“Aggressive” Israel?

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Coptic Christians, Free Syrian Army, Islamists, Israel, Oil, Syria

A massive explosion lights up the night sky in Damascus (Image from YouTube)

From The Blaze

“New videos posted overnight show dramatic and powerful explosions that occurred on the outskirts of Syria’s capital Damascus early Sunday morning.

Syria’s state television is blaming Israel for striking the military research center in Jamraya just north of Damascus. Israeli officials are not commenting publicly, but a senior U.S. official tells NBC News that Israel was behind the attack.

“The new Israeli attack is an attempt to raise the morale of the terrorist groups which have been reeling from strikes by our noble army,” Syrian television said.

A woman who lives in Damascus told Al Jazeera that she heard a rocket whizzing by after which “everything started to shake.”

“We heard a very huge explosion like ‘boom’” which blew the doors open, she said.”

In this video which is described as overlooking Qasioun Mountain, an initial explosion is followed by a second and then a dramatic, massive third explosion. Qasioun Mountain is a place where military assets belonging to government forces loyal to the embattled President Bashar Assad are situated.

It is likely Assad opponents filmed the scene, as cries of “Allahu Akbar” are heard in the background. More here

Almost everybody wants the Assad regime gone. The trouble is that the expected quick removal, as in Libya, didn’t occur. Not only that, but it appears that Syria was beginning to prevail over the FSA. This, of course, could not be tolerated.

The situation that we see in Syria is the visible part of an international struggle for power and money. In other words; the control of energy supply.

Please take the trouble to read this. It was written a month ago, before the Israeli strikes, by a commentator who concentrates his interest in this region.

Reshaping the Syrian Battlefield

Assuming that you’ve read that, it now seems that no-one is in the mood to negotiate.

I am as staunch a supporter of Israel as I am of America and the free world generally. That does not mean that I willfully blind myself. It seems to me that Israel has accepted the task of militarily supporting the Free Syrian Army (FSA) as it is very hard to criticize that beleaguered nation.

Israel’s recently discovered gas deposits make this more than a self-defense issue. They are supporting the Muslim Brotherhood backed “rebels” when it is the MB backed Hamas that was so recently attacking them from Gaza. The FSA has begun it’s slaughter of Syria’s Coptic Christians, as well as other non-Muslim denominations, disregarding the fact that they have been losing ground until this point.

List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2012

Mainstream media refuses to cover the nearly daily missile attacks on Israel, yet they are quick to call Israel “aggressive” when they make a decisive strike clearly saying, “ENOUGH, already!” The attack America experienced in Boston last month is typical of those experienced by Israel more often than we, as Americans, can possibly imagine. They live with the daily threat of attack. They get up each day, go to work or school, raise their families under this stressful threat 24/7/365, and still THEY are the aggressors??? Please!

Syria. Islamists have expelled 90 percent of Christians in Homs

Is ISRAEL the aggressor here, when they simply seek to defend themselves from attack in every direction? If you take a minute to look at a map, Israel is a tiny, nation surrounded completely by those wishing their annihilation! They endure nearly daily attacks within their borders from one faction of Islam or another, yet THEY are expected to “share” their land with Palestinians. They accomplish this with greater “graciousness” than imaginable, yet still more is expected of them.

How generous might you feel if you and I endured “Boston Marathon” attacks daily? Just sayin … Think it though, America! Don’t just buy the “party line!”

What if … ? Do you believe in Coincidences?

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The Ticking Nuclear Time-Bomb

What if …

Is it possible…

• That there exists an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America s future?
• That this mystery lies behind everything from 9/11 to the collapse of the global economy?
• That ancient harbingers of judgment are now manifesting in America?
• That God is sending America a prophetic message of what is yet to come?

There have been many conspiracy theories over the years. They circle around 9/11, JFK’s assassination, and other “ground shaking” events. They arise through layers of uncertainty and unexplainable evidence.

There is a book, The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America’s Future that is drawing great attention. It contains evidence (or a string of coincidences, your call) of a powerful, even Supreme plan that includes the United States of America. The author explains 9 key prophecies that were given to ancient Israel that came to pass exactly as predicted. Then, is a long series of bizarre occurrences, these same prophecies are tied and applied to America. It’s enough to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, and I admit I’m intrigued.

