More Show for Unlikely Action

This is an important development. However, until I see the president actually order a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, this is only a show. How well have sanctions worked in the past, especially watered-down sanctions? CUBA.....enough said!

Debkafile is reporting that Washington has posted a third carrier opposite Iran's shores.

It is supported by amphibious assault ships and up to 4,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, bringing the total US strength in these waters to three carriers and 10,000 combat personnel.The USS Nassau (LHA-4) Amphibious Ready Group 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, tasked with supporting the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet area of operations, is cruising around the Bab al-Mandeb Straits where the Gulf of Aden flows into the Red Sea. Its presence there accounts for Tehran announcing Sunday, June 27 that its "aid ship for Gaza" had been called off, for fear an American military boarding party would intercept the vessel and search it. This would be permissible under the latest UN sanctions punishing the Islamic Republic for its nuclear program.

The third US carrier group to reach waters around Iran consists of three vessels:

1. The USS Nassau Amphibious Assault ship is not just an enormous landing craft for the 3,000 Marines aboard; its decks carry 6 vertical take-off AV-HB Harrier attack plans; four AH-1W Super Cobra, twelve CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters, as well choppers convertible to fast V-22 Osprey airplanes capable of landing in any conditions.This vast warship has 1,400 cabinets for sleeping the entire Marine-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard.

2. The amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde which carries 800 Marines equipped for instantaneous landing.

3. The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland which carries 400 Marines and 102 commandos trained for special operations behind enemy lines.

On a personal note: The conflict in the Middle East has already touched the lives of most Americans. Someone we know, someone within our family tree, has been deployed, fought, been injured, or possibly gave their life in Iraq or Afghanistan in the protection of our freedom. My family has, and is feeling the angst of the war. This weekend, my wife and I traveled half way across the country so that we could visit our son-in-law before being deployed the second time to Afghanistan. Our daughter has lived the majority of the past two years without her husband present. Now, another six to nine month deployment looms within the week.

When I speak of the coming battle prophesied in the Bible, I do not speak as someone who relishes the idea of war. I am simply stating the facts. War is not God's design, but due to man's sin...injustice....and tyranny....war is an affliction that must be faced head-on.

Sadly, the current leadership sees the wars that are being waged as political tools...a way to win friends and influence people. Rather than applying the full strength and wrath of our armed forces to win these wars, our leadership has decided to try to be the nice guy. This strategy isn't working...nor will it ever be successful.

When God fights a battle, or places his hand of inspiration on a nation as his tool, his might is overwhelming. The victory is won decisively! All know it was God who acted. America has been blessed with a strong military in order to defend God-given rights and freedoms. We should do nothing less than what God has demonstrated....that is....fight with all our might, do it quickly, bring tyranny and godlessness to justice, and be done with it.

Playing around with sanctions and half measures only wastes the precious blood of young American men and women.

Shame be upon our leadership!

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Privately, Israeli Ambassador Says Rift is Widening

Relationship Between Israel and White House Suffering Tectonic Rift

By Adrian Blomfield in Jerusalem

The sobering assessment comes a week before Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, meets President Barack Obama at the White House.

There had been hope the two could lay to rest a row that erupted between the two allies in March but the new comments have raised fears of long-term damage.


Sources said Mr Oren told the meeting: "There is no crisis in Israel-US relations because in a crisis there are ups and downs. [Instead] relations are in a state of tectonic rift in which continents are drifting apart."

Mr Oren's privately-voiced pessimism stands in stark contrast to public declarations in both Jerusalem and Washington that differences between the two states amount to nothing more than "disagreements" between allies.

The ambassador told the Jerusalem Post newspaper last week that US-Israel ties were stronger than many observers believed.

Unlike his previous encounter with Mr Obama in March, when he was given a stern dressing-down and denied permission to hold a joint press conference, Mr Netanyahu's visit to the White House next Tuesday is likely to be cloaked in civility.

The Israeli prime minister is being promised photo opportunities with his host in the White House Rose Garden and perhaps even an invitation to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland.

But the show of unity is being seen as a sop to members of Mr Obama's party who afraid of angering Jewish American voters ahead of November's midterm elections than as a sign of genuine rapprochement.

Israeli officials have been quoted as saying that they expect a sterner private reception for their prime minister, who is yet to be fully forgiven for the perceived humiliation of Joe Biden, the US vice president, during a visit to Israel in March.

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USA: Snake-Bitten?

Why Is America a Snake-Bitten Nation?

We seem to live in a time when everything that can go wrong has done so. Our run of bad luck reminds me of the play Pippin, in which King Charles proclaims, "It's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart."

Bad luck can only occur for so long before the odds require it to change. If misfortune persists, there has to be some controlling factor that guides the events. We have been stricken with such frequency that it is long overdue for our nation to reflect on the nature of our problems. Consider the following examples:

1. We currently have the worst oil spill in our nation’s history. According to government estimates of daily flow figures, anywhere from 73.5 million to 126 million gallons gushed from the breached wellhead—whether that crude spilled into the water or was captured. In case you were wondering, like me, whether the oil might run out, there are still 2.1 billion gallons in the reservoir. The vast majority of the released oil is still in the Gulf. Even if the flow were stopped today, the consequences of the spill would continue to mount for years to come.

