…BEHOLD: The Prince of Persia…Get Ready for War with Iran
Behold: The Prince of Persia!…get ready for War with Iran
By Doug Krieger
A witch’s brew: The mixture of religion and politics. That’s
precisely what this article has done! Scott Ritter’s analysis
that the US is technically at war with Iran (as we speak), and
that this can be validated by the same preparations and activity
prior to the Coalition of the Willing’s incursion into Iraq in
early 2003, is ominous and, unfortunately, overall trustworthy.
Our analysis confronts the majority opinion expressed by
conservative Christians in the pursuit of the War on Terror
against the “evil doers” . . . and why the “American Patriotic
Church” is theologically resolute in its support for the
Administration’s designs in the Middle East—the moral under
girding in the Neo-Con implementation of Democratic Globalism is
just about to be wildly tested, once again.
DÉJÀ VU (Where have I heard this before?)
(Note: May I warn you from the outset . . . this treatise may
commence with the levitas of “secular” indiscretions, comments
and analysis . . . but it will culminate with relevant
theological gravitas . . . bear with me; and, oddly enough, the
article actually “hangs together”)
“President Bush had signed a covert finding in late spring 2002,
which authorized the CIA and US Special Operations forces to
dispatch clandestine units into Iraq for the purpose of removing
Saddam Hussein from power. The fact is that the Iraq war had
begun by the beginning of summer 2002, if not earlier . . . as
was the case with Iraq pre-March 2003, the Bush administration
today speaks of ‘diplomacy’ and a desire for a ‘peaceful’
resolution to the Iranian question. But the facts speak of
another agenda, that of war and the forceful removal of the
theocratic regime, currently wielding the reigns of power in
Tehran . . . as with Iraq, the president has paved the way for
the conditioning of the American public and an all-too-compliant
media to accept at face value the merits of a regime change
policy regarding Iran, linking the regime of the Mullah’s to an
‘axis of evil’ (together with the newly ‘liberated’ Iraq and
North Korea), and speaking of the absolute requirement for the
spread of ‘democracy’ to the Iranian people. (Scott Ritter, July
2005, RENSE.COM)
History tends to repeat itself. Yes, but this fast? Yes, again!
Scott Ritter, beloved voice of the Left for his criticisms of
the War in Iraq, is a former intelligence officer for the United
States Marine Corps (where he served as the lead analyst for the
Marine Corps Rapid Deployment Force concerning the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan and the Iran-Iraq War). Also, this “Army
of One” was the key coordinator for the implementation of UNSC
(United Nations Security Council) resolutions mandating the
elimination of Iraqi WMD.
So . . . BAM! Ritter gets top billing in Aljazeera for his
prophetic outbursts by likening Bush’s pre-invasion tactics of
Iraq with what’s happening now in Iran. Indeed, the parallels
are staggering and overwhelmingly convincing, even to the God
bless America crowd—who, unfortunately, demand that the present
conflict be expanded to include the entire “Axis of Evil” (along
with a few lesser-rans like Syria and the rest of those mad
bombers running around loose out there). They need to be hunted
down and democratized, so the Free World can get on with
globalization, along with unhindered economic growth in the USA.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, can stop the cheap money pouring
into the US economy (and, ipso facto, the
accelerated/unimaginable skyrocketing prices found in the US
housing market today) from central banks, all to willing to
finance the national debt in order to keep Americans buying
their cheap products.
The foreign purchase of US bonds, in order to finance our nearly
$8 Trillion Trade Deficit (now outpacing our National Debt (also
$8 Trillion) by nearly twice as fast), places uninhibited
pressure upon lenders and mortgage companies to keep interest
rates artificially low, which in turn directly exacerbate the
already inflated housing market driving the current “economic
boom/bubble.”
One must ponder the intoxicating influences of that Great City
prophesied in Scripture with a new understanding of what it
means to be addicted to alcohol—talk about going on a bender
(i.e., a massive drunken spree), with absolutely no desire for a
12 Step or “Wagon” experience!
“For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich
through the abundance of her luxury” (Revelation 18:3).
Of course, all this apocalyptic hyperbole, according to our
what-me-worry Preterist buds, took place years ago (like 1900
years ago) around 100 A.D. . . . . So, who cares about Bible
prophecy anyway, right? After all, who wants to live in an
encumbered future full of doom and gloom and “Ritter rhetoric”
that smacks of “American hate speak” and, furthermore, borders
(no, it actually is) malignant, traitorous propaganda. Alas!
