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Heightened tensions in the following flash points:

U.S. - China
Hong Kong - China
South Korea - Japan
India - Pakistan
Yellow Vests - France

Any other big ones I'm missing?
Interesting description of Hong Kong protests:

"They’re like sponges, absorbing information from each other...There isn’t a commanding pyramid structure but there are nodes, like a social network.”
wsj.com/articles/prepa…
A few more for the list.

U.S. - Iran
U.S. - Venezuela
U.S. - U.S. (we need to nip this in the bud asap)
Russia -Ukraine
We're seeing a major escalation in tension both within states and between states. Probably the most tense global environment since the 1930s and set to get worse.

As I wrote earlier this week - Things Fall Apart:
libertyblitzkrieg.com/2019/08/05/thi…
While we're at it, here's something I wrote in 2017.
The writing has been on the wall for some time.

"We Live in Revolutionary Times"
libertyblitzkrieg.com/2017/10/31/we-…
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