2. There has been a spate of negative weather events. Tennessee was hit with a massive amount of rainfall, shattering numerous all-time records. There was also a deluge in western Oklahoma, with Oklahoma City being the hardest hit. Last week, folks in Minnesota saw the most number of tornadoes they had ever seen in a single day: On June 17, there were 31 twisters, topping the old record of 27 set on June 16, 1992. And in Arkansas, just down the road from Terry and me, a flash flood killed more than 20 campers at a state park.

3. It is well known that our federal government is facing a host of debt problems. The financial trouble goes right to the bedrock of our nation. San Diego and Detroit are on opposite scales from each other. The first has an economy-based defense, tech manufacturing, and tourism, while the Second City is a rust-bowl city with heavy ties to the automobile industry. Both cities are on the verge of bankruptcy. San Diego is being weighed down by an under-funded retirement and health system. Detroit is literally rotting away. There are now 10,000 abandoned homes in Detroit that the city managers want to tear down and turn into empty lots.

4. Our foreign policy has become a slow-motion train wreck. The war in Afghanistan is now the longest in our nation’s history. European heads of state are starting to doubt America's ability to be a global leader. Opposition to key aspects of U.S. foreign policy remains pervasive in the Muslim world. While America’s favorability rating in Egypt has dropped from 27 percent to 17 percent, nut jobs like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are able to travel the globe and make new friends simply because they are enemies of the U.S.

Commentators are now starting to say that Barack Obama's presidency is looking much like the disastrous term experienced by Jimmy Carter. There is one big difference: Obama was a Jimmy Carter even before he took office. American voters knew his record before he took office.

Many prophecy students would cite our treatment of Israel as the key reason we are lately such a snake-bitten nation. They base this assessment on Genesis 12:1-3: "I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee." I generally agree, but I don’t think it is as automatic as some claim. In other words, I don't believe that if our government does something on Monday, a calamity will necessarily strike us on Tuesday.

It's hard to deal with a problem when you don't know it exists. To the carnal mind, these four examples seem to have no connection to each other. Until enough people realize that there is a God with the power to grant and withdraw favors, the source of our "bad luck" will remain a mystery.

The current mindset in our nation is "wait until election day when we can throw the bums out and change our political course." We just got done playing musical chairs by switching from Republicans to Democrats. Until our nation gets back to choosing Jesus as our spiritual leader, the snakes of misfortune will continue to bite. Todd Strandberg

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Middle East Ebb and Flow

Following developments in the Middle East is like sitting on the beach watching the waves come and go....maybe with a little more terror involved, but its the ebb and flow that I'm getting at.

Just when it seems everything could blow up because of and Iranian/Turkish provocation, something changes and allows the war-climate to cool.

Headline....

Erdogan faces US stick, Kurdish rebel upsurge, yet clings to anti-Israel stance
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 26, 2010
Turkish army blames Erdogan for setbacks against rebelsAs he took off for the G20 summit opening in Toronto Saturday, June 26, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan came under an exceptionally acerbic US rebuke for a NATO member. He was accused of alienating the US and the West and told he needed to demonstrate Ankara's commitment to their (NATO) partnership by Philip Gordon, top US diplomat on European affairs, in a clear rejection of the Turkish prime minister's assertion in parliament Tuesday June 15: "There's no shift in Turkey's axis. Turkey is not a city state, it's not a state on which agendas are imposed," he said.

Taking Turkey to task for opposing the new UN sanctions on Iran and its anti-Israel rhetoric over the pro-Palestinian flotilla incident, the US official pointed out: "There are people asking questions about it in a way that is new, and that in itself is a bad thing that makes it harder for the United States to support some of the things that Turkey would like to see us support."

I am firmly convinced that, although Turkey and Iran have been in the forefront of recent events, their direct participation in a war with Israel will not be in the next wave to hit Israel. Yes, they will be behind the scenes pulling the strings of their annihilate-Israel-to-bring-back-the-Mahdi partners, but the Ezekiel 38 an 39 prophecy is not the next event on the prophetic list.

As America finally steps in to offer a balled-up fist towards Israel's enemies, watch for a lull in the action. Sure, the flotillas will continue to provoke action by Israel. Yep, Iran will keep on doing their nuclear two-step. You bet, Syria will be filtering arms and missiles into Lebanon. But a direct, all-out war with Turkey and Iran is still a bit down the road.

Next up? If I had the answer to that I'd be a prophet.

My guess? That's more like it.

----Again, I believe someone is going to have to attempt to knock out Iran's nuclear facilities. When that happens, Iran's surrogates will get their turbans in a wad and really turn against Israel. Iran will smile at the development, because to me, it sure seems like they are inviting an attack against their homeland so that they can have an excuse to go after the Jews.

----Europe will continue to treat Israel with a .... guilty until proven innocent attitude.

----America and Obama? It all depends on how Obama perceives his treatment of Israel will effect the November elections. However, I'm not sure this little blow up is going to wait for the November elections.

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Poised and Ready?

I'll say this, while the President continues to systematically dismantle the American economy, individual rights, and adherence to the Constitution, he has, at least decided it might be in America's best interest to give some semblance of support to Israel.

