Shadow’s Edge of a Final War,
Starting Between 2010 & 2015.
Creeping toward our Generation,
A Conventional war Islam & Israel,
U.S. providing Israeli nuke Umbrella,
Russia providing Islam nuke Umbrella,
Russian & U.S. Ground Troops Not in It,
Russia doesn’t participate till Armageddon,
Which is the last battle of Age of the Gentiles!
November 3, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
I have always maintained the belief that the final war of this age will not be nuclear.
The Excerpt from BBC News on nuclear umbrellas is worth reading. I am also including a 2008 blog and article from our blog archives.
Begin 2008 August blog from our blog archives.
The U.S. participation in Middle East War
Will be logistically defensive in its Application
We won’t send ground forces to fight in Conflict
We will flood the Middle East waters with our Ships
But we will not commit any of our ground forces in War
U.S. stance will be money and support YES, body bags NO!
August 9, 2008
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Our “standing by” Israel will not be offensive when the final Middle East war begins.
We will provide logistic support after a truce is made and the truce line drawn north of Beersheba in the Negev Wilderness.
Because of Israel’s smashing victories over her Islamic foes in 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973, her allies are certain she can whip the Arab forces with one hand tied behind her back.
However, for the first time Israel and all her friends are going to get the shock of their lives when Israel is quickly forced to retreat south into
her emergency war contingency area, which is the Negev Wilderness of Israel extending southward from just north of Beersheba.
America will protect Israel defensively with her ships in the Middle East Mediterranean and Red Seas, as well as in the Persian Gulf. She will provide Israel with humanitarian and logistical support, but I do not believe the U.S. will commit ground troops to Israel’s defense.
Begin Jerusalem Post Excerpt from 2008
US Defense Department pledges support for Arrow 3
August 6, 2008
Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST
The US Defense Department has pledged its support to help Israel develop and finance the Arrow 3, head of US Missile Defense Agency Lt.-Gen. Henry Obering III told Israeli defense officials he met with on Wednesday in Tel Aviv.
Obering was in Israel on a three-day visit during which he met with Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, head of the Homa Missile Defense Agency Arieh Herzog, IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan, Air Defense Forces Commander Brig.-Gen. Daniel Milo and officials from the Israeli Aerospace Industries.
The decision to help finance the multi-million dollar missile defense system did not come as a surprise. In May, The Jerusalem Post exclusively reported on a pledge US President George W. Bush had made to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, during his visit to Israel to celebrate Independence Day, to obtain funding for the project.
The Israeli defense establishment and the Homa Missile Defense Agency decided in April to press forward with the development and production of Arrow 3, a more advanced version – in terms of speed, range and altitude – of the Arrow 2 currently in operation. Israel last tested its Arrow missile in February 2007.
The decision to begin development of the Arrow 3 was made despite a proposal by Lockheed Martin to purchase the Aegis system or the THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) missile defense system it is developing.
Defense officials said that the THAAD was currently unsuitable for Israel’s needs and that an advanced model of the Arrow, made by IAI and Boeing, would successfully counter the ballistic missile threat from Iran and Syria.
Israeli defense officials added that in the event of a war with Iran, the US would likely deploy Aegis missile defense ships off Israel’s coast to assist in intercepting incoming ballistic missiles.
Development of the new system has already begun at IAI; Israel is not waiting to secure the funding for the new missile defense system, which will likely become operational by 2012.
Begin Excerpt from BBC News
The shadow behind US-Israeli war games
By Paul Wood
BBC Middle East correspondent
November 1, 2009
“We’re here for some very specific reasons, some specific threats that the Israelis are interested in, that we’re interested in. And that’s as far as I want to go down that road.”
Com Carl Meuser of the US Navy destroyer Higgins was interrupted at this point by an anxious public affairs officer. The scenario neither wanted to discuss with the circle of visiting journalists aboard his ship was this: Israel bombs Iranian nuclear facilities – and Iran hits back.
In that case, Israel would definitely need the missile shield – sophisticated long-range radars and Patriot anti-missile devices – being tested in joint war games this week.
“ The US could do it much better, but an Israeli campaign would be very short ”
Ronen Bergman, Israeli security analyst
Operation Juniper-Cobra involves some 2,000 American and Israeli personnel. It is a regular event, taking place every two years, but this year speculation is more intense than ever that Israel is prepared to bomb Iran to stop its supposed nuclear weapons programme.
But how likely are hostilities between Israel and Iran?
The frequent Israeli insistence that “all options are on the table” could just be a means of putting pressure on Tehran. And if there is an element of bluff, then the more we hear about the military option the less likely it will be.
Conversely, says Ronen Bergman, a leading Israeli security analyst and author, if things go quiet that might be time to think Israel is preparing to act.
“I would not expect any signs whatsoever,” he said, “if I was planning the attack I would do what I could to lower their alertness.”
Air power
“It is not a bluff,” said Isaac Ben Israel, a former general, now a professor of security studies at Tel Aviv University.
“It is putting pressure on Iran in order than no-one will have to use [force].
“But if Iran will not be pressed, if Iran continues to insist that it has the right to go and enrich uranium as much as it wants, then someone will have to use force.
Because in one th
ing we are serious.
We will not let Iran have a nuclear bomb.”
Is there an American veto over Israeli action? Ronen Bergman says Israeli has the military capability to go it alone.
“[It would be] a short campaign of air-strikes, focussing on the main facilities,” he said. “Of course, the US could do it much better, but an Israeli campaign would be very short, focussing on what Israel sees as the main elements of the project, and using only air power.”
Israeli distrust of Iran’s nuclear programme and a determination to do something about it forms a remarkably broad consensus across the military, the intelligence establishment, the government and the opposition.
Iran, of course, denies that its nuclear programme is anything other than peaceful. Israeli officials don’t believe it. From their point of view, the deal on uranium enrichment is a trap: not enough to stop the construction of a weapon but convincing to the rest of the world – and therefore a block to Israeli military action.
“Using military force is the last option but it should be prepared,” said Shaul Mofaz, deputy opposition leader, formerly Israel’s military commander and, coincidentally, an Iranian-born Jew.
How long then would you give sanctions to work before Israeli takes military action, I asked him?
“I believe 2010 will be the year of sanctions,” he said. “To see result of the sanctions would need at least one year and the co-operation of Russia and China. The Iranians are using a policy of buying time and so far they are very successful. It is race against time, and so far time is winning.”
A crude rocket was sent into Israel from Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon this week. It was – presumably – a message from Iran: if we are attacked, expect to hear from Hezbollah – and Hamas.
The Iranians themselves have long-range missiles capable of hitting Tel Aviv.
The Israeli public were reassured to see US Patriot missile trucks parked in beach-side car parks this week. Juniper Cobra is just an exercise – at best an ambiguous guide to Israeli intentions.
But shouldn’t the proposed deal for Iran to enrich uranium abroad mean the crisis is over
? Most Israelis don’t think so – and neither does their government.
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