Will the Mahdi Appear Soon?

It is clear that the people of the Near/Middle East are ripe for change. Current events in Eygpt and North Africa speak to the increasing discontent of many Muslim societies. There seems to be more than anger about rising food prices. No doubt many are being paid to riot but I doubt most are.

Israel must be terrified. Imagine an Eygpt with members of the Muslim Brotherhood in political power.
Equally concerned must be the many multinational corporations that prefer to deal with a greedy dictator like Murbarak, than representatives of the people. I read that America sends Eygpt more than one billion dollars a year in "Aid", of which $300 million is for Murbarak's own personal use. Imagine that!
How generous of the American taxpayers. Is it any wonder the budget can't be balanced.

What is it going to take for the Arabs of Eygpt, the Persians of Iran, the "Moors" of North Africa and the Turks to come together and present something approximating a united front to those manipulating them?

The Mahdi or Hidden Thirteenth Imam, is such a potential agent. Many Shia Muslims are anticipating his coming with relish. Could a Mahdi convince the Shia and Sunni Muslims to cooperate on the basis of, 
"My enemy's enemy is my friend"?

There are no obvious signs that the Mahdi is near but by definition he must remain hidden until a particular set of circumstances cause him to be revealed.

What are those circumstances? CHAOS!
The prophecies state that only when chaos rules can the Hidden Imam appear.

Time is running short. Those who are awaiting the emergence of the Mahdi can justify formenting chaos so that the Hidden One can be revealed. Are we talking months, years or decades? This writer believes we are talking months or at most, a year or two.

The first crisis has alrready begun in France. Economic collapse is on the horizon. The seer Marie Julie Jahenny said civil war will follow.

When the nominally Christian Europe and the nominally Muslim Near and Middle East are sufficiently manipulated, it should be propicious for the Hidden Imam to appear.