Predictions

Escalation ladder must be followed sequentially and biochemical weapons haven't been used yet; Israel prefers a prolonged war that weakens the US; political/moral taboo and multi-dimensional constraints (troop morale, public opinion, ally relations) prevent use

Nuclear weapons will not be used in this war

Iran selectively controls Strait of Hormuz passage (letting allies through, blocking enemies) and calibrates drone strikes to reward cooperation and punish resistance giving it more strategic flexibility than the US

Iran emerges as dominant regional power (Rise of Persia)

All nations in the region shift to total war footing where every citizen is recruited into the war effort and entire economies are geared toward military production; accompanied by massive censorship in Israel and GCC where filming attacks is banned

Middle East moves toward total war and full militarization

Saudi Arabia seeks a conflict where the US, Israel, and Iran weaken each other; with oil reserves depleting it must act now to control regional trade routes or face irrelevance

Saudi Arabia maneuvers to outlast all rivals

Israel avoids nuclear escalation because a long war that destroys American political will serves Israeli interests; if America loses, Israel becomes the dominant regional power

Israel works to weaken the US through prolonged war

US military doctrine requires preventing Russia-Iran-China from forming a continental trade bloc; if the heartland unifies it can trade by rail bypassing US naval dominance; destroying Iran fractures the heartland and maintains US hegemony

US fights this war to prevent BRICS heartland unification

Senator Blumenthal confirms after classified briefing that the US is on a path toward deploying troops on the ground in Iran; administration has not articulated a budget or end date for the war indicating open-ended commitment

US will send ground troops and institute a national draft

Israel becomes center of one world government using AI surveillance and digital ID (Pax Judea / mark of the beast); tech companies like Nvidia, Oracle, Microsoft relocate to Israel as the new center of global power

Israel becomes the dominant Middle East power (Greater Israel project)

Third Rome prophecy requires Greeks to return to Constantinople (Istanbul); Russia supports Greece against Turkey after NATO collapses; Turkey weakened by Middle East war participation

Greek-Turkish war over Constantinople with Russian backing

Growing antisemitism worldwide compels Jewish populations to return to Israel fulfilling the eschatological requirement of ingathering the diaspora before the messianic age

Rise of global antisemitism forces Jewish diaspora to Israel