I have not read the book yet, but will be acquiring it this week. I’m encouraging serious Patriots to do likewise. Mr. Cahn, the author, claims the climax of these prophecies is yet to occur, and there is still time to turn back from calamity. Over and over in the Old Testament, God gave Israel opportunity to repent, to turn away from their sinfulness and return to the loving arms of God. Over and over again, Israel refused. In her defiance, she declared her wish to be like the other nations. Over and over God warned because it was not His wish to destroy anyone. Yet, their arrogance and defiance had its own price, as disobedience always does. ALWAYS!

From its birth, America was seen as a New Jerusalem, a NEW Israel where God was free to bless His people. Those who founded America, in spite of what recent politicians and political historians might claim, understood the implications of freedom and the responsibilities associated with it. There are many, many early allusions to Israel in America’s early writings and documents. More info can be found here For decades, the American people, for the most part, at least attempted to keep God first in their lives. Someplace along the line, that stopped. The last few decades have seen an incredible decline in morality associated with a turning away from God. He has warned us repeatedly. How long will we rebel? He does not wish for ANY to bring about their own destruction. His hand is outstretched still. Still, God extends His hand to America, to all people …

“if my people who are called by My name will humble themselves,
and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
2 Chronicles 2: 14

GOD always warned Israel over and over. He always gave Israel a multitude of chances to get right, to realize the folly and limitations of our humanity and acknowledge GOD’s ways as superior. God is not a tyrant, but a loving parent. The same way we warn our children not to run into the street or stick a fork into an electrical outlet, this is why God warns us. He IS warning us today.

Even if it seems overwhelming or outrageous to you, isn’t it worth a little investigation? I mean, what if it’s TRUE? What if … 2015 is coming soon.

“Blow the trumpet in Zion,
And sound an alarm in My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;
For the day of the Lord is coming,
For it is at hand: …

“Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 So rend your heart, and not your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.”
JOEL 2: 1, 12-13

Who will I vote for?

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American Values, government's purpose, pro-debt reduction, pro-Israel, Pro-Life, pro-marriage, pro-work

via Susan Jane Griggs-Peterman

• I will vote for the most pro-life candidate, because God hates the shedding of innocent blood (Prov.6:17).
• I will vote for the most pro-Israel candidate, because God blesses those who bless Israel and curses those who don’t (Gen.12:3).
• I will vote for the most pro-debt reduction candidate, because the borrower is servant to the lender (Prov.22:7).
• I will vote for the most pro-work candidate because God says if a man does not work, let him not eat (2 Thes. 3:10).
• I will vote for the most pro-marriage candidate, because God is for marriage as defined in Genesis 2:24.
• I will vote for the candidate who most closely believes government’s purpose is to reward the good and punish the evil (Romans 13).
• I will vote based as close as I can on God’s Word (2 Tim.3:16), knowing that whoever gets elected, God is the one who puts all men in authority (Dan. 2:21).

I did not write this post. Rather, I found it on facebook. Go figure! I do, however, share the convictions of this Patriot, and pray there are many, many others out there who share the same sentiments and values. I would only add …

• I will vote for the candidate who is most strongly Pro-Constitution because that also means he is the most Pro-Freedom candidate.
• I will vote for the man who is the most Pro-Morality candidate because we know virtue is necessary to establish & sustain personal freedom. Character really is indicative of a genuine leader.

THESE are American values!

The Audacity of Islam: Then and Now

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Barbary Coast, Barbary Pirates, Barbary Wars, islam, Thomas Jefferson, Tripoli, USS Philadelphia

Thomas Jefferson Wouldn’t Give In to the Barbary Pirates

The vast wealth of knowledge and wisdom expressed by those who are credited with the FOUNDING of our nation continues to astonish me. Now, we must keep in mind that this experiment was part of a “GLOBAL” enterprise, even then. Britain ruled the seas, but France and Spain competed for global dominance. Yet, in spite of this, rogue pirates from the northern coast of Africa, the Barbary Coast, swarmed the seas capturing vessels and individuals for ransom.

