I Predict 2023

Iran and Israel are about to let to let the war he'll hounds loose.  Very many hot points about to explode, 

theeconomiccollapseblog.com/why-is-the-mainstream-media-being-so-quiet-about-the-military-strikes-that-are-causing-massive-explosions-in-iran/

Now Japan and China having a spat on the high seas.

www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/japan-intercepts-armed-chinese-flotilla-near-disputed-islands

The encounter was tense, based on the description given to US military news outlet Stars & Stripes, which recounted that "The first Chinese ship approached Minamikojima from the southeast and entered the 12-mile limit at 2:47 a.m., according to the coast guard spokesman. He said the vessel appeared to be armed with a deck-mounted machine-gun."

Three more Chinese ships followed the first armed patrol, after which "A contingent of Japan Coast Guard vessels positioned themselves between the Chinese and Japanese ships and warned the Chinese vessels to leave the area," according to Japanese officials. "The first Chinese vessel departed the waters south of Uotsurijima at 12:35 p.m."

As for the Chinese side, which doesn't recognize Japanese sovereignty over the islands or the surrounding waters, its Marine Police spokesperson Gan Yu said it responded to multiple Japanese ships "illegally" entering the waters of the the Diaoyu islands (China's recognized name for the Senkakus).
"We urge the Japanese side to immediately stop all illegal activities in these waters and ensure that similar incidents will not happen again," Gan said.

The line that tells us everything we need to know about that encounter is "A contingent of Japan Coast Guard vessels positioned themselves between the Chinese and Japanese ships and warned the Chinese vessels to leave the area," according to Japanese officials. "The first Chinese vessel departed the waters south of Uotsurijima at 12:35 p.m." So long as the Chinese left first that gives an indication of who came out on top in that particular scenario.

China and Japan have been arguing over the Senkaku islands for centuries. Things get spicy every now and then. I don't think it's particularly an escalation when you compare the encounter to the last few years. If the Chinese actually start to try to chase them off, that'll be a different story. But the Japanese aren't like other Asian nations. They say what they mean and they do what they say, and they absolutely won't take "We've been here heaps, it's too late for you to complain now".

I remember a link to an article posted in these forums that included a table/graph showing that Australians have one of the highest number of people expecting war this year (or maybe it was within 5 years or similar). I can’t find the link/article now. Does anyone recall it? Anyone have that link saved or remember where it was?

Here is a link.

www.visualcapitalist.com/which-countries-believe-wwiii-is-coming/

Or paranoid?

no need to get all sheepish spatial.

Gerald Celente and Canadian Prepper on a major rant, bank accounts will be frozen, ww3 started.  Has interesting perspective on what happened with 9/11 and bank accounts being frozen.  
His motto is 3G, gunsm gold nod getaway,,

Doomsayers and astrologers/psychics have a lot in common that way.