This from Israel Insider......

War games over, US-Israeli strikeforce in Persian Gulf, ready for real thing
Posted by Israel Insider


The armada of 10 US warships plus an Israeli and German battle vessel each, which transited the Suez Canal Friday, June 18, has reached the Persian Gulf, debkafile's military sources report. But first, from June 6 through June 10, the USS Harry S. Truman carrier (pictured) Strike Group was deployed 50 miles of the shore of southwestern Israel, secretly drilling the interception of incoming Iranian, Syrian and Hizballah missiles and rockets against US and Israeli targets in the Middle East.
For five days and night, the Truman's sixty F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter bombers took off on simulated bombing missions against targets set up by the Israeli Air Force at its firing range on the Nevatim Base-28, in the Negev desert southeast of Be'er Sheva - one of its three big air bases. The exercise was prompted by rising tensions from Syria's deployment of advanced Scud missiles for Hizballah on its border with Lebanon. it took place not far from the spot where Israeli commandos raided the Turkish Mavi Marmara on May 31.

It was decided at the White House to stage the Juniper Stallion exercise only eight months after Juniper Cobra 10, thebiggest joint war maneuver the US and Israel had ever conducted againstmissile attack, after receiving new intelligence that Iran, Syria andHizballah had almost doubled their operational armory of medium-rangemissiles. US defense secretary Robert Gateswarned a Senate panel on June 18 that Iran could fire "scores orhundreds" of short- and medium-range missiles against Europe - insalvoes rather than one or two at a time.

Four days later, Gates told a Fox interviewer: "I don't think we're prepared to even talk about containing a nuclear Iran. I think… our view still is we do not accept the idea of Iran having nuclearweapons." Asked whether a military strike was preferable, he said alloptions remain on the table although some time is left for working on the problem."

Those statements don't sound very convincing to me.

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I Wish it Were True

Oh, how I wish this were true, but I don't believe Obama has the stomach for it.


Iran on war alert over "US and Israeli concentrations" in Azerbaijan

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 23, 2010
In a rare move, Iran has declared a state of war on its northwestern border, debkafile's military and Iranian sources report. Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps men and equipment units are being massed in the Caspian Sea region against what Tehran claims are US and Israeli forces concentrated on army and air bases in Azerbaijan ready to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.The announcement came on Tuesday, June 22 from Brig.-Gen Mehdi Moini of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), commander of the forces tasked with "repelling" this American-Israeli offensive. He said: "The mobilization is due to the presence of American and Israeli forces on the western border," adding, "Reinforcements are being dispatched to West Azerbaijan Province because some western countries are fueling ethnic conflicts to destabilize the situation in the region."

On Tuesday, June 22, Dr. Uzi Arad, head of Israel's National Security Council and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest adviser, said "The latest round of UN Security Council sanctions on Iran is inadequate for thwarting its nuclear progress. A preemptive military strike might eventually be necessary."
debkafile's intelligence and Iranian sources point to three other developments as setting off Iran's war alert:

1. A certain (limited) reinforcement of American and Israeli forces has taken place in Azerbaijan. Neither Washington nor Jerusalem has ever acknowledged a military presence in this country that borders on Iran, but Western intelligence sources say that both keep a wary eye on the goings-on inside Iran from electronic surveillance bases in that country.

2. Iran feels moved to respond to certain US steps: The arrival of the USS Harry S. Truman Strike Group in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea and its war games with France and Israel, which included live-fire bombing practices against targets in Iran.

3. The execution of Abdolmalek Rigi, head of the Sunni Baluchi rebel organization (including the Iranian Baluchis), on June 20 was intended as a deterrent for Iran's other minorities. Instead, they are more restive than ever. Several Azeri breakaway movements operate in Iranian Azerbaijan in combination with their brethren across the border. Tehran decided a substantial buildup in the province would serve as a timely measure against possible upheavals.

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Gaza Blockade Concession will Lead to Inner Ring War

This week, under tremendous world pressure as always, Israel eased the restrictions with the Gaza Blockade. This was another in a long line of forced concessions that will only lead to further bloodshed. Be assured, Hamas is now entrenched as a political power in Gaza and will not easily be removed. As a puppet entity of Iran, Hamas will soon renew its call to remove Israel from the face of the earth. Expect a new and terrible round of terrorism, rocket launches, and general mayhem.

Even though the world has lined up against Israel, the Jews will be only be pushed so far before an overwhelming response against Hamas in Gaza becomes necessary. Ezekiel tells us how it will turn out.

"And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom (Jordan) by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God....Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. They they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them." Ezekiel 25:13-14, 16-17 also read Psalm 83, Isaiah 17, Zephaniah 2, Zechariah 9

The Palestinians in Gaza are not the Philistines. That people group is long dead. However, the people of Gaza live on the land represented by the Philistines. God is going to use Israel to rebuke the surrounding nations, including the ancient land of the Philistines now ruled by the terrorist organization Hama. No read a portion of an editorial by Barry Rubin that spells it out in a secular way.