The Barbary pirates, early Islamists, operated off the coast of North Africa and throughout the Mediterranean Sea as far back as the time of the Crusades. The Barbary pirates sailed as far north as Iceland, attacking ports, seizing captives as slaves, and plundering merchant ships. Most nations equipped with sea-going vessels found it easier, and cheaper, to pay a “tribute” to the pirates rather than fight them in a war for passage through the Mediterranean. European nations often worked out treaties with the Islamist pirates from the Barbary Coast. By the early 19th century, the pirates were essentially sponsored by the Arab rulers of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.

Our Founders were fully aware of these pirates, and Washington and Adams both continued the tradition of Europe and paid the required tributes to afford safe passage throughout the seaways while our infant nation stabilized and prepared for war. When Thomas Jefferson took office, he took a different tact.

Preparation for War courtesy New York Public Library Digital Collections

“The US government adopted a policy of essentially paying bribes, or tribute, to the pirates in its infancy, but Jefferson objected to the policy of paying tribute in the 1790s. Having been involved in negotiations to free Americans held by North African pirates, he believed paying tribute only invited more problems.

The young US Navy was preparing to deal with the problem by building a few ships destined to fight the pirates off Africa. Work on the frigate Philadephia was depicted in a painting titled “Preparation for WAR to Defend Commerce.”

The Philadelphia was launched in 1800 and saw service in the Caribbean before becoming involved in a pivotal incident in the first war against the Barbary pirates.”

Algerian Corsair off a Barbary port – Andries Van Eertvelt

Incensed by the audacity of these Barbary pirates, Thomas Jefferson refused to pay any more tribute. In May 1801, two months after his inauguration, the pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States. The US Congress never issued an official declaration of war in response, but Jefferson dispatched a newly formed naval squadron to the coast of North Africa to deal with the pirates.

The American Navy’s show of force quickly calmed the situation. Some pirate ships were captured, and the Americans established successful blockades.

But the tide turned against the United States when the frigate Philadelphia ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli (in present day Libya) and the captain and crew were captured.

The capture of the Philadelphia was a victory for the pirates, but their triumph was short-lived.

The USS Philadelphia ran aground off the shore of Tripoli and was attacked and burned by the pirate ship Intrepid. The Philedelphia was soon re-captured by Stephen Decatur

In February 1804, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur of the US Navy, sailing a captured ship, managed to sail into the harbor at Tripoli and recapture the Philadelphia. He burned the ship so it couldn’t be used by the pirates. Decatur’s daring action became a naval legend.

Stephen Decatur became a national hero in the United States and he was promoted to captain.

The captain of the Philadelphia, who was eventually released, was William Bainbridge. He later went on to greatness in the US Navy. Coincidentally, one of the US Navy ships involved in action against pirates off Africa in April 2009 was the USS Bainbridge, which is named in his honor.

In April 1805 the US Navy, with US Marines, launched an operation against the port of Tripoli. The objective was to install a new ruler.

The detachment of Marines, under the command of Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon, led a frontal assault on a harbor fort at the Battle of Derna. O’Bannon and his small force captured the fort.

Marking the first American victory on foreign soil, O’Bannon raised an American flag over the fortress. The mention of the “shores of Tripoli” in the “Marine’s Hymn” refers to this triumph.

Marine Corps Officers “Mameluke Sabre Sword

A new pasha was installed in Tripoli, and he presented O’Bannon with a curved “Mameluke” sword, which is named for North African warriors. To this day Marine dress swords replicate the sword given to O’Bannon.

The pervading threat of the Barbary pirates faded to background noise, especially as the age of imperialism conquered and divided the African states which came under the control of European powers. Pirates were mainly found off the coast of the young America and in adventure tales until incidents off the coast of Somalia made headlines in the spring of 2009.

The Barbary Wars were relatively minor engagements, especially when compared to European wars of the period. Yet they provided heroes and thrilling tales of patriotism to the United States as a young nation, and can be said to have opened the eyes of the young nation to the blind agenda of Islam and helped America’s conception of itself as a player on the international stage.

REFERENCE:

Obama White House Big Lie: Thomas Jefferson Hosted “Iftar”

The United States Fought Wars Against North African Pirates in the Early 1800s

Obama and the Jefferson Koran

It’s Always Our Fault …

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It’s Always Our Fault…

Revisiting the “Stockholm Syndrome”

By Leslie J. Sacks

I’ve been following the sad news out of Benghazi. The late ambassador Stevens was a courageous man committed to uplifting the Libyan people who, together with the Egyptians, are our new “allies.” Seeing photos of his corpse being dragged like garbage through the streets of the city by those who demand the niceties of Sharia Law, those who wish to establish the worldwide Muslim Caliphate and enforce the subjugation of women — I had nothing pithy left to say, only sadness to feel.

