Syria’s Assad Made HIS END TIME Choice Long Ago,
Since that time Syria has played a game of Deception,
Syria is now entering into the final phase of a Deception,
Syria’s time has come and it is likely to end in war by 2015!
April 19, 2010
http://www.tribulationperiod,com
I have taught for 35 years that the final war of the Age of the Gentiles would begin by Syria (King of the North) deliberately having an act performed, which irritated Israel (King of the South) sufficiently to push across the border into Lebanon. And when this occurred Syria, along with Islamic troops from several Islamic nations and terrorist groups, would charge against Israel in a whirlwind counterattack, which would drive Israel into the Negev Wilderness.
Daniel 11:40,41 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and
shall overflow and pass over.
[41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
The two excerpts from the Khaleej Times, which follow our October 2008 Blog, lend credence to what I have stated up to this point.
BEGIN EXCERPT WE ISSUED ON OCTOBER 22, 2008
Syria and Hezbollah are seeking an Excuse
To invade northern Lebanon and fully Control
Everything within the boundaries of all of Lebanon
From Russian Ports of Syria to the land of the Israelis!
October 22, 2008
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Ever since the great ancient wars between the Syrian kings of the north and the Egyptian kings of the south, which began during the days of the breakup of the empire of Alexander the Great, there has been constant struggle for land expansion from Turkey to Egypt.
Until 1920, “Syria” referred to a region much larger than the Syrian Arab Republic of today, a region that stretched from the borders of Anatolia to those of Egypt, from the edge of Iraq to the Mediterranean Sea. In terms of today’s states, the Syria of old comprised Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, plus the Gaza Strip and Alexandretta. This larger land, known since 1920 as Greater Syria, is what they dream of reclaiming.
The two Syrian ports, now being utilized by Russian Ships, are located between the northern border of Lebanon and Turkey. This makes it very important for Syria and Hezbollah to control all parts of northern Lebanon, which has always been the location of their major opposition, being the stronghold of anti-Syrian sentiment. As far as Syrian plans are concerned, it is a well known fact that Syria will always consider the small country of Lebanon as “Greater Syria.” Nothing, including the establishment of a Syrian Embassy in Lebanon, will ever change this Syrian belief.
Lebanon will be one of the ten horns on the Islamic beast (Daniel 7) when they stream south to attack Israel (King of the South in Daniel 11). I believe this attack is likely to occur at some point in time between 2010 and 2015.
END BLOG WE ISSUED OCTOBER 22, 2008
Begin Excerpt 1 from Khaleej Times via World News
Syria’s time has come
Kenan Mortan
19 April 2010
Will the recent rapprochement between the United States and Syria mark a new era in Syria’s international standing?
Syria can hope for two major changes following the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the US. First, it will be removed from America’s informal blacklist of “Axis of Evil” countries, which will substantially improve its chances to enter the World Trade Organisation.
Second, Syria will probably receive the go-ahead for a pipeline to bring Iraqi oil across its territory to Turkey. Such a link to Turkey’s economy – and thus possibly to the European Union – would encourage Syria to open its economy even more to foreign investment.
But all of this will undoubtedly come
at a price.
Syria’s side of the bargain will invariably need to be an end to its support for Hezbollah in Lebanon, for which it will likely seek the return of the Golan Heights. Israel would presumably resist this outcome, and Iran – as leader of the so-called “Shia crescent” spreading from Lebanon to Tajikistan – would strongly, and perhaps violently, oppose such a bargain as well.
During Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Syria earlier this year, Syria’s President Bashar Assad and he reiterated their unyielding cooperation in the face of “Western manipulations.” But Assad is under growing pressure from the ranks of his Baath Party to modernise the country and its infrastructure, which is impossible without improved ties to the West.
Syria’s economy is a rust pile.
With a per capita income of $2,000, it has been closed to the outside world until recently.
Rationing is pervasive. But, in order to secure public support, Assad’s government has allowed for greater domestic consumption, so foreign imports are rising fast.
Indeed, the country has run a trade deficit since 2005, with no path back to balance in sight.
Supposedly “friendly” countries like Iran have been giving a helping hand, but almost always in the form of oil – and not even refined oil – rather than cash.