What does Israel give up? The entire strategy of trying to reduce Gaza’s economy and the rewards that Hamas can give its supporters. In other words, while Hamas’s military capacity is kept as low as possible, it can stay in power for decades. While this represents a considerable “retreat,” it is not so meaningful in practice since – as noted above – nobody is going to allow Israel to overthrow the regime in Gaza.So this is the future: A revolutionary Islamist statelet, a long-term outpost of Iran, a base for spreading terrorism and subversion, a source for genocidal anti-Semitic propaganda has been established on the shores of the Mediterranean. For all practical purposes, one could have made this declaration two or four years ago. Now it is clear.Some people might find the above paragraph controversial. But it is all obvious.Hamas will be in power in the Gaza Strip for a long time. Who is going to remove it? It is a client of Iran. Certainly it is under embargo for arms, but it functions a lot like an independent state for practical purposes. It will return to war against Israel at the first opportunity. It teaches its people to kill Jews and to be terrorists.That doesn’t mean all Gazans support it, but those who don’t can do nothing about it.Moreover, the Hamas regime receives indirect aid because the Palestinian Authority pays much of its civil service, and Western projects are designed to help its people.Yes, of course there are limits on what it can do, given its size and the pressure still put on by Egypt and Israel. But this is an accurate description. Putting it bluntly sounds harsh, but the reality is harsh.And what could be more ironic than the fact that Western governments, frantic for an Israeli-Palestinian peace, have just helped put one more gigantic roadblock in the way? Even without Hamas ruling almost half of those under Palestinian rule, the PA probably wouldn’t be able to make peace. The consolidation of a Hamas state makes that inability a certainty.While a change in Israeli policy can be said to mark this new era, the outcome should not be blamed on the government, since the situation was made inevitable by Western policy. The world has no idea what it has done, or how much blood will flow as a result of this failure. People will write about this being true in five or 10 years.You are reading about it right now.

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Good Signs....Bad Signs

Joe Friday.... "Just the facts, ma'am."
Ma'am... "Well, there's good news and bad news.
Which do you want first?"
Joe Friday... "Just the facts, ma'am."
Ma'am... "Okay. Bad news first!"

All kidding aside...there are signs that the American Culture has really been hit with the stupid-stick.

1. The White House has convinced the majority of the population that BP is the enemy, rather than the regulators who turned their backs on short cuts or took out and out bribes. This doesn't include the fact that the political candidate who received the largest quantity of campaign funds from BP was none other that Barrack Hussein Obama. umm...umm...umm

2. A bust of Josef Stalin has been placed has been placed in a WWII memorial in Montana. How stupid is that...honoring the greatest butcher of the last century right along with our fallen dead from that terrible, but necessary war!

3. Approval has been granted for a mosque to be constructed within sight of Ground Zero in New York City. This will be the largest mosque in the country, and will be raised up to honor the dead of 9-11.....the Islamic radical martyrs...not those who died in the terrorist attack. Islam has done in NYC what it has accomplished throughout Europe. INTIMIDATION! We, being stupid and having rejected the truth for countless lies, are too dumb to see what is happening.

Now, a bit of better news...though I am not sure how far Obama will take this development. From Debkafile.com (However, you must read the last paragraph.)

Gaza sea blockade upheld by US, EU as Israel eases land siege
Barring surprises, the sea campaign against Israel's naval blockade of Gaza spearheaded by Turkey may have run its course, debkafile's Middle East sources report.
Beirut is close to abandoning the Lebanese convoy, Damascus has turned away requests to use its ports, Cyprus is negative and even the Iranian expedition appears snarled. Israel has in the last 24 hours won US and European support for its sea blockade. It was endorsed also by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas after the Israeli cabinet bowed to international pressure and approved the passage of all civilian goods to the 1.2 million Palestinians of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

After Israel endured three weeks of international censure for its commando raid on the flotilla aiming to break the Gaza blockade and 9 Turkish deaths aboard the Mavi Marmara, the Netanyahu government has hauled the wheel round, stemmed the tide of opprobrium and stabilized Israel's diplomatic and security position. British ex-prime minister Tony Blair, Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet, pitched in to help Israel out of a tight spot ahead of prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's White House meeting with President Barack Obama on July 8.

The formula drafted and approved by Israel's security cabinet permitted all civilian goods to reach Gaza, banned military, dual-use materials and weapons, and left the sea blockade in place.

In Gaza, Hamas leader Mahmoud A Zahar, furious over the collapse of the campaign against the blockade, declared Sunday, June 20 that it was time for Qassam missiles to be launched against Israel from the West Bank as well as Gaza. Nothing about Hamas' policy had changed, he stressed in response to Blair's admonition that Hamas could become part of the peace process if it released the Israel soldier, Gilad Shalit, held captive for four years, and renounced violence.

It seems like Ezekiel 38 and 39 may have been put on hold, but remember, another war is predicted before Gog and Magog launches their campaign against Israel. That first war will involve Hamas....Gaza...the West Bank...Syria...Lebanon....Jordan....Saudi Arabia...and Egypt.

Start with Psalm 83...then on to Isaiah 17....then Ezekiel 25...and Zephaniah 2....Zechariah 9, and finally Obadiah 15-19. You'll see it clearly.

So, it is a good development for the USA to have stepped in to help Israel. The act defuses what would have been a defining conflict, but it opens the door to the outline for end-time-wars given in the scripture.

