Was your faith in Armageddon connected to current events?
Did you blow in the wind of current events when it came to Armageddon?
My faith was in Jehovah and his promises. I had come to know Jehovah and his promises through being raised as a JW and becoming a baptized member of the congregation and the study that required. Probably, the primary belief regarding when Armageddon would occur was tied to the teaching regarding the generation that saw the events of 1914 and would still be alive when the great tribulation started. I understood this as part of the Good News. I also understood the Good News had to be true and salvation was based on faith in God.
There was a connection to world events in general. When things happened like you mentioned, the international year of peace and security and for me, the first Gulf war, put in the context of the generation that would still be alive at the time of Armageddon and their age, it certainly made me feel we must be very close and maybe this was the start of something. I wouldn't describe myself as blowing in the wind of current events, faith I understood was more sure than that suggests.
One of the JW that I have contact with has mentioned that they think the situation with the pandemic and other events may lead right into the Great Tribulation, but, no great belief that it will. Others don't mention anything about world events and Armageddon. Having said that I only have a very limited amount of contact with JW.