U.S. SUPPORT, IT WILL “BE UH-CHAIN-GIN”
May 13, 2007
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We still have a strong Jewish lobby and strong American backing for Israel, and mine will not waver, but we are reaching the end of an era in which Christian ideals had really strong influence in our foreign policy decisions. We are now peaking out in support for Israel, and I believe a slow, decline will occur as Middle East events begin to unfurl later this year, and then continue to decline rapidly until Israel is attacked by an Islamic confederation at some point in time between 2008 and 2012. I do not expect the U.S. to commit ground troops to fight alongside the Israelis in Israel, but I do expect their support to consist of logistical and mercenary airlift support.
I believe the United States, Europe, Russia, and China will not take part in the initial attack – they will let the Arabs and Israel slug it out. Then, after Israel has been driven into the vast Negev from Beersheba south to the north tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, the United Nations will mediate to establish a truce line, probably lying just north of Masada to Arad to Beersheba to Kerem Shalom. I believe the truce line will hold for some three and one-half years, and then the nations of the “old world” will come against Israel as the greatest army of
the ages. It is at this time that God will intervene with the greatest upheaval in the crust of the earth in the Jordan valley rift, and the great fault that runs southeast from Haifa passed Armageddon (Tel Megiddo) and through the Valley of Jezreel, to eventually make contact with the Jordan River Valley Rift. God will destroy most of the great army that comes down to destroy the nation of Israel in the Negev. Then Israel will fight with what remains as a mop-up operation, and conquer the Land Grant promised to Israel by Abraham through Isaac and Jacob.
Zechariah 13:8,9 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Daniel 7:24,25 – And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings
that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. [25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Revelation 16:16-21 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. [17] And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. [18] And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. [19] And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
[20] And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. [21] And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Joel 3:9-16 – Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: [10] Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
[11] Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.
[12] Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. [13] Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. [14] Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. [15] The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. [16] The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Joel 2:31,32 – The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. [32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
Zechariah 13:9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Micah 5:6-8 – And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from t
he Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. [7] And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. [8] And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Micah 4:1-7 – But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. [2] And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. [3] And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [4] But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. [5] For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. [6] In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; [7] And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
Opinion: The Arab lobby grows
David Forman, THE JERUSALEM POST
May 10, 2007
(Extract from Original Article)
THE RELIGIOUS demographics in the United States are changing. American Muslims now almost outnumber American Jews.
The rapid growth in the number of Muslims is proportionally matched by the rapid decline of Jewishly identified Americans. Interf aith m
arriages and assimilation, together with a decreasing birthrate, are contributing to the endangerment of the American Jewish population.
It is no longer true that American Jews vote as a bloc regarding issues related to Israel. No longer does Israel dominate their thought processes when they enter the voting booth – primarily because concepts of nation, peoplehood, ethnicity and culture play only a peripheral role in their lives.
And yet, despite their liberal tendencies – 70 percent of Jews vote for Democratic candidates – California Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Republican George Pataki were elected to governorships in states where there are large concentrations of Jews.
More so, with all the negative memories of George Bush senior, the Jews of Florida in the presidential election of 2000 could not turn the tide in that state to throw the victory to Al Gore, heir to the Jewishly beloved Bill Clinton. And, in the last mid-term elections, with the exception of Joe Lieberman, many pro-Israeli congressional representatives were put out to pasture.
ALL THIS stands in sharp contrast to the American-Arab community’s voting patterns. Its loyalty to Arab and Islamic causes is unyielding. Simply put, within the American-Arab world there is no debate about Middle East politics as is the case within a very diverse Jewish world.
Pluralism is not part of the Islamic tradition. There is no such thing as a “Reform Muslim.” While Arabs have gone to war against each other more often than against Israel, and while more
Arabs have killed Arabs than have Israelis killed Arabs, when it comes to their overall attitude toward the Jewish state, virtually all Arabs find a ready unity.
Following the Arab world’s lead, Israel sets off a chain reaction among Arab-Americans that binds them together in a singular political stance.
At any rate, Arab-Americans are still considered outsiders. Particularly after 9/11, attempts on their part to blend into the American mainstream are more difficult than ever.
The Arab-American community is also playing the oil card very effectively. For certain, with the present administration and its personal connection with Arab oil sheikhs, Middle East foreign policy is more influenced by Arabs than Jews, and Arab countries in the Middle East are calling on their brethren in the US to speak out.
Additionally, the US views Israel’s inability to blunt Iran’s surrogate Hizbullah as a strategic failure; and, as evidenced by Condoleezza Rice’s recent courtship of Iran and Syria, America is slowly recognizing that these two entities may have a far more constructive role to play in Middle East politics than does Israel.
With the next presidential election already heating up, American Jewish influence will be further challenged.
With heavy Arab-American communities in Michigan, Illinois and California – pivotal states in any national election – it will be interesting to see whether America’s next president will continue to give preferential treatment to Jewish and Israel concerns.
As the American-Arab community grows in numbers and confidence, it will increasingly be American Muslims who will influence US foreign policy vis-a-vis the Middle East.
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