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Russia is in a very unenviable situation now given this military response by the USA. Russia are very unlikely to back down from its support of the current president of Syria. They also have their only overseas base in the Syrian Mediterranean coast. Trump, Tillerson, Mattis are trying to reach out now for allies to remove Assad so it looks like unless Putin withdraws from Syria there will be direct confrontation between both sides and potential direct military exchange between Russia and the USA. I cannot see how Trump can back down from this unilateral action and how Russia cannot respond one way or another. This conflict will be serious and have generational consequences. The next move from either the USA or Russia will set the scene going forward.

This is not over by a long way and it's best to get prepared for serious times ahead. Physical metal, excess food supply, exposure to gold/silver mining related stocks. It is very hard to predict whether the markets will inflate or crash in general but gold and Silver will likely retain or gain real value regardless. The risk of the authorities simply locking down the system and thus trapping 'wealth' in 0's and 1's in the digital system or 'temporarily' freezing capital in Funds etc... is a real possibilty... essentially a hibernated financial state whilst matters a played out... every experience from the past will be put to its best use to manage any veolving situation.

Keep some liquid cash and gold/silver coin handy.

JFI