Ritter has become the replacement for Baghdad Bob; you know,
that clown featured on news channels for his “all is love and
oneness” remarks when all “Western hell” was breaking lose (now,
come on, you lefties had to laugh at that character). His
believability ratings were off the chart: “That wasn’t Saddam
you guys captured, it was Santa Claus!”
THIS IS NO JOKING MATTER
O.K. Let’s get serious about this business of world conquest by
democratization on a scale heretofore not seen since ancient
Rome. The evidence mounts daily on US intentions (let alone
Israeli intentions) regarding Iran’s pending demise (a.k.a.,
“regime change possibilities”). Most Americans have no idea,
thanks to the complicity of the corporate media (and that’s not
a cliché . . . check out this website next time (and excuse my
purposeful digression), you’ll be glad you used a Westinghouse
toaster while you’re watching TV; to wit:
“In 2004, Bagdikian’s revised and expanded book, The New Media
Monopoly, shows that only 5 huge corporations — Time Warner,
Disney, Murdoch’s News Corporation, Bertelsmann of Germany, and
Viacom (formerly CBS) — now control most of the media industry
in the U.S. General Electric’s NBC is a close sixth.” (See:
http://www.corporations.org/media/ )
Pilotless drones scour the airspace above Iran, while the
CIA-backed Mujahadeen el-Khalq, or MEK, an Iranian opposition
group, once run by Saddam Hussein’s dreaded intelligence
services, but now working exclusively for the CIA’s Directorate
of Operations, pans out across Iran—a bombing here, a bombing
there, man, we could be talking about a real bombing campaign
here pretty soon.
And, of course, Bush/Rice continue to bash the Iranian efforts
at “free elections” – naturally, the hardliners have rigged the
whole smear, so what else is news. Meanwhile, a huge US military
buildup continues unabated in, naturally, you guessed it: Just
due north of Teheran, Iran: Azerbaijan (former Soviet bastion of
infiltration and headaches for Persia’s Shah). Good night, read
the entire link and weep (for “joy” if you’re a crusader; for
“grief” if you’re an Islamic bureaucrat), and “you ain’t seen
nothin’ yet!”
“Three air ‘lily pad’ bases in central Azerbaijan — Kurdamir,
Nasosnyy and Gyulakh — which used to be Soviet air bases.
Kurdamir was a strategic base, with Tu-22M ‘Backfire’ bombers
located there. The base’s upgrade, including its runway, already
is completed, local sources say. This means the air base can
receive U.S. strategic bombers or other heavy air transport. The
Nasosnyy base used to host Soviet heavy transport Il-76es for
Soviet airborne forces and other troops. With the Nasosnyy
upgrade soon to be completed, U.S. strategic transport planes
should be able to use it too, making the air base a major point
in the Caspian air corridor from Western Europe to the Caucasus
and Central Asia, where U.S. troops and aircraft are located.
Initially, the United States probably will deploy some special
operations forces aircraft, military transport planes, air
surveillance and other spy planes (including drones) and perhaps
F-16s.”
Of course, Donald Rumsfeld’s visits to the locals in Azerbaijan
(be it ever so innocuous) normally portends an extension of
Democratic Globalism nearby and/or a continued presence in the
region guaranteeing abundant oil flows from the just opened
Caspian oil pipeline, and perhaps, a little from Iran “on the
side.”
Likewise, if Turkey doesn’t play ball with us, we can simply do
one of two things: (1) Extend the pipeline directly through
Georgia to the Black Sea and on to Europe (we figured that one
out a long time ago); or (2) in general, make things miserable
for the Turks! In our other articles we’ve presented a powerful
case for the Islamic Turks to throw their weight behind Iran and
Syria . . . you’ll have to go to those chapters in The Gog-Magog
Scenario.
WHAT’S THEOLOGY GOT TO DO WITH RUMSFELD, RITTER, AND IRAN?
Not surprisingly, a whole lot, according to Thetribnet (us, of
course); but little or nothing according to the otherwise
brilliant evangelical eschatologist and New Age basher, Dave
Hunt. You see, Brother Hunt sees nothing in the current
possibilities of a Gog-Magog confrontation, lumping, as he does,
the entire “initial prospects for conflict in the Middle East”
into the final conflict itself: Armageddon. Consequently, all
this sound and fury in the Middle East (although fun speculation
making for great book sales: Judgment Day, Israel, Islam, and
the Nations) is a whole long ways off (at least seven years)
signifies nothing . . . besides, we’ll be “outta
here”—especially us American Christians (because there’s so many
of us righteous ones) and that will leave room for America’s
economic collapse, and the revelation of the Antichrist from a
resuscitated European Union). Hey, these guys actually believe
this.