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On the Brink

What was once a west-leaning, European craving, modernized, moderate Islamic state is quickly converting into a Arab/Sharia dominated, radically Islamofacist, caliphate.....kind of like the old Ottoman Empire. Turkey is reverting to its roots! Israel is to the the enemy, not a friend. Biblically speaking, (Ezekiel 38 and 39) the situation is only going to worsen.

From InsiderIsrael.com

Israel and Turkey head for the Brink
Posted by Israel Insider on June 18, 2010

Turkey and Israel have taken steps that redefine their relationship as antagonist heading for the brink of war.

Turkey froze sixteen bilateral agreement and denied Israel the use of its airspace. It vowed to lead an international effort to apply a worldwide boycott and sanctions against Israel.

Israel, for its part, declared Turkey's group Islamic IHH (Insani Yardim Vakfi) -- which enjoys close relations with Erdogan and his ruling party -- to be a terror organization on a par with al-Qaeda. By listing as terrorists the IHH , a key component of Erdogan's pro-Islamic AKK government's support system, Israel defines the group as a target for its covert and military operations and exposes its leaders to retaliation for continuing violence against the Jewish state.

In Washington, early Thursday morning (June 17), Democratic and Republican members of Congress announced at a press conference that there would be price to pay if Ankara continued its hate campaign against Israel and tight ties with Tehran. Rep. Mike Pence, the third-highest ranking Republican, said: "There will be a cost if Turkey stays on its present heading of growing closer to Iran and more antagonistic to the state of Israel.While the House and the Senate are getting ready for an active response against Turkey for its deteriorating relations with Israel, the Obama administration is doing nothing to oppose it. The most prominent member of the pro-Erdogan faction ion the White House is the president's personal adviser on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, who opposes the labeling of IHH as a terrorist organization, DebkaFile reports.

IHH activists were responsible for the violence aboard the Turkish ship leading the blockade-busting flotilla on May 31. Wednesday, IHH headquarters in Istanbul scheduled the launch of an even bigger flotilla for Gaza some time in July. Its new designation empowers Israel's covert agencies and navy to go for its members and ships - at sea and in Turkish ports.

Still hesitant, Israel has started hitting back at Turkey by escalating its military and intelligence responses to Erdogan's provocations. The day before, the level of confrontation was ramped up by several notches in Ankara, when the Turkish Defense Industry Implementation Committee – SSIK, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Erdogan, decided to freeze 16 security and military agreements signed with Israel.
They include permission for Israel warplanes to use Turkish airspace and apply to intelligence-sharing arrangements and cooperation in combating terrorism and suspend the longstanding, close military and intelligence cooperation between Turkey and Israel.
The two erstwhile allies are left glaring at each other as antagonists, just one step short of declared enemies.

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War of Words Continues...For Now

For now, the exchange of words is how the conflict is being waged between Turkey and Israel, and its purpose, on the part of Turkey, is to continue the deligitimization of the Jewish State.

Turkish President, Recep Erdagon, uses terms like "terrorists" and "piracy" to describe the Israeli government's actions against the recent flotilla, but Erdogan says that his beef is not with the Israeli people....just their leaders.

HOGWASH....Erdogan has dived completely into Iran's cesspool of anit-semitism. The entire purpose of Mahmoud Ahmadenijad's jihad is to remove the Israeli people from the face of the earth....the final solution for the Jews.

Me thinks man speak with forked tongue! Read on

Erdogan: Our problem is with Israel's gov't, not its people

By JPOST.COM STAFF 06/19/2010


Turkey’s grievances with Israel concern its government and not its people, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday.While some expect Turkey to be silent in the face of Israel’s “state terrorism” and “piracy,” Erdogan said, his nation will not stay silent.

“We will seek solutions in the framework of international law,” Erdogan was quoted by the Anatolia news agency as saying.On Thursday Israeli diplomatic officials said Ankara was considering a number of steps to express its anger over the Gaza flotilla episode, including significantly downgrading diplomatic ties. However, Jerusalem has not been informed of any concrete moves.
The comments came amid reports that Turkey was considering not returning its ambassador to Israel and reviewing military, economic, cultural and academic cooperation if Israel did not apologize for the flotilla raid, return the seized ship, agree to an international investigation and offer compensation both to the families of the nine people killed and to the injured.

Turkey recalled its ambassador soon after the incident. Israel’s ambassador to Turkey, however, is still in Ankara and diplomatic channels of communication between the two countries are still open.

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said unequivocally on Sunday that Israel had no intention of apologizing, and one diplomatic source said Thursday there were voices inside the government saying that not only should Israel not apologize, but it should demand a Turkish apology for facilitating the dispatch of a ship with terrorist supporters who beat Israeli soldiers trying to protect its territorial sovereignty.

How long will it be before Barrack Obama steps in and attempts to force Israel to comply by apology? Not long, now that I've suggested it.)

