Obama's Legacy Part 2

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December 22, 2016

Obama's Legacy Part 2

One of the highest honors a human being can receive is the Nobel Peace Prize. It has been highly revered, however now it's value has dropped precipitously, and is nothing more than a moment in time accented by a few photo ops, some diplomas and a coin.

A human achievement that's not worth the metal its minted from.

So what happens if you make a mistake?

That very thing happened in 2009. You see, the Peace Prize is awarded for achievements. They awarded Obama this BEFORE achievements. OOPS

Nobel panel saw Obama peace prize as ‘mistake,’ new book claims

The former director of Norway’s Nobel Institute revealed this week that he regrets the committee’s decision to give the 2009 Nobel Peace award to President Obama.

Geil Lundestad, director at the institute for 25 years, said in his just-published memoir that he and the committee had unanimously decided to grant the award to Mr. Obama just after his election in 2009 more in hopes of aiding the American president to achieve his goals on nuclear disarmament, rather than in recognition of what Mr. Obama had already accomplished.

That Awkward Moment When One Nobel Peace Prize Winner Bombs Another

 

US/NATO planes bombed a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan on Saturday. The attack lasted an hour, and continued even after medics “frantically phoned NATO and Washington” to tell them what they were bombing.

It was no use. The attackers already knew full well what their target was. Doctors Without Borders had long ago provided them with the GPS coordinates of their facilities. And the US-installed Afghan government, which had raided that very same hospital in July of this year, had requested the strike, claiming the hospital was being used by insurgents

The attack killed 22 people, including 12 medical workers and 10 patients. Three of the patients were children. The first bombardment targeted the Intensive Care Unit, where an eyewitness nurse said,“Patients were burning in their beds.” And a hospital caretaker said that he could hear women and children, “screaming for help inside the hospital while it was set ablaze by the bombing.”

Doctors Without Borders won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. President Obama was awarded his in 2009. As Commander-in-Chief of the military that bombed the Doctors Without Borders hospital, this makes Obama perhaps the first Nobel Peace Prize winner to bomb another Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Last Year President Obama Reportedly Told His Aides That He's 'Really Good At Killing People'

 

This will not go over well for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
According to the new book “Double Down,” in which journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann chronicle the 2012 presidential election, President Barack Obama told his aides that he’s “really good at killing people” while discussing drone strikes.

Peter Hamby of The Washington Post noted the moment in his review of the book.
The reported claim by the commander-in-chief is as indisputable as it is grim.
Obama oversaw the 2009 surge in Afghanistan, 145 Predator drone strikes in NATO’s 2011 Libya operations, the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and drone strikes that killed the Pakistani Taliban leader and a senior member of the Somali-based militant group al-Shabab this week.

His administration also expanded the drone war: There have been 326 drone strikes in Pakistan, 93 in Yemen, and several in Somalia — killing upwards of 4,000 people overall — under Obama, compared to a total of 52 strikes under George Bush.

The Double Tap

OK I know war is a dirty business. It has been from day one. However when you make your public persona about being someone that's good and kind, and then continually use this tactic...and make the statement, that it's legal. 

That's wrong...morally and ethically wrong.

So, what is a "Double Tap?"

Let's let the BBC explain:

Drones kill rescuers in 'double tap', say activists

Drones are often lauded for their supposed precision and accuracy. Sometimes, though, the machines - and their human operators - make mistakes, as two new reports from human rights organisations show. 

The first round of missiles struck a tent in Zowi Sidgi, a village in North Waziristan, at dusk on 6 July 2012. A small group of miners and woodcutters had gathered there for dinner, according to Amnesty International's Mustafa Qadri. 

The tent burned. Friends and family members came running to help. A moment later, there was another drone strike. Many of the people who had come to assist their friends and relatives in the tent were also killed. 

Altogether 18 people died in the two rounds of drone strikes. One of the victims was a 14-year-old boy. The strikes in Zowi Sidgi fall into a special category of attacks, said Qadri, a lethal operation that includes two phases. 

This practice, known as a "double tap", as journalists have described, is being used more often.

If you're a military-aged male, you're considered a targetMustafa Qadr, Amnesty International" They appear to be targeting those who have come in to help those who are injured," said Qadri. "And that's particularly shocking."

His research appears in an Amnesty International report.

In a May speech at Fort McNair in Washington, however, US President Barack Obama said the drone strikes in Pakistan and other countries are "effective" and "legal". 

"Before any strike is taken, there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured - the highest standard we can set," he said.

A Human Rights Watch study on drone strikes in Yemen has also been released. For the Human Rights Watch report, researchers looked at six strikes that took place in Yemen from 2009-13. Researchers claim that two of the attacks violated the laws of war "because they struck only civilians or used indiscriminate weapons".

Nobel Peace Prize?

You decide...

 Jesus said in Matthew 5:9

 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.

 

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Shalom

Jerry

 

 

 

The Soon Coming War

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December 1, 2016

The Soon Coming War.

Yup...The Mid East...again.

Have you ever wondered WHY Israel? Think about it for a moment. Here is this small country, the size of New Jersey, that every time a building gets built or they try to be as normal as any other nation, the world media goes apoplectic over it.

