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COMMENTARY & OPINION - Damacus



From the desk of
Bill Ramey
4/7/17

COMMENTARY & OPINION

 

Now That Trump’s ‘Red Line’ Has Been Crossed, Will He Turn Damascus into a ‘Ruinous Heap’?


Wednesday, April 5, 2017 18:07


Michael Snyder is the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, The American Dream Blog and The Truth. You can follow him on Twitter right here


Will a false flag chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib province be the trigger that causes World War 3 to erupt in the Middle East? 

In Part I of this series, I discussed how previous chemical attacks that were blamed on the Assad regime actually turned out to be false flag attacks conducted by Syrian rebels that were absolutely desperate to draw the United States into the Syrian civil war on their side.  And considering the fact that the Syrian rebels have been consistently losing territory in recent months, they are now more desperate than ever.  So even though it didn’t work before, they probably figured that a false flag chemical attack was worth one more try, and so far the Trump administration appears to be buying it hook, line and sinker. 

Trump has called the attack a “terrible affront to humanity”, and he is placing all of the blame on the shoulders of the Assad regime.  But now that Trump has committed the U.S. to take military action in Syria, what is that actually going to look like?

According to the Daily Mail, at this point Trump is not giving any hints as to when or where he will strike Syria…

He did not want to say in front of the cameras how he plans to respond to the crisis.

‘I don’t like to say where I’m going and what I’m doing,’ Trump reminded. ‘I watched past administrations say, “We will attack at such-and- such a day, at such-and-such an hour.’

But it isn’t difficult to imagine what Trump may decide to do.  Past presidents have always favored using airstrikes to make a point, and that is what many of the “analysts” on television are recommending.

Unfortunately, there would be great risk in targeting Syrian forces, because contingents from Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and elsewhere are mixed in among the Syrian military.

So could you imagine what it would do to our relations with Russia if airstrikes against the Syrian military resulted in Russian deaths?

President Trump has several options in Syria, none without great risk. One is military action against Syria’s air force – grounding the helicopters and fixed wing aircraft that are believed to have dropped the deadly agent – and the runways from which they operate. Yes, such strikes risk Russian casualties. But Moscow has consistently blocked U.N. action on Syria but proven unable to contain Mr. Assad’s bad behavior. And President Vladimir Putin would be forewarned. Grounding Syria’s air force, moreover, would help distance Mr. Trump from Mr. Putin, a politically useful benefit at this time.

And even if Trump did conduct airstrikes, there would be a limit as to what they could accomplish.  President Assad would still be in power in Syria, and the Syrian government would still be winning the civil war.

Trump could potentially send in special forces with the intention of assassinating Assad, but that would not necessarily topple the entire regime.

The truth is that the only way to change the outcome of the war and to guarantee regime change would be to send in U.S. ground forces on a large scale.  And just introducing them into the country would not nearly be enough.  In order to end the war, Trump would have to commit to taking and holding Damascus.

In Isaiah 17, we are told that someday Damascus will be “taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.”  Much of the city is already a heap of rubble, but if the U.S. were to start conducting a concentrated bombing campaign against the city it is easy to imagine how the entire city could soon come to resemble a “ruinous heap”.

Of course the toppling of the Assad regime has been the goal all along.  Back in 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hatched a plan along with Saudi Arabia and Turkey to use the “Arab Spring” as an excuse to try to remove Assad from power.  Since 74 percent of the population of Syria is Sunni Muslim, Saudi Arabia and Turkey were very excited about the prospect of dealing Iran a major blow by transforming Syria into a full-fledged Sunni nation.  So Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other Arab countries spent billions of dollars supporting and arming the “rebels”, and at first everything was going great.  But then Russia, Iran and Hezbollah all intervened, and now the tide of the war has completely turned.

The only way that the original plan can succeed now is for the United States to enter the war, but with Trump as president nobody thought that was going to happen.

But now this latest chemical attack has changed everything, and Trump appears poised to take military action in Syria.

I don’t know if most Americans understand how dangerous such a move could be.  The Russians are not going to just sit there while U.S. bombs are dropping and their personnel are being killed.  And of course the same thing could be said about Iran and Hezbollah.

Do we really want to risk a potential military confrontation with Russia, Iran and Hezbollah just to make a point in Syria?

To me, that would be exceedingly foolish.

And even more disastrous would be a decision to fully commit the U.S. military to toppling the Assad regime.  That would require going all the way to Damascus, and it is very, very doubtful that the Russians, the Iranians and Hezbollah would just willingly stand aside and allow that to happen.

