Okay so /pol/ take this as you will but i was in my local town, (its a rural town in australia with less than 400 people living in it mostly retirees and ex vietnam vets) and was talking with an ex army vet. He has friends who are working as mercenaries in the middle east and he reckons that something big is going to go down on december 1st in the middle east involving the kurds. Apparently it involves the kurds and a major isis city. He also told me the conflict in the south china sea is also worrying him, although not very much, but he said that he is concerned with the us entering the china sea as a small issue could escalate greatly. I will try and find out more but it may take a little time