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High Stakes Poker in the Middle East

Turkey closes airspace to Israel Air Force, Jerusalem declares IHH terrorists

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 17, 2010
Turkey launched a plan Wednesday night (June 16) to campaign on all fronts for a worldwide boycott of Israel and decided to introduce sanctions leading to the severance of bilateral relations. Its pretext was the absence of a formal apology from Jerusalem for the naval commando raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara ("Blue Marmara"), which left 8 activists dead, and its rejection of an international inquiry of the incident. In Washington, early Thursday morning (June 17), Democratic and Republican members of Congress announced at a press conference that there would be price to pay if Ankara continued its hate campaign against Israel and tight ties with Tehran.
Rep. Mike Pence, the third-highest ranking Republican, said: "There will be a cost if Turkey stays on its present heading of growing closer to Iran and more antagonistic to the state of Israel." Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel called Turkey's actions "disgraceful."

Turkey's actions may be disgraceful, as Rep. Engel said, but they fit perfectly with the flow of Ezekiel's prophecy. It's as clear as the nose on your face. All one needs to do is read the scriptures. Everything is coming together and will end in a climactic fulfillment that, I believe, will usher the world into the final seven year period before Messiah sets up his millennial reign of peace. (Contrast that with the Islamic Mahdi who is prophesied my the Imams to arrive ushering in a reign of conquest and Sharia law.)

Following along with some of the important points of Ezekiel 38 and 39. (In the previous blog I covered the players in this drama. No need to repeat.)

Ez. 38:13 The Magog coalition will come against Israel with a purpose and the rest of the world will issue nothing more than a diplomatic protest. Good 'ole UN

Ez. 38:14 Magag will come against Israel when it is dwelling securely....in unwalled villages. This can only be understood in the light of another prophetic war, a war that must take place before Ezekiel's prophecy can be fulfilled. That war is described in various places and does not include any members of the Magog coaliton, although the Magog members will be the instigators of the first conflict. Psalm 83, Ezekiel 25, etc., describe the nations immediately surrounding Israel as becoming a threat that must be dealt with. Israel will be forced to defend itself, and in so doing, will destroy the capacity of these nations as governing authorities. As a result, Israel will occupy Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria (Isaiah 17 says Damascus will be destroyed overnight), western Saudi Arabia, and Egypt from the Negev to the Red Sea. Once that is accomplished, Israel will be feared and will live in the expanded territory of Solomon. This will give the Jews the greatest sense of security since Israel was re-established as a nation on May 14, 1948.

Ez. 38:16-17 God will vindicate his holiness as his righteous anger comes up in his face. (The metaphor is of a man's face turning red in wrath.) But notice that it is God that brings the Magog coalition against Israel. Why? God may delay his judgments, but he will eventually judge. He is also vindicating his name before his covenant people Israel in order to draw them into a true relationship with himself.

Ez. 38:19-23 God is so ticked off the earth shakes throughout the land of Greater Israel. The entire world will see it and be shocked. The mountains surrounding Greater Israel will be thrown down, God will summon a sword against Gog. The coalition will begin fighting amongst themselves. Pestilence and bloodshed will prefail...which sounds like biological warfare, and then the weather will cut loose to finish them off. Israel will not have to lift a finger.

Ezekiel 39 repeats the scenario with more detail, but notice the theme.

Ez. 39:7 and 21. God will make himself known to the world of nations. He will then set his glory among the nations, and all the nations will see his judgments executed. WOW!

Then, the final process of bringing Israel into the knowledge of Messiah will begin...

Ez. 39:25-29. Notice the last verse..... "And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord."

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  I surmize that, since the Lord has already poured out his Spirit on the Church, the Church will be gone....poof, raptured into his presence. (1 Thess 4, 1 Cor. 15)


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  The 7 years of Tribulation described in Daniel and the Revelation are not only to judge the world of sin, but to bring about the salvation of national Israel...in fulfillment of the Abrahamic and David Covenants.


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  The end result will be the Messiah's return to Jerusalem to rule and reign over his people and the world.

That day is fast appoaching, but it will be in the prophetic sequence. Here it is one final time.

An Inner Ring War won by Israel.....coming very soon....maybe sometime this summer.

A momentary widening of territory and security as God gives Israel the victory over its ancient enemies.

The Outer Ring War of the Magog Coalition.

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Turkey's Actions Foreshadow Ezekiel's Prophecies

Israeli leaders are in a daze trying to figure out how they missed the signs. Somewhere along the way Turkey walked away from a solid economic and military alliance with Israel and turned to Iran, so much so that Turkey is now poised to provoke an armed conflict with their former friends.

Obviously, no one in Israel saw the rift that began in the wake of Iron Fist, the Gaza campaign of 2009, widening as far as it has. That tear in the fabric of relations between the two countries is almost complete.

AP beat writer Robert Marquand, came at the issue from a European viewpoint.

Europe has watched with some dismay Turkey's strident reaction to the fatal Israeli flotilla raid – part of what many see as a larger Turkish "repositioning" of itself on the world stage.
While Europe also condemned the flo­tilla attack, in which Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish citizens seeking to break the economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, there's wariness here over Tur­key's emerging persona under an Islamic-rooted party and murmurs about whether it wants to reassert an old Ot­to­man Empire sphere of influence.
In the past few years, Ankara has mended ties with its neighbors, including Iran. On June 9, Turkey was one of only two countries (Brazil was the other) on the United Nations Security Council to vote against fresh Iran nuclear sanctions.
Yet part of Turkey's shift is due to the European Union's steady rebuff of the mainly Muslim state. Turkey first applied to join the EU in 1987 and waited 18 years for the process to start, which could drag past 2020. "A majority of Turks say they want to join Europe, but ... also feel it will never happen," says a senior US diplomat.
Membership has been essentially nixed by Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy, who says Turkey is not part of Europe. "Sarkozy has few deeply rooted beliefs, but this is one of them," says François Heisbourg of the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research. "He would only cave under unanimous European pressure, which won't happen."

