Posted on 08/17/2006 9:36:57 PM PDT by Centurion2000
Nuclear war starting in 10 days?
Such was the conclusion reached in the U.S. Russian generals and political scientists disagree only about its exact starting date.
Our world is on the brink of another world war. It will originate August 22nd in the Middle East. The prediction was presented not by Vagna or Nostradamus but by an American political scientist Bernard Lewis in the acclaimed publication of Wall Street Journal. He is a man with close ties to the Bush administration as well as to the non-conservatives pushing for the radical solution of the Iranian Threat.
Lewis believes it will be precisely Teheran who will unleash the ultimate conflict by attacking Israel. Why August 22nd? Perhaps simply because Washington has set a deadline for the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and has demanded a complete wrap up of the nuclear program by that day. It is obvious that Teheran has no intention to comply. Curiously, this year the night of August 22nd happens to be night Muslims will celebrate the journey of their prophet Mohammed to Jerusalem and his ascension into heaven. According to Lewis the followers of Mohammed have a perfect opportunity to enrich their celebration by throwing an attack on Israel. An immediate retaliation will follow.
Such a scenario does not seem too unrealistic to me, comments Sergey Markov, a Russian political scientist, These days anything is possible in the Middle East. People living there are crazy and they constantly keep playing with fire. Their situation has gone out of control and is ready to explode any minute. In fact, the new world war is already going in that place.
The First Act
As the Israeli invasion of Lebanon continues it is becoming clearer that Tel-Aviv actually aims at much more than the elimination of Hezbollah. Israel could have long since used its omnipresent scouts to put an end to the resistances activity. Neither does the complete destruction of all Hezbollahs rocket-launching sites present a problem for the Israeli army with its tremendous equipment and might.
So why the endless bombing of Lebanese cities and villages? And why the overwhelming U.S. support? All this is happening precisely during the time when Americans seem unable to force Iran to comply with their demands. Lebanese occupation under the excuse of defending against Hezbollah is itself an excuse for solving the Iranian problem.
The Second Act
Israel has already achieved the minimum solution by getting rid of Hezbollah across the border. What more do they need? UN has already offered to fill the occupied area with troops and peace-keepers but Tel-Aviv has still not given its consent. The U.S. is not in hurry to give the green light either. In all actuality it looks like the two countries are intentionally waiting until Iran gets involved in the conflict. The expecting parties might anticipate the attack in the face of fired Iranian rockets, which Tel-Aviv will intercept as they had often done previously with the rockets from Iraq. This time, however, Washington and Tel-Aviv will have acquired an official right to retaliate against Iran.
The Third Act
Israel will attack Iranian nuclear sites. The U.S. will provide its support through the Navy in the Persian Gulf and perhaps through the Air Force. Iran will not delay with its own full-scale attack against the Israeli sites and the U.S. ships.
At this point no one can guarantee that the rest of the Arab World is going to remain watching as an innocent and uninvolved bystander.
The Fourth Act
Very soon such participants as Turkey will inevitably get dragged into the funnel of war. In Iraq and Afghanistan anti-government militant groups will become very active. Finally the conflict will focus on the fighting for the control over the territories with major oil resources. That is exactly with the U.S. is after.
The eventual possession of the oil treasury by one of the conflicting sides will provoke harsh resistance from both Asia and Europe. Russia is also very likely to get provoked into becoming an active participant. In the end this might become the Ultimate Fifth Act, in which no one wishes to believe
Political Scientists Opinion
Alexander Prohanov, the main editor of Zavtra Newspaper:Apocalypse Tomorrow
- The pulling of the trigger leading to the tragic chain of events has been done. Syria and Iran will be pulled into the war right after Lebanon. Israeli and American attacks on Iran will lead to the interruption of oil exports into Europe and China. Their economies will suffer. In the conclusion there will be chaos all across Asia.
The detonation device for the new apocalypse has been set off by Americans, obviously. They believe that they have the power and the authority to regulate the worlds chaos. But the U.S. cannot even gain control over its own minor chaos in Latin America. Let us only hope that Russia will remain neutral throughout this universal nightmare.
Militarys Opinion
Alexander Vladimirov, major general and vice-president of the Board of Military Experts of Russia:Collision of Civilizations
- This war is utterly futile for either one of the sides. And as the one lacking in logic it is all the more dangerous. The most dangerous aspect lies in the fact that Israel (and perhaps even Iran by now) possess nuclear weapons and are able to put them to use. This means the beginning of the global war because other countries will not be able to remain uninvolved in the collision of civilizations of this magnitude.
Source: Moskovskii Komsomolets
Translated by Natalia Vysotskaya
Even though we originally said they would have "weeks, not months" to respond. The offer was June 6, I believe.
This really ticks me off. We just paid all of ours off earlier in the year. We should've been maxing them out. I've never been financially savvy.
Russia and China could hold out while the Middle East and the West go at it. Russia and China come in after and do clean up work.
Even most Arab Shiites hate the Persians.
I would NOT say that. Russian nuke technology is actually something that works over there.
It will be interesting to eventually learn precisely what all God means by Babylon in prophecies yet to be fufilled. I expect it will turn out to have meant at least 2-3 things--possibly even a city.
Are you asserting that our culture, electrical grid, cars etc.
all have nothing to fear from EMP pulses of whatever origin?
Women and minorities will be hardest hit, so if you're not one of those, you got nothing to worry about.
Save my seat. Gotta grab some tinfoil and make my way to the shelter. ;) (when all that is left is humor, let us laugh our way to heaven)
You could take out Iran's nuclear capibility with MASSIVE conventional air strikes coordinated between the US, Britian, and the Israelis.
bump again to read before tomorrow.
If you're waiting on me, you're backing up!...
OK, now that's a scary thought...
You have a point. This is the end of time--so far.
Yes, you're right. But when we enter the picture, they will unite against us - even if only temporarily...
Saudi Arabia and Egypt would never fight us, even if just temporarily. First of all they'd get their towells handed to them handily, and they know it. Secondly, as I mentioned, they far prefer to sit back and watch us (and Israel) destroy their regional rival (Iran). And lastly, they have too much to lose financially: Egypt gets $2 billion/yr courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer, and Saudi Arabia lives off American oil revenue. ...and they have major U.S. stock/bond holdings.
Sorry old chap, the Arabs will NOT unite against us with Iran as their ally. They are terrified of where Iran is going and will possibly talk alliance but never join in and will covertly do anything they can to help us beat Iran.
Go! Zingirl, Go! That's the spirit.
10 days later and counting... just wanted to say I'm In Before Nuclear Oblivion..... IBNO!!!!
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