As comedian Jerry Seinfeld used to say "What's the deal?!!!"

If you pull up any of the "Israeli News sites" you will find story after story of Palestinians attacking civilians. Other state actors like Hezbolla up north in Lebanon, Hamas in the Gaza area, and a cauldron of others who continually spring up with the express purpose to attack Israel, and kill Jews.

So, lets set the record straight. I'm not Jewish. Im Scotch Irish and as Gentile as they come. I am also a follower of Jesus Christ, Yeshua...you get my point.

So this land, Israel was one of the most important in world history. A couple thousand years ago, the God of the universe, created a people for Himself. They are called the Jews, or Hebrews, however you want to call it, the fact remains. These people were given a land in perpetuity, this small land we call Israel. Ok, so the nation of Israel rejected God and God kicked them out, scattered them all over the world, and promised to forgive them and in the latter days bring them back.

That happened in 1948.

From 1948 onward, the land of Israel went from a dusty rock filled swampy desolate place, to now a vibrant farming area. With water being as scarce as it is in that area, Israel leads the world in drip irrigation technology. Israel also is a world leader in technology. You have to admit a certain jealousy over the success of this Jewish nation. I wish our nation were as focused and prosperous as Israel.

Their advances in technology became life saving when the Palestinanians fired more than 4,000 rockets at civilians during July and August of 2014.  Israels Iron Dome anti-missile system performed admirably, protecting the locals much to the Arabs dismay. 

So, with this Iron Dome system, increased food production, Jews moving in from all over the world, Israel should be sitting pretty and safe right? They wish, and Bible believing Christians also wish, but it is not so Im afraid.

The battle lines were drawn in the Garden of Eden. The chief architect of rebellion, Satan, has his sights on opposing God at every opportunity. The main focus of Satan's wrath is the Jew.

Let's use another analogy from the Seinfeld Show. One of the characters George Castanza, was having rotten luck with work and relationships. So he decided to "do the opposite", lo and behold...it worked!

Just do the opposite.

That's Satan's game plan in a nut shell.

God authors peace and truth. Satan spawns confusion, deception and lies.

God blesses marriage between man and woman. Do the opposite...same sex marriage.

Do you want to live a peaceful life and raise kids to follow the Lord? Make it exceedingly difficult. Use the media to promote everything against God at every opportunity. Promote the dark forces, make the good seem evil and the evil seem good. In other words, do the opposite.

Here's one that we can relate to; Celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (you know Christmas?)...Satans plan? Turn it into a massive commercialized month long spending spree, void of Christ, full of Santa.

And so on and so on...you get the picture.

So, here we are in the year 2016. Israel has been back in the land for almost 70 years. The heat is now turning up in the Middle East.

Syria is the new Iraq/Lybia/Afghanistan.

The estimates on Syrian loss of life is about a quarter of a million killed. This country is ruled by Bashar Al-Assad. His rule is characterized as brutally murderous. He doesn't care how many die, just as long as he is in power. 

So Assad asks for some help. The Iranians are more than glad to help, especially if it means killing Sunni's or gearing up to destroy Israel. Assad gives right of way to Iran when it comes to weapons storage and transit towards Lebanon, where the de facto anti Israel army Hezbolla is in control.

Israel is now covertly attacking weapons depots and weapons shipments in Syria.

Assad also asked Russia for help. This is the 800lb gorilla in the room. It looks like Russia has been given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to keep Assad in power. They have been given total access to the port in Latakia and free reign of airspace.

What do you think would be Putins motivation for helping Assad? After all there has to be SOMETHING, right?

A news article posted in April said that Putin said that he intends to give the Golan Heights back to Syria.

A few days later Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said The Golan will remain a part of Israel forever.  

Ok so other than the Golan being militarily very, very important to the national security of Israel, what else is there?

Oil...and lots of it.

Now we know what's at stake.

Next up we will look at what the Bible has to say about this very time...its important and most likely you will see it come to fruition...soon, very soon.

Lord willing, see you tomorrow.

Shalom.

Jerry

One Step Closer Part 2

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November 30, 2016

One Step Closer Part 2

Yesterday I posted a piece on what I feel is another step towards, what I feel is, an inevitable confrontation between Israel and Russia.

I tried to identify some of the reasons, however, the more I write, the more it becomes apparent that this is a big wad of pasta noodles. To get to one point means untangling the entire mess.

Lets look deeper, ok?

There are some who say that we need to just be out of the Middle East. That to be involved is just a disaster waiting to happen. On the outside that would be a good assessment...however, its too late for that. We have to acknowledge that we screwed up and in a big way.

You see, President Obama ran on a promise to get out of the Middle East. If that is the case, why are we still there? Why are we providing so many weapons? So our Nobel Peace Prize President makes a claim that He's really good at killing people.

Please take a minute and watch the video

So now, who's our Daddy?

Saudi Arabia owns us, lets face it. Our addiction to oil has us scraping the barrel like a junkie. We had no choice...that is until we started to regularly produce our own supplies. Remember $3.00 plus a gallon gas? What happened? American ingenuity and the entrepreneurial spirit took over and we found ways to produce our own oil. We drilled and separated from shale and oil sand. Then our good friends the Saudis started dropping the price.