There you go again—meaningless eschatological food fights
amongst otherwise nice people (they just are a little nuts when
it comes to forecasting the future). Folks, bear with us. We do
appreciate the absolute brilliance enunciated by one Dave Hunt
and for his valiant synthesis of the occult incursions into the
Church and of Rome’s pervasive influences to catapult ecumenism
into the immediate present wherein Antichrist will have more
than a firm base of support to inflict his dastardly script upon
unsuspecting earthlings.
However, when it comes to this nuance (and we’ll get into why
such “nuances” are paramount in how we live our lives today);
i.e., the difference (yea, blatant distinction) between the
Gog-Magog conflict and the horrific descriptions of the entire
Armageddon Campaign (i.e., the FINAL conflict), we affirm the
blurring of that distinction is tantamount to discrediting
(seriously discarding) the very Biblical literalism we know he
holds dear. In sum (as you see below) Hunt has cavalierly
discarded all such differentiations as trivial and
disproportionate to their theological value—i.e., there’s but
one end of the age conflict and we, as Pretribulationists, have
naught to concern ourselves, because we’re not part of the “Left
Behind” crowd in any event: Sorry guys, we’ve been raptured from
the final conflict—you’ll have to endure the Great Tribulation
yourselves!
Quoting from Hunt’s 1995, “A Cup of Trembling . . . Jerusalem
and Bible Prophecy” . . .
“It is true that there has been some unwarranted speculation and
even sensationalism in attempts to apply apocalyptic prophecies.
That fact, however, does not warrant throwing these prophecies
out, but instead calls for care in interpreting them. Ezekiel 38
and 39 list certain leaders, peoples, and nations that will be
involved in the future attack upon Israel. ‘Persia, Ethiopia,
and Libya’ are specifically named. Others are not so easily
identified: ‘Gog, the land of Magog . . . Meshech and Tubal . .
. Gomer, and Togarmah of the north’ (38:5, 2, 6). Some prophecy
writers have allegedly traced these names and peoples to Russia
and northern Europeans. It is difficult, however, to verify the
accuracy of such claims, and it is not necessary.
“There is no reason to believe that Ezekiel’s listing is
intended to name each and every nation that will be involved in
the last-days attack upon Israel. Moreover, we find ‘Gog and
Magog’ mentioned again in Revelation 20:8, representing all
nations on earth coming against Jerusalem and Christ at the end
of millennium. Clearly that final battle is not the one
mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39. If ‘Gog and Magog’ represent all
nations in Revelation, then we may assume that the same is true
in Ezekiel (monster conjecture on Hunt’s part here). There are
two battles involving all nations: Armageddon just preceding and
the battle in Revelation 20 at the end of Christ’s 1000-year
reign. This is only one of several reasons for concluding that
Ezekiel 38 and 39 refer to Armageddon and not to some earlier
World War III” (pp. 414-415, Dave Hunt, “Cup of Trembling”).
It is baffling to me that Hunt’s Biblical literalism appears to
be convenient only when it fits his presuppositions—in this case
there are but two future conflicts of Biblical magnitude:
Armageddon (a.k.a., Gog-Magog) and the final postmillennial
Gog-Magog conflagration. The incredible specificity of Ezekiel’s
constellation of nations in the initial Gog-Magog outburst is
unparalleled in Scripture. What is even more
incredible—notwithstanding turn-of-the-century Premillenarian
hype regarding Russia’s identification with Gog-Magog—the
current alignment of nations in Ezekiel 38 and 39 virtually fits
the immediate contestation between the world’s super power, the
USA, and the configuration of antagonists in the Middle East.
Likewise, those Middle Eastern nations either leaning toward US
approbation or in its hip pocket (i.e., providing unwavering
support due to military occupation and/or economic contrivance)
provide ample evidence to prophetic fulfillment. A short list is
too convincing (modern and Biblical names given):
FOR OR LEANING TOWARD USA … (To see graphics/links/full
article: Please go to: http://www.the-tribulation-network.com