So, what is really happening?

This is nothing less than prophecy in motion. God spoke clearly through the prophet Ezekiel when in Chapter 38 he outlined a coalition of nations that would seek to destroy a restored Israeli nation. The coalition is made up of a specific set of people groups who's genealogies can be traced to the sons of Noah. These groups no longer exist by the ancient names, but the important factor in the entire passage of Ezekiel 38 & 39 is the land upon which those groups settled and prospered. In other words, we can interpret the prophecy correctly by determining which people groups occupy the mentioned lands in today's world. Here they are:

Magog--chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.... Sons of Japheth that settled in modern day RUSSIA

Persia....is clearly IRAN

Gomer and Togarmah.... Also sons of Japheth that settled in a large area stretching from western Turkey to the Caspian Sea.... This is nothing other than TURKEY and the Islam-dominated Caucus states.

Put.... son of Ham that settled in extreme northern Africa in modern day Libya.

Cush.. son of Ham that settled from the upper Nile region and into the horn of Africa. This area is made up of Sudan and Ethiopia

You can easily research these countries and see that Russia has formed military pacts and mutual defense treaties with all of them. Magog/Russia is the leader of the coalition even though it looks like each member is acting in its own interest. So it is with any satanically instigated action. Turkey and Iran seem to be the current ring leaders in the drama, but make no mistake about it, Russia's hand is in everything that is happening.

It appears to me that events will soon coming to a point where the kettle is going to boil over. Psalm 83, and its companion passages of Isaiah 17, Ezekiel 25, Zepheniah 2, Zechariah 9, and Obadiah 15-19, indicates the countries immediately surrounding Israel will threaten the Jewish state and be overcome very quickly by the Israeli Defense Force. After that short war, after Damascus, Amman, Lebanon, and parts of Egypt and Saudi Arabia have been destroyed, Magog will lead his coalition to the mountains of Israel to destroy the Jews.

HOW Does it End Biblically? Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog on Ezekiel 38 and 39.

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Iranian Provocation of Israel Draws Ever Closer

No more paintball. No more Mr. NiceGuy. The Israeli navy will assume that groups of provocateurs are aboard any future ships that try to break the Israel-imposed sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, Deputy Commander of the Navy Rear-Admiral Rani Ben-Yehuda told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.“I recommend that humanitarian activists who are planning on participating in these new flotillas think very hard because they cannot know who is on these ships,” he said. “We believe that there will be groups that will try to cause provocations and repeat what happened on the Marmara.”

Two Iranian cargo ships carrying "humanitarian aide" left port yesterday, June 14, and one of them will be sailing via Istanbul, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Monday. Another flotilla is also expected to soon leave Lebanon for the Gaza Strip.

In the meantime, the Jerusalem Post is also reporting that Turkey is amassing its navy and off loading troops on the Island of Cypress in preparation for an armed confrontation with Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken the steps of allowing an international probe into the flotilla affair as well as easing the Gaza blockade, but this has all been a setup....well planned and played by Iran and Turkey. Israel was caught off guard by not believing that its long-time ally, Turkey, had actually turned fully toward the dark side....the Iranians.

Then;

Debka is reporting that Jordan's King Abdullah is complaining that Israel has been attempting to derail a Jordanian push toward becoming a nuclear nation. His claim is that his country should be allowed the development of nuclear technology to produce electricity. Where have we heard that before? Syria said it. Iran said it. Who's next? The Saudis or Egypt?

And Then,

Word is that when the UN's international investigation into the Gaza flotilla raid is complete, it will be decidedly anti-Israeli and a resolution to condemn Israel for its actions will be speedily forthcoming. Worse, the Obama Administration is hinting it will not veto the resolution and may not even abstain. That means only one thing.....the USA may actually vote in favor of the condemnatory resolution. If so, what will be coming our way by way of judgment will make the ills and spills of the last few months look like vacation.

What shall we do who call upon the Lord Jesus? Keep calling! Keep working while we still have daylight! Keep looking up...redemption is getting closer! Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem! Pray for a wake-up call to our leadership! Tell your neighbor about who you've found in Jesus! Do not fear! Do not miss the coming opportunities to share your faith in Christ! Invite someone to church! And much much more..... Go for it!

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One World Leader Coming...Are We Making It Happen?