For quite a while I have been warning that the situation in Syria could potentially spark World War 3 if everyone was not very, very careful.

If U.S. warplanes try to strike Syrian military positions, the Russians could easily decide to start firing back.

And considering the anti-Russian hysteria that we are already witnessing in Washington D.C., how will our leaders respond when CNN starts showing U.S. aircraft being blown out of the sky by Russian missiles?

As I discussed in Part I, there is very little for the U.S. to gain by going to war in Syria.  Unless it can be shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Assad regime is actually using chemical weapons, the Trump administration should not even be thinking about military action, because getting the U.S. military involved in the Syrian civil war would be absolutely disastrous.

So let us pray for peace, and let us hope that cooler heads will prevail.

Michael Snyder is the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, The American Dream Blog and The Truth. You can follow him on Twitter right here


Ramey comments:

We are living in unprecedented times --- perilous times and the news this morning said that Trump had unleashed several Tomahawk missiles on the airbase in Syria that allegedly launched the chemical attack.

Sorta puts this spring festival season in a different perspective --- huh? 

All players are working toward world gov't.  Remember Russia's delivery of an ancient superweapon to the Antarctic? 

I have shown in past Commentaries that the Masonic Order is made up of Satan worshipers even though most of them, (like modern religionists), don't know it.

The present posturing, and yes, war, is for who rules the roost. 

We saw the enactment of Daniel 11:42-43 some six years ago.  We have witnessed the opening of the fifth seal of Rev 6 as evidenced by the creation of ISIS and their murderous deeds. 

Now we are watching what appears to be the time Damascus ceases to be a city and becomes a "...ruinous heap".  Have we eyes to see and ears to hear?


DEEP STATE

HAS TRUMP BEEN MERGED INTO THE DEEP STATE OR WAS HE THE NWO "ACE IN THE HOLE" FROM THE GIT-GO?

SEEMS HE NO LONGER TALKS ABOUT DRAINING THE SWAMP OR EXPOSING THE 911 HOAX.  CHEMTRAILS ARE THICKER THAN EVER AND THE BANKS, MONSANTO AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ARE STILL RUNNING ROUGHSHOD OVER AMERICANS.  ALSO, WE HAVE NOW RESUMED THE ILLEGAL INTERFERENCE IN SYRIA.

It would seem the war mongers have "grabbed the ball" and are pushing the agenda directly into WW III.  Do they know something most Americans don't --- such as that when Damascus ceases to be a city, America and Israel cease to be nations?  Score one for Soros, Kissinger and the NWO team. 

Regular readers of the Commentaries should know this is coming and is now on our doorstep.  At the time this happens, the world is going to undergo some rapid changes.  These have been covered in past Commentaries so I will not repeat them now.

The English speaking world does not win this coming war.  These are primarily the children of Israel and they will be saddled with three and one half years of punishment for idolatry.  Christians call this the tribulation.  It will be the worst time that has ever been or ever will be on planet earth.

There will be, have been or are being, 144,000 of these sealed for their protection during this time.  (See Rev 7).  They have a measure of knowledge of what is coming but not enough to be included in the exodus of Isaiah 52:10-12.  The tribulation will bring them wide awake to what is happening and will introduce them to the concept of doing their own thinking.  They will later be used in the government of the new and greater Israel. 

At the end of the three and one half years, another 144,000 saints will be resurrected and these will represent all those down through history who have had a love of truth and walked in the ways of the Creator.  (See Rev 14:1-3). 

At that time the captives will be released to make their way to the new and greater Israel to inherit a parcel of the land promised to Abraham and his descendants. 

Satan will be restrained at this time for 1000 years, thus removing the authority of the "elite" hiding in their underground dungeons.  From this point the world will begin to heal and the present governments will begin to be replaced by the saints.  The vatican will be gone by then and the phase-out of religion will have begun.  This will have the effect of removing the shackles from the minds of mankind and will cause knowledge and prosperity to expand exponentially. 

A righteous new world order, (not based on greed), will be set up in Jerusalem with a king who is truly above bribes and corruption.  Justice will begin to prevail on earth for the first time in all of history.  High on the agenda of this new ruler will be the destruction of all those who were involved in plotting and implementing the destruction of the earth.  (See Rev 11:18).

So is this good news or bad news.  I could say, "It depends on your perspective", but perhaps we should consider the alternative which is the total destruction of planet earth.  We have come a long way in that direction already and there is no sign of any plans to end this destruction.  Is WW III the final step in this plan? 

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