John Kerry’s trip to Iraq won’t produce sustainable fruit in the Middle East.
I have taught since 1976 that Iraq has to be One of Antichrist’s 10 Horns!
Turning of Iraq into a Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 & 17 Horn was Inevitable.
It was one of those things that had to happen after Our troops pulled Out
I’ve taught this from the day troops conquered Baghdad in the push North
It is Impossible to form a Sustainable Democratic Arab Middle East Government
Middle East War will begin after US troops pull out and Obama leaves Office
March 25, 2013
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
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After 10 years in Iraq, did we learn our lessons?
By World’s Editorials Writers
Published: 3/23/2013 2:25 AM
Last Modified: 3/23/2013 7:40 AM
Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq. It was a war that the country never should have pursued and one from which we ought to have learned some lessons.
Unfortunately, the country seldom learns those lessons.
The costs alone are sobering. Almost 4,500 Americans killed and more than 30,000 wounded, some so severely they will require lifetime care. There is no accurate count on the number of Iraqi civilians killed, wounded and/or left homeless.
The U.S. spent more than $2 trillion, which helped send the country into an economic spiral from which it has yet to recover. The damage done to America’s reputation during 10 years of fighting is obvious. Despite what Americans were led to believe, there were no weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaida had no foothold in Iraq.
Today, al-Qaida is in Iraq and is spreading throughout the Mideast. The war was a great recruiting tool for terrorist groups. They billed it as a war on Islam – which it was not – and young men who had seen their relatives killed or their homes destroyed were easy targets for terrorist recruiters.
The urban fighting in Baghdad and other cities went exactly as many predicted. It was difficult to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys. The terrorists also learned how to best attack a superior force, usually with improvised explosive devices and by using civilians to shield their attacks.
It’s difficult to find any bright spot in this war. The country is a long way from being a democracy as was envisioned by the Bush administration. Corruption and sectarian fighting continues. Various factions still fight over oil rights and the government stands on the brink of collapse.
Our troops are, however, out. And we learned that the U.S. experiment with an all-volunteer force worked well. Soldiers, sailors and Marines acquitted themselves with honor and bravery.
The question is, however, how much more can we expect of these men and women. Too many of them have served two, three and four tours in Iraq and now Afghanistan. Too many have the scars – mental and physical – to show for their dedication.
The talk from some politicians of taking military action in Syria is disturbing and foolish. We spent 10 years getting out of Iraq and are on the way to leaving Afghanistan. This is no time to ask our fighting men and women to enter the fray again.
It would be naive to believe that the U.S. will never be called upon again to protect its interests and its people with military force. But we can learn that the idea of a “preventive war” is as preposterous as it sounds.
Let’s be alert and strong. But let us also be smart and learn our lessons.
Begin Archive Blog Excerpt from January 16, 2008
DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM DON’T MIX!
True Democracy Cannot Exist without Separation of Church and State!
January 16, 2008
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
I believe in a true Theocracy administered by the only true God, but while I wait for it, the democracy we have in this country is great. It is great, in my opinion, because it has separation of church and state, which is something that does not exist in the Islamic religion. The clerics of Islam do allow their citizens to provide water for the seed of democracy, and it withers away. Lebanon and Iraq received it at first with joy, but democracy is now withering away in both countries.
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Democracy: fragile seeds that fall on stony ground
January 14, 2008
Richard Beeston, Foreign Editor
Halfway through his eight-nation tour of the Arab world, President Bush delivered yesterday what his hosts had long expected: a call for democracy to flower in the arid political climate of the Middle East.
Three years ago, when he made the drive for democracy in the region the central pillar of US foreign policy for his second term in office, the impact caused political shockwaves among friends and foes in a part of the world where rulers and dictators have long resisted change.
Yesterday the Bush message was far less strident, in large part because the experiment is widely regarded to have failed and the Administration is seen as too weak to apply any meaningful pressure in its dying months in office.
Egypt, the largest and most influential Arab state, was supposed to have been the test bed for America’s experiment. The pressure on the regime of Hosni Mubarak forced the country to loosen restrictions on political opponents and hold multicandidate presidential elections. The Cairo spring was short-lived. Mr Mubarak won a fifth term, his chief rival for the presidency languishes in jail, the main Islamist opposition is banned and the authorities have once again stifled political debate.
Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy ruled by King Abdullah, never even pretended to buy into the American experiment. It has introduced modest democratic reforms, but change is so sluggish that there is no threat to the existing political establishment, a partnership between the House of Saud and the clergy. One place that Mr Bush wanted to visit was Lebanon. Unique among nations in the region, its street protests in 2005 led to the removal of Syrian troops and the election of a pro-Western government.
However, the dreams of the “Cedar Revolution”, as it was known, have all but evaporated. The country’s infrastructure was devastated during the 2006 war with Israel, which America and Britain supported. The Government has since been unable to function properly because of blocking tactics from the pro-Syrian opposition and assassinations of key figures, for which Syria is widely blamed.
Democracy has also caused as many problems as it was supposed to solve. The election victory of Hamas, which won Palestinian parliamentary polls in 2006, has divided Palestinians and complicated peace efforts.
Even Iraq, a country that has had more elections and referendums than most Western democracies, still has little to show for it. Until violence is halted and real reconciliation can begin between rival sects and ethnic groups, democracy will remain a slogan.
If there is any modest achievement in the region, it lies in the Gulf, where countries such as Kuwait and Bahrain have held multiparty elections and encouraged women to take part.
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