New york times article

[daygo]

There are a number of reasons that could dissuade Netanyahu from ordering a strike soon, but perhaps the most intriguing X Factor at the moment is vladimir Putin -- An intriguing New York Times story over the weekend explained that for the Kremlin to raise enough money for Putin to keep his lavish campaign promises over the next few years, oil prices would need to average $150 a barrel, signficantly higher than the current $120 a barrel. One way to drive up oil prices, of course, would be to encourage or foment more tensions in the Middle East. Putin is already moving Russian forces into Syria. He's also actively preparing to build a new regional political/military/economic alliance he calls the "Eurasian Union." What if Russiathen intervenes in the current standoff between Israel and Iran and signs a mutual defense treaty with Iran? What if Putin warns Israel that an attack on Iran would be regarded by the Kremlin as an attack against Russia itself. That alone would throw a monkey wrench into Netanyahu’s plans to neutralize Iran’s nuclear program with a preemptive strike. But what if Putin then went further? He could go to the U.N. in September and call for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East. He could persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program. Then, in a move similar to what President Bush demanded of Iraq in 2003, Putin could demand that Israel disclose, dismantle and discard its weapons of mass destruction within 60 or 90 days, or face an international coalition willing to force Israel to do so. This scenario -- or a variation of it -- would not only likely halt Israeli plans for a strike on Iran, but could actually set into motion the fulfillment of the prophecies of Ezekiel 38-39 and the "War of Gog and Magog."

Anyone else read this new york times article made me think about ezek. 38/39 prophecy, the bit where it says to take a spoil ( oil has been found off the coast of tel aviv. )

[micah719]

Israel won't give up the Samson Option unless there is a solid guarantee of security without it. This won't come about until the massed enemies on her borders are removed or de-natured. The world can beat its chicken-breast as much as it wants, it will take a mass-casualty event and a shocking reminder of what modern nukes and chems are like to take concrete action. Of course, they're hoping the attack on Israel succeeds, but their master knows it won't and is content to let some of his underlings get fried in his further plan. Israel will give up the Bomb, and the devil will get to sit in the temple. It's what he has always wanted. The sitting won't be long.