The effort to liberalise foreign investment has not taken up the slack in investment from the regime’s regional political partners. For example, the Foreign Investment Law of 2007, which fixed a 15-day deadline for projects to be authorised, has resulted in only $200 million in new inward investment. This lack of investment has left the economy, particularly the oil industry, in a shambles. A member of OPEC, Syria is now a net importer of oil.
The ruling Shia elite that surrounds President Assad – and that, together with the military oligarchy, retains almost total control of the economy – appears to be interested mainly in preserving the stagnant status quo. In opposition stand Syria’s Sunni traders, who are joined in demanding a change in the rules of the game by the country’s various minorities, composed of two million Christians, 1.7 million Kurds, and 400,000 Druze. The combined economic weight of the Christians – Nestorians, Maronites, Catholic Greeks, and Syriacs – is greater than their actual number, and the Bathist regime has always sought to accommodate these minorities. But it was only with the accession to power of Bashir al Assad that they were given more economic and political breathing space.
Assad has good reason to do so, because the unequal distribution of wealth, combined with an official unemployment rate of 15 per cent, is fueling social pressure. The $3 fare for a bus ride between Aleppo and Damascus might look cheap to someone from outside Syria, but, given that a well-trained technician may earn only $150 monthly, it is almost prohibitively expensive.
A warming of relations with the US could set in play two types of dynamics: one originates with the OECD’s development initiative for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), created in 2004. For the first time, the OECD became directly involved with non-member countries in the Middle East, and in 2009 Syria was included in its development cooperation master plan.
The second positive dynamic may come from improved Turkish-Syrian economic ties. Bilateral relations started to thaw 12 years ago, when Syria expelled the leader of the violent Kurdish separatist PKK movement, Abdullah Ocalan. A Turkish-Syrian Business Council was established soon after with the hope of developing economic relations, but little impact has been felt, owing to Turkey’s lingering suspicion of Syria’s political alignment. The only Turkish investment was made in the textile field by the firm Akteks.
Last year, however, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pushed forward on strengthening Turkey’s Middle Eastern ties, visa requirements between the two countries were eased, with cross-border car traffic increasing 22 per cent in five months. Regular bus lines have been opened, and, according to a high-ranking Turkish bank official, “We were hesitating about opening a branch in Syria because of the US embargo, so the sending of an envoy is like a green light to us.” For Syria, the choice now is between seizing this opportunity to open its economy, or retreating back into its Baathist shell. The benefits of such an opening are clear. The question is whether Syria’s rulers can make the political choices necessary to obtain them.
Kenan Mortan is Professor of Applied Economics at Istanbul Mimar Sinan University in Turkey. His latest book is on Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
Begin Excerpt 2 from Khaleej Times via World News
US alarm on Scuds spurs Israel to attack Lebanon
(AFP)
17 April 2010
BEIRUT – US concern over allegations that Syria has been supplying Scud missiles to Hezbollah serves to encourage Israel to attack Lebanon, the Lebanese Shia militant group said on Saturday.
Israeli President Shimon Peres has accused Damascus of providing Hezbollah with the missiles, prompting Washington to warn that the trade ‘potentially puts Lebanon at significant risk.’
‘With this position, (the Americans) are encouraging Israel to carry out an aggression against Lebanon that they are trying to endorse at the international level,’ Hezbollah MP Ali Fayyad told AFP.
‘The United States is thus placing itself in a position of complicity in the event of aggression and it will have to take responsibility,’ he said.
Such statements ‘exacerbate tension and directly threaten the stability of the region,’ the MP said, accusing Washington of trying ‘to cover up its failures as well as those of Israel’ in the Middle East.
According to Arab media and some think-tanks, Syria has been sending some of its own arsenal of Scuds to Lebanon, an allegation denied by Damascus.
‘We are obviously increasingly concerned about the sophisticated weaponry that is allegedly being transferred,’ White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Wednesday.
‘We have expressed our concerns to those governments and believe that steps should be taken to reduce any risk and any danger,’ Gibbs said, apparently referring to the Israeli and Syrian governments.
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