Yet it took the American Embassy in Cairo, Hilary Clinton and the Vatican to raise my hackles. The embassy tweeted: “we condemn the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims”; whilst Hilary, parading the endemic White House political correctness, called the obscure video by a crackpot “reprehensible” saying “we absolutely reject its content and message.” The Vatican’s Father Lombardi did not condemn the killings in Benghazi; rather he condemned “provocations against the sensibilities of Muslim believers.”

Yet, the attack in Benghazi was more an act of war than a spontaneous protest — 400 showed up with mortars and RPGs.

Why? Why does the most powerful government in the world apologize to a rioting rabble, murderers of ambassadors, avowed followers of Bin Laden, pillagers of sovereign American property, whilst at the same time equating the obnoxious and isolated video with the iniquitous violence, as though the two were in any way comparable? The allure of the freedoms guaranteed by our Bill of Rights seems lost to the White House; the integrity of moral judgment has become clouded amongst our leaders.

Yes, this obscure and largely unseen video may indeed hurt the feelings of some devout Muslims, and may inflame some habitual anti-American hatred. But so will every Hollywood movie, every porn site, every political statement that’s deemed impure and insulting to the Islamists who have zero tolerance to Western mores and traditions. This 14-minute video by some Egyptian Copt in California about the prophet Muhammad, “Innocence of Muslims,” has been on YouTube since June — yet the propagators of these riots waited until September 11th, that infamous anniversary, to fan the flames. (On September 8th a major Egyptian TV station aired this largely ignored short film).

The real question is not the volatility of millions of Middle Easterners taught from birth to hate America and to despise Israel (as any excuse is usually enough). The real question is why we feel the need to pander and apologize to the most radical, violent and intolerant extremes around the world, to let them set the tone; a tone designed to stifle all criticism of Islam, to declare as blasphemy any attempt to reform radical Islam. (To Islamists, free speech does not extend to defamation of Islam and democracy merely another avenue to implement their 7th century theology).

There were indeed in the past other isolated incidents — Geert Wilders’ “Fitna” movie in Amsterdam, the now infamous cartoons in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark, a few pages of a discarded Koran burnt in error in Afghanistan. In the whole scheme of things, it’s remarkable that there are not many more of these criticisms of Islam as we experience some of its radical manifestations today.

When Saudi citizens murdered 3000 innocents on 9/11, no embassies were burned in America, no ambassadors murdered, no riots started. Yet a video of no value seems to bother the Muslim World more than these 3000 victims. Apologies seem to go only one way — that is the real quandary. We are irrevocably always the Infidels, and they are always the revered protectors of Muhammad.

Ignored yet more relevant is the proliferation, by contrast in the Middle East, of daily anti-West, anti-Semitic propaganda. It’s everywhere, all the time — it’s the staple of much of the media, the education system, the Madrassas and the Mosques.

A 41 episode series (Horse Without a Horseman) — based on the forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion — has been running on Egyptian TV presenting the Jews as a cabal of conspiring demons taking over the world.

In Syria, a government-supported TV series trotted out the ancient blood libel, that of Jews murdering Muslim children, then using their blood to bake Passover Matzos. Strange also, since Kosher laws expressly forbid blood residues from meat.

Hamas and the Palestinian Authority regularly equate Jews with the sons and daughters of monkeys, deserving of death and banishment. The PA pay convicted and jailed suicide bombers $3,000 per month using American government subsidies.

