This is about the control of natural resources, oil and gas, and currency exchange.
Russia and China have been building their gold reserves. How much gold is in Fort Knox?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSCxktTpE-o&feature=youtu.be
BREAKING: Iranian Reporter in Middle of Chemical War Zone in Syria
Published on Aug 28, 2013
[English Subtitles] Exclusive footage of an Iranian reporter who, in the middle of a chemical warzone finds evidence that the foreign-backed insurgency fighting the Syrian government is using chemical weapons against Syrian soldiers in Jobar. Later on, he visits a chemical weapons factory depot used by the insurgents to store and stockpile chemical weapons.