Posted on 09/10/2013 3:06:04 AM PDT by nikos1121
For all intents and purposes, Russia treats Syria as the Soviet Union would have treated a member of the Warsaw Pact.
And this is a case in point. Remember when he bombed Georgia? He wanted no reprisal for it and threatened to cut off heat to anyone who didn't like it.
On the front page...above the fold....today's USA Today Newspaper....
Putin playing the US like a fiddle...
Saw it on a news stand but can't recall the politician who made the original quip....
Methinks the editor of USA Today is going to get a "visit."
"Gas provides a tempting form of leverage, and Russia had already used it against Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania and Moldova. But when Gazprom, the Russian state gas monopoly, followed Putin's instructions to turn off the spigot to Ukraine, Russia crossed a new threshold."
My take on it is:
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. (Psalm 118:8-9)
and Psalm 2:
Why are the nations in a uproar, and the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD and against His Anointed: “Let us tear their fetters apart, and cast away their cords from us!”
He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them. Then He will speak to them in His anger and terrify them in His fury: “But as for Me, I have installed My King upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘Thou art My Son, today I have begotten Thee. Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Thine inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as Thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, Thou shalt shatter the like earthenware.’”
Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; take warning, O judges of the earth. Worship the LORD with reverence, and rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way, for His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
Thank you.
Just getting to this thread...wow...that’s what i was thinking...this happened too quick and staged....especially when Putin jumped on it too quick....the world is being played by all parties to this and every one of them saved face.
This isn’t a done deal as you know....they are forgetting the Muslim Brotherhood, Jihadists, and Rebels....all who fight to keep the International Community engaged UNTIL they “do something”.
And where is Israel now in this? With threats coming from the rebels they will gas them. One thing all the International Leaders fail to do is hear what the terrorists say...they generally follow up on what they say they are going to do.
If Israel is attacked from any thing coming from Syria....Damascus will be leveled by someone.
(Kerry thought of nothing. It was Russias idea).
Kerry did however spill the beans before the administration was prepared for it. They knew prior Putin,Syria, and Iran were meeting, and this with a specific plan they announced would be presented Monday.
I knew of this Sunday....posted it as well...from Israel’s press and Russian News had it as well. Our media of course had nothing on it.
We even discussed that if Obama accepted it would be presented by the Administration as his doing and he’d come out smelling like a rose.
All in all it could very well had been a planned deal and released for political theater.....using this continues to stall all the accusations against Obama and any discussion on upcoming Obamacare. Regardless of oil and the situations presented here.....we are still not dealing with our issues on the fast track now.....and that’s exactly what Obama wants...
Putin is threatening to bomb Saudi Arabia if we bomb Syria. DUMBSHIPS in charge in this country are going to blunder this and make us go to war. I am starting to just accept it and try to prepare for it instead of hoping for a better outcome.
I do like it, I must admit, that Putin is calling our bluff. Good for him.
...”Understand the Ottoman Empire and its enemies, and you will understand much”...
Yes, and that is why ‘Turkey’ and the Muslim Brotherhood...who have more than a passion to return to the Empire...comes into the playing field and why they’re supporting those who want Assad to fall.
The oil issues etc. are simply the elements in play....the desire as always is power.
Take a look at the interim leaders various Governments have ready to assume control of Syria...they either are very much in the court of Islamic Shariah law.. as the political measure for Syria...or they favor it and supporting others who do. The oil issue is what will keep whoever retains power in the position of power.
"Huge gas resource discoveries in Israel, in Qatar and in Syria combined with the emergence of the EU as the world's potentially largest natural gas consumer, combine to create the seeds of the present geopolitical clash over the Assad regime."
If Putin moves his troops into Syria he’s then at the Border lines of Israel....(North).
Rosenberg had an interesting study listing the names of the towns which would be affected when Damascus eventually gets flattened. The effects from whatever destroys it will affect Northern Israel as well. Not destroy but affect...
I think whatever happens to Damascus when the time comes.....will set in motion where the “Glory of Israel begins to fade”.....Northern Israel may well go down steadily.
This will not end as they anticipate possible...the entire Middle East Arab Spring has been anything but that....Syria is the LAST standing ME secular nation.....all the rest have fallen to Islamic Leadership....and why this IS not just about oil....
...”Russian troops into Syria”....
The “Hook” possibly?
..”In every instance Obama is siding with the MB”...
Th Globalist plan is to use the MBS with the false assumption they can control them as heads of nations.
Should the Caliphat come into place...it would include the oil reserves throughout the Middle East....can you imagine the power they could hold over other nations? The control?
It’s no accident Russia plays cards easily with ME....they are his tools....in the end he looses big. In the end it will be all about Israel and the Muslims.....every other player will be secondary to the events.
I'm not so sure of that but you may be correct. The reason I say this is because a day or so before that I wondered why Russia had not yet come out with such a counter.
I think it's possible that Russia had this idea up their sleeve for some time during the whole crisis and I don't think it was shared with Obama during the meetings in Europe.
If such a thing had crossed my mind then surely it had crossed the minds of Putin and other world leaders (except Obama who was blinded by his desire to give radical islam another country).
Really good responses you should read them all. I think the consenses is that Putin is all in. It’s life and death for him and Obama knows it. I think Putin knows the man is a coward.
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