And what's the goal of the manipulators? What are they trying to do? Can you tell?
Suppressing the value of real money to hide the fact that they are creating paper money out of thin air. The ratio of the real money in circulation (all of the gold) to the paper money has been falling (I believe) and that should result in an increase in the price of gold and silver.
The manipulators do not want to see that so they manipulate the market. At some point that game has to run it's course. I would think.