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?
