Magogite Bear Sticking its Paw in Middle East Honey Tree!
December 26, 2007
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If I learned nothing else during my years in the NSA, I learned the one thing which motivates the chess moves of all nations, both short and long term, is their individual national interest. There are many national interests of Russia causing her to be involved in the Middle East.
One of them, of course, is her own national security.
Six of the former break away states from the old Soviet Union are to the south and southwest of Russia, namely, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The majority population of these states are of the Islamic faith, and as such do not look favorably on the infidels of Russia. This is one of the reasons Russia has tried to get on the buddy train with the worshippers of Allah, and one of the reasons she will be delighted to come down at the final battle of Armageddon to help the forces of Islam make a final attempt to eradicate the Jews.
Russia will, of course, be joined by the armies of the six aforementioned nations, but in the end the land of Magog will pay a terrible price for her actions.
God will turn back the massive army of many nations that come against Israel at
the final battle of Armageddon, and will send fire and brimstone on the land of Magog, as well as the volcanic islands and tectonic plate boundaries of the earth.
Ezekiel 38:22,23 – And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and
upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and GREAT HAILSTONES, FIRE, AND BRIMSTONE. [23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 39:2-7 – And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: [3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. [4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. [5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. [6] AND I WILL SEND A FIRE ON MAGOG, AND AMONG THEM THAT DWELL CARELESSLY IN THE ISLES; and they shall know that I am the Lord. [7] So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Russia seeks to play key role in Israeli-Syrian talks
Herb Keinon, THE JERUSALEM POST
December 22, 2007
Russia wants to “facilitate” talks between Israel and Syria and in the last few months has conveyed messages from Damascus to Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
According to senior diplomatic officials in Jerusalem, Moscow sees involvement in this track as a facilitator as one way of increasing its influence in the region.
Turkey has also played this role in recent months. But while the Turks are believed to have better personal contacts with the Syrians, the Russians – because of their arms sales to Syria and their overall status as a world power – are believed to have much more leverage with Damascus.
Israeli diplomatic officials said, for example, that Moscow was largely responsible for convincing Syria to attend last month’s conference in Annapolis.
According to assessments in Jerusalem, the Russians are concerned about the Iran-Syrian-Hamas-Hizbullah axis that has created a common cause between Shi’ite and Sunni extremists and that could potentially create a serious problem in southern Russia.
As a result, Moscow has concluded that one way to deal with the situation is to lure Syria out of the Iranian orbit, something it feels could be possible were an agreement reached between Syria and Israel.
This explains a stepped-up Russian interest in facilitating dialogue between Jerusalem and Damascus.
At the same time, Russia has stepped back from reported plans to convene an international peace conference in Moscow that would not only deal with the Palestinian-Israeli issue, but also with the Syrian-Israeli track.
According to Israeli officials, the Russians are now talking about a much smaller-scale meeting some time in the spring.
Although Israel has not officially been informed by the Russians about what Moscow has in mind, the current assessment is that the Kremlin wants to convene a conference of “technical experts,” meaning high-level Foreign Ministry officials or their equivalent, to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian track.
The general idea would be to invite Israel, the Palestinians and members of the Quartet – the US, EU, Russia and the UN – and possibly representatives from the Arab league.
Officials in Jerusalem said that for now everybody was waiting to see how things developed in the bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiations before taking a firm stand on the matter.
While Israel has made clear that it does not think there is a need for additional international meetings at this time, it has not formally rejected the Russian proposal because there is no formal Russian proposal to reject.
The Russians are waiting to gauge the likely response to such a meeting before formally proposing anything, and Israel – according to diplomatic officials – was waiting to see what the proposal consisted of, and what the US and European positions were, before accepting or rejecting.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said recently that the meeting still needed to be coordinated and would depend on progress in the Israeli-Palestinian talks.
The Russians, according to Israeli officials, see the conference as another way to increase their involvement in the region.
The officials also said that there had been no hints that Russia was linking US and Israeli acceptance to the conference to the issue of sanctions against Iran.
A third round of sanctions against Iran is expected to be taken up at the UN Security Council next month, with Russia expected to support only a small number of watered down steps. While Israel and the US are interested
in stepping up sanctions, Russia continues to feel that such sanctions would be counterproductive.
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