For how long will Moscow and Tehran “play ball”?

I’ve been walking on a tightrope with my two theories concerning the war in the Middle East. The first is a standard geopolitical one, which we outlined with Patricia Marins in Weekly Forecasts 7/2026 and deepened in Weekly Forecasts 12/2026.

The other theory is conspiratorial. I actually outlined its building blocks already before the war, in mid-February in the wake of the release of the first patch of the Epstein Files. In the Satanic Elite, I presented a worst-case scenario behind the publication of the files, which forecasting accuracy has been depressingly good. A (long) excerpt:

We can assume that the aim of the Satanic elite (let’s call it such here) is not only to establish control over mankind but also to establish their way of life to the world in the greatest extent possible. That is, we can assume they want the public to passively accept or ignore their sickening practices. Simplified, they are likely to seek to demoralize the world to serve their perversions and twisted aims (there may be more on this, but I will not detail it now).

To accomplish this, they naturally need to shed some light on themselves (in a limited manner). The backlash from the revelation of their practices is likely to be massive, which is why it needs to happen through a two-phase process. The first phase is a somewhat covert revealing of the information on their practices. In other words, revelations are not allowed to reach full coverage in the mainstream media, at first.

At the end of the first phase, a shock is needed to divert interest away from the revelations as media pressure for indictments and public crucifixions begins to build, which is essential for maintaining some credibility. This is the second phase. The Corona atrocities, which effectively destroyed or at the very least demeaned our constitutional rights, serve as an example (or a practice run) of this tactic. Almost right after the “corona emergency” was cancelled at the end of 2021 and early 2022, the war in Ukraine started, which buried all allegations and calls for indictment of the leaders, leaving our constitutions seriously impaired.

You need a similar, or even a bigger, shock to bury all allegations and investigations on the “satanic” practices unveiled by the Epstein files. One shock will probably not be enough. This implies that major shocks would need to follow each other in a consecutive manner in order to subjugate the populace into the (very slow) subliminal acceptance of the sickening practices and the existence of a “Satanic elite.”

Let’s elaborate on this a bit, considering the recent developments in the Middle East.