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BLOGGER’S NOTE: I don’t know about you, but after all is said and done, this really makes my blood boil. The fact that President Obama continues to negotiate from a position of submission with radical terrorists, is beyond comprehension, yet … most of America goes about their daily lives, without giving it a second thought. of course, many still rely on the mainstream media for their news, even though they know it is not reliable. It is easy and it is convenient – like 7/11. Might pay a little more, but it’s so convenient! How can a population effectively monitor and participate in the business of government without reliable information? There are many sources online, but still nothing on TV … a great vacuum of TRUTH! So many unasked questions, let alone unanswered questions. No one even bothered to ask them! Makes me ill! ~ BBB

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GLENN BECK ON LIBYA U.S. CONSULATE ATTACK: ‘YOU’RE BEING SET UP, AMERICA’ w/ video

US Ambassador Stevens Raped and Dragged in Street (WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO)

US ambassador to Libya killed in attack: Official [notice website – NOT mainstream American media]

The Muslim Brotherhood via GBTV

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When we hear these words through around in reference to Egypt, Yemen, Iran and Tunisia, we must recognize that democracy is not what we believe it is any more than it was in 1979! We speak a different language, but they have made it their business to learn OUR language. They have studied America and the American way of life. We know little, if anything about them and their way of life, so we assume their words of FREEDOM mean what we WANT them to mean, but we are sorely mistaken … as perhaps we are now learning.

FREEDOM means freedom from the Laws of man
Justice means justice according to Sharia

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars,
but see to it that you are not alarmed.
Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Matthew 24:6 (NIV)

Is Hezbollah Training Terrorists in Nicaragua?

Several days ago Israeli radio reported that Iran has established Hezbollah training bases in Nicaragua. While there has been nothing to substantiate the report thus far, the idea is not all that far-fetched. Please note that we are not taking the position that there are Hezbollah terrorist training bases in Nicaragua, we do believe that there is a substantial basis for believing that the climate is right for Iran to partner with Nicaragua to do so. And we believe that the potential for such an idea should be considered as a matter of prayer.

The report out of Israel claims that some 30 members of Hezbollah are being trained at a base camp located in northern Nicaragua and that the area has been cordoned off from local resident access. It is reported that all supplies being shipped into the base have originated from Iran.

Let’s ask and answer a couple of questions.

Is there a relationship between Nicaragua and Iran / Hezbollah?

Yes, in fact, there is. According to a former Iranian official who is fully aware of the Iranian terrorist network, “The Quds Force has established a command and control center in both Bolivia and Venezuela. Though it has a presence in Europe and other parts of the world, it has focused on Latin America. Thousands of cells have been placed in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.”

At the recent foreign ministers meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Tehran, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez clearly stated his country’s perspective on Iran. “We have always supported Iran’s peaceful nuclear program and believe that all countries are entitled to peaceful nuclear energy.” He emphasized the mutual direction of Nicaragua and Iran, saying, “We will make our best efforts to further enhance all-out ties between the two countries.”

Why would Iran / Hezbollah want to train terrorists in Nicaragua?

Hassan Abassi, a Quds strategist has said that several hundred targets have been identified for a potential attack on the US. Iranian General Masoud Jazayeri said, “In the face of any attack, we will have a crushing response. No place in America will be safe from our attacks.” Iranian General Hossein Salami, the Deputy Chief Commander of the Revolutionary Guards said that “Our nation is ready to rub the enemy’s snout into the dust and send thousands of coffins to their cities.” Finally, the head of the Iranian Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Hassan Firoozabadi, said that America and European countries should expect major attacks by al-Qaeda and other terrorists in their homelands.

A Relationship and a Reason Equal Plausibility

Given what we know about Iran’s relationship with Nicaragua, and their plans for potential attacks on the US, and given that Iran does not have the capability of reaching the US in any other fashion, it is indeed plausible that Hezbollah is training terrorists in Nicaragua.

Labboun Allaboun was arrested in a house located in Colony Francisco de Montejo in Merida, Yucatan. The American citizen of Arab origin Rafic Mohammad Labboun Allaboun, a suspected member of the terrorist network Hezbollah, was arrested Saturday night in Merida, The Yucatan Times reported.

We have reported this for one reason, and one reason alone. This is a battle that belongs to the Lord. It is beyond our physical limitations to do anything about it. But God has given us the ability to pray. While we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, we urge you to also pray for the peace of the United States. We can also pray for the Lord to disrupt the enemy’s plans. At the basis for all of this physical warfare is a greater spiritual warfare. So let us pray that Almighty God, who we worship and serve, will intervene on behalf of those who trust Him, and win the battle we cannot fight. Join us in praying for the peace of Jerusalem.

To read the original article in the ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS website, click here