And the Free World settled back for a Nice Little “Peace and Safety” Nap!
A JEWISH NIGHTMARE IN THE MAKING!
December 6, 2007
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This year has finally brought into focus the coming fulfillment of the “sudden destruction”, which is prophesied to come on Israel during the 1260 days known as the “time of Jacob’s trouble.” The Annapolis Peace Conference accomplished little, except to accelerate the beginning of a brief era of false peace. However, the recent CIA reassessment of the time when Iran
could make a nuclear bomb, has ushered in confidence of a time of relative “peace and safety” in the Middle East. I believe it will be ended by a vicious jihad attack against Israel at some point in time between 2010 and the
end of 2015, with the most likely time being between 2012 and the end of 2015. Of course, this is speculation on my part, which I freely admit.
Children of God have been waiting for many centuries for the sequence of events, which the following Scriptures predict, to occur.
All of the ingredients are in place, and while no man can tell the exact time of the return of Messiah, we can be aware it is drawing nigh when all of the ingredients begin to come into view. There is no question in my mind of all the ingredients being in place, only precisely when we will see Israel driven into the Negev wilderness.
THIS IS THE SEQUENCE WHICH I KNOW WILL BE FULFILLED
I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Zechariah 13:8 – 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 7:25 – 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.
Daniel 11:45 to 12:1 – And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. [1] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Jeremiah 30:7 – Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
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.
Malachi 4:2,3 – But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. [3] And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke 21:27,28 – And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. [28] And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Sami Moubayed is the best Syrian analyst I read after. His analysis of what recent political maneuvering has created, whether you like what it has produced or not, is one with which I agree in large part.
I hope you will take the time to read his article in the Asia Times.
Begin Asia Times Article
The Syrians are back
By Sami Moubayed
December 6, 2007
DAMASCUS – A variety of signals have been coming out of the international community proving that the nearly three-year embargo on Syria has finally started to crumble and come to an end.
In 2005, many thought that the days of the Syrian regime were numbered. The Americans were accusing Syria of conducting a weapons of mass destruction program and harboring Saddam Hussein’s henchmen. They were saying that the Syrians were lax about border security and were helping jihadis cross into Iraq to fight the Americans. They were accusing the Syrians of assassinations in Lebanon. They lobbied the United Nations to pass UN resolution 1559, calling on the Syrians to withdraw from Lebanon.
The US State Department created a “Syria De-stabilization Unit” (according to US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs R Nicolas Burns), charged with weakening the Syrian currency, “whispering” to international banks that they should not do business with Syria, blocking Syrian attempts to promote trade and economic relations with foreign parties, bolstering opposition groups, dissuading tourists from going to Syria, orchestrating propaganda warfare, and preventing Syria from acquiring spare parts for its Boeing fleet.
But all the talk about regime collapse has proved to be way off the mark.
Instead, the US is now supporting army commander Michel Suleiman’s bid for the Lebanese presidency – something that pleases the Syrians. Equally important is Syria’s invitation to the Annapolis Middle East peace conference. When Syria insisted that the occupied Golan Heights be included on the conference agenda, the Americans agreed. So much for George W Bush’s December 2003 statement that Syria was “a very weak country”.
When Faysal Miqdad, Syria’s deputy foreign minister, went to Annapolis to attend the conference he was the first Syrian official to go to the United States since 2003. And a Syrian official will also be arriving in Saudi Arabia “soon”, says the London-based Saudi daily al-Hayat, signaling that relations are improving between Damascus and Riyadh as a result of improved Syrian-American relations. Bilateral relations between the Syrians and Saudis have been strained since the assassination of Lebanon’s prime minister Rafiq al-Harriri in February 2005.
Meanwhile, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called his Syrian counterpart twice over the past 10 days to discuss the situation in Lebanon. The French have been “satisfied” with Syria’s cooperation in Lebanon, by proxy through the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri. That is also a novelty – relations had hit rock bottom during the last two years of Jacques Chirac’s presidency.
The French Foreign Ministry has invited Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem to an international donors’ conference for the Palestinians, to be held in Paris on December 17.
The report of UN prosecutor Serge Brammertz on the Harriri assassination came out last week. Not only did it fail to name any Syrian suspects (contrary to original reports in 2005) but also praised Syria’s cooperation in the UN probe. Simultaneously, the US Department of State did not veto a United Nations technological grant to Syria, to be used for sophisticated surveillance by the Customs Department, knowing that the equipment will be coming from Cisco Systems. Cisco received a special export license from the US Department of Commerce to ship routers, switches, and high-tech equipment to Syria.
The US has been accusing Syria of supporting the insurgency in Iraq, destabilizing Lebanon, and honeymooning with Iran. Why the sudden change?
In fact, the thaw has been under way for some time. It started with a Syrian-US meeting at a regional conference on Iraq back in March 2006. The Americans reasoned that in order to achieve stability in Iraq, they had to deal with either Syria or Iran.