Generous weren't they? No, quite the opposite...they wanted to put small oil companies out of business. You know, eliminate the competition. It also looks like our own production killed off our own rally, Crazy as it seems, the oil companies were pretty leveraged out, meaning they borrowed money to lease or buy equipment. So when the prices started to drop...oops. They say over 175 oil companies could go bankrupt this year alone.

So what do the Saudis really want? Money? No, they have enough for many lifetimes. They want us to protect them, while they spread their radical terrorist Wahhabiasm. These wealthy elite cowards need protection from...drum roll please...Iran. Yeah the Shiite minorities want nothing more than to shove a nuclear weapon up The Saudi monarchies keister...and the Saudis know that, and they are afraid. Oh and the Iranians also want Israel destroyed and the US destroyed too, just had to add that.

I dont know if the House of Saud is fearful of President Donald Trump, but they better be mindful of him. President Trump isnt a globalist, they better  understand that if they want a relationship with the US. Its going to be a different game with Trump. I for one am really glad of it too. Lets leave that for a moment, and maybe that will be the topic for another time.

Sorry for my rant...

Back to Israel and Russia...

Now yesterday I posed a question. That was, if Mexico had intentions to protect their military bases and put a S400 system near the southern US border. How would the US respond?

We know how they would respond. The same way they responded when Cuba allowed The Soviets to use their island to base nuclear missiles. We were very, very close to nuclear war at that time.

If Russia wants to blanket Israel with radar and a very plausible threat to deny airspace, while giving Israel's enemies cover to move weapons and men...Israel will attack. You cant blame them either. You did notice that Russia moved their ONLY aircraft carrier off the coast of Syria, right?

The Admiral Kuznetsov, is a ski jumped looking behemoth. Vastly different than US aircraft carriers. It has also been reported today that Russia has blanketed the entire Syrian coast and inland with new missile batteries and weapons systems, designed not to go after ISIS...after all ISIS has no aircraft...but to protect against? Who then? Israel? The US? Turkey? Maybe all three.  

Now we are getting reports that the submarine game is going full steam ahead. Oh by the way Israel has the German made Daulphin class submarines. Very quiet and nuclear missile capable. Quiet enough to give our submarines a fit, and powerful enough to sink a certain smoke spewing aircraft carrier.

It was also reported that a Dutch sub, was chased out of the area by Russian ships. You read that right, a Dutch sub...operating off Syria, gathering intelligence on the Russians. Please pass the popcorn, this is getting exciting.

Its getting tight in Syria. For sure. All the players are unashamedly showing up...except for Iran. I expect that to change too.

Where is this leading? You would think that the God who put Israel back together would have something to say about all this, right? Im sure the backroom dealings, the intrigue and overall carnage would get the Creators attention, right?

Well, it has.

Lets step back for a minute. God spoke through his prophet Isaiah about 700 years before Jesus Christ walked this planet, that puts this about 2700-2800 years ago.

Isaiah 42: 8-9  I am the Lord, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.

⁹ Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare;
Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

He told Isaiah that He alone is God, and there is no other, and that He will tell of things from the end to the beginning. That is one of Gods messages to man.

In the next chapter He tells Israel, 43:1 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.

If there is any doubt about the status of Israel, lets put that to rest right now. Now, because of Israel's sin against God, He kicked them out of the land and scattered them across the world. It was this way til 1948, when Israel became a nation again, and the entire weight of the Jew hating world came crashing down on them. However, God raised up a nation to protect them. That nation was US. We had Israels back and sometimes that relationship was rocky, and sometimes sweet. But they were always, always special in our sight. As Christians we know the importance of Israel.

We read in Ezekiel 36, God told the land to get ready for His peoples return. Israel went from a dust and rock filled land to a green food producing nation, now exporting produce around the globe. In Ezekiel 37 we read that God told the "dry bones" to come together. This is the Israeli people.

In chapter 38, we read of intrigue. The Bible tells us that a coalition of forces, led by a nation to the North of Israel and called Rosh in a nation called Magog. Biblical scholars have for years identified as best that can be determined as Russia, Turkey. Iran, Lybia and Sudan. Notice that Saudi Arabia and the US are not listed in the attacking forces. They simply are on the sidelines.

This begs the question, how does our situation right now compare to the Biblical prophecy?

There is so much materiel that it becomes almost impossible to put this together in a simple blog format.

My brother-in-law and I were having breakfast at the local diner the other day. I talked with him about how our elections have changed the dynamic of the Middle East. He raised a point that stuck with me. He slid his coffee cup to the edge of the table and said "One day we will go off the edge, and maybe we are at the edge right now, but Gods hand is holding us back from crashing."

Good analogy.

Just because we have elected Mr Trump, and he has given us his word that Israel will not be treated like Obama treated them...our nation is set to crash.

I dont see a Make Us Great Again in our near future. Its not that we cant be great again, we certainly can, its that in order to be great again we need the hand Almighty God to guide us and there are too many in this land that hate that idea.