U.S. Paving Way for Final Führer
by Guest Blogger Terry James

Try as I might to get away from thinking on the stupefying swiftness with which the world's monetary crises are reshaping our existence, I cannot. I consider only the so-called peace process being foisted upon Israel by the American administration and other members of the Quartet - the United Nations, European Union, and Russia - to be of slightly more profound prophetic importance than the current economic chaos. So, please indulge me yet another commentary-swipe at the matters involved.Most who have the ability to receive news reports are aware that the Western world in particular is in unprecedented economic turmoil. While the Great Depression of the 1930s was terrible in its ramifications for the planet's inhabitants, the crisis was relatively simple in its cause-and-effect dynamics. Relatively simple, that is, compared to the complexities that the decades have wrought with the evolution of interlinkage between banking institutions and governments.Computers, satellites, and a myriad of other technological wonders have intertwined the fiscal health of continents in a way that was impossible to imagine before the advent of such technology. Actions taken in London, Berlin, Paris, New York, or other such disparate financial centers can instantaneously cause reverberations globally.

This intimate linkage can and has included mechanisms to use in averting - perhaps better put, in postponing - disastrous monetary crises. Manipulation by the wizards of finance have worked to this point. But now it seems their magic has fueled a gathering economic storm that is about to break upon a world ill-prepared to cope with what is coming.Now for the conspiracy-theoretician within your essayist. The question that leaps to the forefront is how much of the economic storm that is ready to break upon the world was fueled by the stumbling, bumbling machinations of those at the monetary controls, and how much was deliberately and masterfully contrived.What follows provides a glimpse into the eye of that cyclonic economic turbulence:
BRUSSELS - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said he is looking to establish a clearer "hierarchy" among the EU institutions and member states to make it easier to deal with any future crises in the eurozone..." We are working in order to have some crisis cabinet because we are a lot of players in the field - certainly when you are in crisis - and there is not much hierarchy or organic links between the main players and the main institutions....Really, this is a problem," he told a gathering organised by European Movement International on Tuesday [May 25]...The tentative proposal comes after the EU's often torturous approach to the Greek debt crisis - a protracted response that widened the problem to the eurozone and almost made it a global crisis.As market-induced panic looked set to gain a foothold, and following the intervention of US President Barack Obama, the sixteen-member eurozone agreed on a €750 million EU/IMF package earlier this month. But it is widely agreed that this is only a stop-gap measure and that the EU's budget discipline rules need to be tightened. ("Van Rompuy Wants Clearer 'Hierarchy' to Deal with Future Crises," EUobserver,5/26/10)
Bible prophecy again asserts its truth into our daily headlines regarding breaking developments. Like the peace efforts that pressure Israel to give the international community and the Jewish state's enemies their way dominating news headlines, powerful global economic rearrangements involving the reviving Roman Empire at the heart of the process now also command top headlines above the front-page folds of the world's newspapers.Reuniting Europe, and its first president demanding greatly increased powers to act in the present European and global financial meltdown, hammers home the point. This generation almost certainly is witnessing the groundwork being laid that will assure Antichrist's eventual elevation to supreme authority prophesied in the thirteenth chapter of Revelation. The pace with which things are shaping makes one wonder whether that man of sin might step onto the stage of history quite soon.As has been said before, one of the most often asked questions we get at prophecy conferences is: Is America in Bible prophecy?" We most always answer in one form or another, "No, it is not mentioned by name." Then, I, at least, must add that this, certainly the most materially blessed nation and one of the most spiritually blessed countries to exist on earth, is in Bible prophecy by implication.

Our current president is at the very heart of influencing the two most critical news headlines of these troubled days, both of which are at the top of the list as being Bible prophecy indicators for comprising world conditions at the very end of the age. The U.S. thus seems to be in the lead in helping pave the way for the world's final führer.

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Weapons Request Has No Response from US

Israel asked U.S. to increase weapons supply
Haaretz

Israel recently approached the United States with new requests for security-related purchases, Haaretz has learned. The requests included Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM ) bombs for the Israel Air Force, as well as a significant expansion of the emergency stores held by the U.S. army in Israel.

The Israeli requests were brought up during recent visits to Washington by Defense Minister Ehud Barak and director-general of the Defense Ministry, Udi Shani, and in conversations with senior administration and Congress officials.
The priority list reflects the security threats the defense establishment believes Israel will face in the next few years, i.e. the eventuality of a prolonged war, which would necessitate using the IAF widely to attack many targets, along with ensuring enough spare parts and supplies.
Israel also requested JDAM bombs, seeking to significantly increase the number of such munitions already in its arsenal. The JDAM bombs have been used increasingly in recent operations, including in the Second Lebanon War in 2006 and Operation Cast Lead in 2008.
Israel is also seeking to increase the amount of gear held by the American army in their emergency stores in Israel by 50% - from $800 million to $1.2 billion. The Obama administration placed the stores in Israel in December, as part of a number of steps to improve U.S. assistance to Israeli security. To date, $600 million worth of American emergency equipment has been placed in Israel.
The American stores hold rockets, bombs, aircraft ammunition and armored vehicles, along with other weapons. The gear fully matches equipment already used by the Israel Defense Forces and is cataloged upon arrival to ensure quick and easy access at a time of need, pending permission from the United States. The American move has a dual purpose: bringing military equipment closer to areas in which Americans might need to fight, and assisting the U.S. ally should the need arise.
Senior military sources told Haaretz that the IDF attaches great importance to the stores; in the event of an extensive conflict, considerable time will pass before an airlift of ammunition and spare parts - similar to the one operated during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war - gets under way.

NOTE: The Obama Administration has yet to approve the request, even as the probability of a major war increases!

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