Maybe I am reading too much into unrelated events, but these two things could indicate the beginning of an escalating arms race and tensions between two non-governmental entities.
1: Dam plans jeopardize Amazon, experts say.
2: Private Texas spaceport launches test rocket:
A remote West Texas spaceport being built and bankrolled by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos launched a test rocket Monday for the first time.
So you have a dam threatening Amazon, and Amazon’s founder bankrolling a rocket program. Only a fool would miss the obvious.
So… Amazon will replace Iraq in the “Axis of Evil”? :-)