, a major event will suddenly change all of this.
Will this coming week bring bad news?
We’ll see.
Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation
–HELD OVER – HELD OVER – HELD OVER–
From July-August 2016: A Russian Warning and a counter-point below
From July-August 2016: Russia and the USA: End Times Members of Team Dragon
From World War 3 Watch: July 18, 2016 – One world Government and World War 3
From World War 3 Watch: July 11, 2016 – For more info on civil unrest in the USA, see Long, Hot Summer.
From (5-30-2016) – Revelation 6:4 and Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1).
From May 30, 2016 – So how does the world seem to know that World War 3 is just ahead?
From May 30, 2016 – WHY JUNE, JULY and SEPT/OCT 2016 ARE TIMES TO WATCH
From (4-11-2016) – INFO on Threats of domestic terrorist attacks.
From March 2016 – ISRAEL-IRAN DRAMA: A Long-Running Part of an Ancient Plan
From (2-22-2016) – Three new trends WW3Watchers surely noticed.
From July 2015 – What we said in July 2015 and what others said as well – Countdown to Munich?
From World War 3 Watch: June 1, 2015 – Next domestic terror attack.
NOTE: IF new readers want the regular, longer version of WW3 Watch, they can consult [World War 3 Watch: January 25, 2015] and earlier issues. Most of the basic assessments have not changed significantly in the last 8-10 months or so.
Is this the start of World War 3?
The consensus: Not yet.
The feeling is that the Middle Eastern war which begins WWIII won’t start until the USA suffers an attack of ‘terror’ much worse than what hit Paris.
We’re getting closer though.
Who knows when the terror attack on U.S. soil will happen?
Who knows what will happen in 2016?
We’re still holding to our original idea that a terror attack on the USA could happen any time before the 2016 presidential election, BUT seems more likely in September-October 2016.
All this DOESN’T MEAN that World War 3 won’t happen: it will.
That’s a certainty.
Events are getting more serious.
What we said in December 2015
SPECULATION: World War 3 will start in the Middle East and spread to Asia to include the Koreas, Taiwan and China. And probably other countries as well.
Until that all gets underway, expect a period of calm over the upcoming months punctuated by outbreaks of violence designed to keep the folks at home guessing.
HOWEVER, history records it is during the midst of relative calm that previous World Wars have broken out after long periods of underlying tensions and military build-ups.
TICK TICK: Iran deal = Munich comparisons time clock runs out the beginning of July 2016.
REMEMBER: World War 3 will happen. It’s not a matter of IF, it’s a matter of WHEN. World War 3 will happen.
The Bible [Revelation 6:4 among others] is clear on the subject of an end times world war.
“And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”
Though evil men may scheme and plan in secret; though YEARS may be spent carefully honing the strategy; though World War III has been a long-term project: EVERYTHING is on God’s timetable, not man’s.
When it is time, the red horse of Revelation 6:4 will be released.
World War 3 is coming–and it is a certainty.
Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation
For many WW3 watchers, the periods of calm are more uneasy than the periods of turmoil. And the world has been going through a relative period of calm over the last few month.
Every day brings WWIII closer to reality.
That point could well be in the next twelve-sixteen months.
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What will this coming week bring?
* NOTE: Rarely are dates set around these parts. (Our date on the possible US terror attack being a notable exception.)
The main reason is: we do not have any special source of information not available to others. But in case its forgotten, the following (from a year-and-a-half ago) was just discovered and will serve as a reminder.
“Our under/over on Poland or the Baltic States is six months to bloodshed.”
—World War 3 Watch: September 29, 2014
Looks like we were about a couple years early on that assessment.
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First issue of WW3 Watch: September 30, 2013]
“And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”
–Revelation 6:4
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