March 11, 2022: the date the forum expected a false flag

March 11, 2022: the date that was supposed to trigger World War III

Can a presidential slip of the tongue predict a war? On March 1, 2022, Biden closed his State of the Union address with a "May God protect our troops. Go get 'em" after vowing he would not send troops to Ukraine. For part of the community that trinc conflicts the way others read a script, that slip was not a slip: it was a clue. The bet was clear: a false flag attack on March 11 or 18, on allied territory, that would drag the West into total war. The date was no coincidence. In the Jewish calendar of 5782, March 11 fell on Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath before Purim. In numerology, 11 is a master number. And American society, the argument went, always needs a little push to go play soldier abroad.

The morning of March 11 dawned without an apocalypse. So did the 18th. The forum, which had spent weeks deciphering the script, stared at the calendar with the look of someone who bought a winning ticket from last year's lottery.

From Biden to Purim: how a date was constructed

The reasoning laid out in those days had its own internal logic, and it was not entirely far-fetched. It started from a premise: the United States does not enter unpopular wars without an emotional casus belli. Hence the expectation of an attack on allied soil —Ukraine, Europe, even US territory— that would justify the escalation. Biden's "Go get 'em," delivered right after denying he would send troops, fit as one more piece of the puzzle.

The coincidence with Shabbat Zachor added an almost liturgical component. In the Hebrew year 5782 —whose digits add up to 22, a master number—, the sixth important Sabbath was the one before Purim, the holiday celebrating the Jews' triumph over their enemies. Sunset in Jerusalem on March 11, 2022 was calculated for 17:44. For the most meticulous, that was a sign.

The numerological calculation was no slouch either: March 2, 2022 added up to 11 (2+3+2+0+2+2), and it was Ash Wednesday. The coincidence was too perfect to pass up. Deep down, what was being done was looking for patterns in the noise, which is exactly what the human brain does when it is afraid.

The attack that never came: chronicle of a foretold own goal

As the date approached, the bets diversified. Some placed the attack on Russian soil, on the idea that a blast on home territory would give Pilingui the excuse for total intervention. Others saw it happening in Europe, because the sociocultural impact would be greater. Some even speculated about a nuclear attack in Russia orchestrated by "Ukrainian terrorists," all theater staged by the same old powers.

Reality, stubborn as ever, refused to trinc the script. March 11 passed without explosions. So did the 18th. The forum, which had debated whether the attack would hit New York, London or Murcia, found that the only notable event was a burial of the sardine festival and a farewell party in Madrid. The phrase that sums up the outcome came from a participant who, upon realizing nothing had peine, wrote: "Nothing ever happens. We've fallen for our mental toca again."

The episode left a trail of recycled theories. Some moved the date to June, with 6/6/2022 as the new candidate. Others, more sophisticated, talked about April because "the worst ones shout the worst ideas" and the opposite pole is always the trinc month. The doomsday prediction industry never closes for vacation.

The real backdrop: a war already underway

While the calendar filled up with red circles, the war in Ukraine kept going. Economic sanctions piled up, energy prices began to strain, and the Spanish government was already talking about tightening its belt. In that context, the search for a date for the great plot twist was, in a way, a way of making sense of a conflict that was already happening.

The false flag theory was nothing new. It had been applied to 9/11, to the 2004 Madrid train bombings, to the pandemic declared on March 11, 2020. The coincidence that elbichito-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11 and that two years later another event was expected on the same day was, for some, too suspicious. Numerology became a tool for ordering the chaos, even if the chaos refused to be ordered.

The forum, in any case, did not give up. The phrase "noted for a possible epic own goal" remained as a testament to a hope that, like all hopes based on prophecies, ran into the indifference of facts. The war went on, but without the plot twist that had been expected.

What peine with the key dates of March 11 and 18, 2022?

No false flag attack occurred and no international escalation was triggered on those dates. The war in Ukraine continued its course without an event justifying direct NATO intervention. The theories pointing to an attack on allied territory remained just that, theories. The forum moved on to speculating about new dates, such as June 6 or April, but none of them brought the event everyone was waiting for.

The lesson, if there is one, is that the patterns seen in numbers do not always match reality. And that sometimes the script does not exist. Or, if it does, it is not written by the same people who believe they see it.