Dealing with both was too difficult for the Bush White House, and continuing to sideline both was equally destructive.
It was easier to talk to Syria than Iran, the Americans reasoned, since Syria was reasonable and did not have a history of anti-Americanism. This new perception led to a groundbreaking encounter between Foreign Minister Moualem and his US counterpart Condoleezza Rice.
The stances of Rice and Moualem over Iraq seemed strikingly similar at another conference, at Sharm al-Sheikh. Both wanted to disarm the militias. Both were not in favor of partitioning the country.
Both wanted to modify the de-Ba’athification laws of 2003, and both wanted the Maliki government to reconcile with the Sunnis.
Then came three important visits to Syria. One was by Javier Solana, the EU chief negotia tor, who visited Syria in March 2007 and called on the Syrians
to cooperate on Lebanon in exchange for jumpstarting talks on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and signing a long-pending partnership agreement between Syria and the EU. He was followed in April by Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and Ellen Sauerbrey, the Assistant US Secretary of State for population, refugees and migration.
In May, Moualem met his British counterpart, Margaret Beckett, in Brussels. She specifically requested that Syria use its strong influence in Palestine to help secure BBC reporter Alan Johnston’s release. Syria, after all, is well-connected to Hamas, which in turn is connected to the Islamic Army that kidnapped Johnston. Shortly afterwards, Johnston was released, thanks to Syrian mediation.
The German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who had canceled a trip to Damascus minutes after a speech by President Assad in August 2006, now showered Syria with praise, saying that its cooperation was necessary to resolve the numerous problems of the Middle East. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi also telephoned Assad earlier this year, similarly underlining the centrality of Syria’s role in the region. American Colonel William Crowe, in charge of the border area between Syria and Iraq, spoke to reporters: “There is no large influx of foreign fighters that come across the border.”
The Syrians made several “gestures” towards the Americans through Iraq. They believed that Washington was more interested in Syrian cooperation on Baghdad than on Beirut.
If they were able to help the Americans in Iraq, then Lebanon would be on the table for Syria.
The Syrians never imagined – at least not since 2005 – that they would be asked to play a military role in Lebanon.
They were firmly committed, however, to elevating their allies (Hezbollah, Amal, and independent Sunni and Christian politicians), at the expense of the March 14 Coalition that is headed by Saad al-Harriri and Prime Minister Fouad al-Siniora, who are backed by Saudi Arabia, France, and the United States. The Syrians were afraid that an anti-Syrian regime in Lebanon would use its influence in the West to promote anti-Syrian activity. The alliance between March 14 and former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam was very troubling for Damascus. The establishment of the Harriri Tribunal under Chapter 7 of
the UN Charter – at the request of March 14
– was equally distressing.
Thus Syria came to play ball with the US in Iraq. The Syrians established an embassy in Baghdad, helping to legitimize the US-backed regime of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the eyes of hostile Iraqi Sunnis. By maintaining ties to former Ba’athists and Iraqi tribal leaders, and hosting up to 1.5 million Iraqi refugees (mostly Sunnis), the Syrians continued to be an influential player in Iraqi politics, particularly in the Sunni community.
It was one thing to have pro-American countries like Jordan and Egypt engaging diplomatically with Maliki, but totally different when this was done by Ba’athist Syria – a country still committed to Arab nationalism.
Syria, the only country that has refused to bend to US pressure and sign a flawed peace deal with Israel, has credibility in the Arab street.
Syria then went one step further by sending Moualem to Baghdad and receiving Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bulani in Damascus to discuss Syrian-Iraqi cooperation along the 605 kilometer border.
As a result, talk about insurgents crossing the border through Syria to fight in Iraq has dropped dramatically in recent months.
The reasons why the dark clouds over Damascus have lifted can be found in Lebanon and Iran. The Syrians believe that the Americans are interested in Iraq, the Europeans in Lebanon. By marketing itself as a stabilizing force in both countries, Syria got invited to Annapolis, and positive things have been happening to Damascus since then.
There are negative ramifications in Lebanon, though. The March 14 Coalition feels betrayed by the US, with its newfound policy toward Damascus. One March 14 figure has been quoted as saying: “No one is going to remove the feeling from March 14 that we have been dumped by the Americans.” Everyone feels that a grand under-the-table deal has been reached between Syria and the US, which encompasses Iraq and Lebanon.
Jeffrey Feltman, the US Ambassador to Beirut, has refuted these claims, saying: “There will be no US deal with the Syrians regarding Lebanon’s presidency. This is an issue for the Lebanese alone to work out.”
The Lebanese, however, have heard that line before. They remember only too well how the Americans went for engagement with Syria after Operation Desert Storm in 1991 – partly as a reward, but mainly because they realized, after many years of tension between Washington and Damascus, that regional issues cannot be solved without Syria.
Sami Moubayed is a Syrian political analyst.
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