Is America Showing Double Standard for Not Sending Aid to Turkey and Syria?

Touch on the link below and read this entire article.  You can begin to get the flavor of how some people view the power that America and its allies have wielded these last 75 years. Resentment.  The author of the article is pretty upset that America and its democratic allies seem to not be sending its “fair share” of aid to Syria and Turkey.  Maybe it is true?  Maybe it is hard to send aid to governments who plan your destruction.  Maybe Allah (their demon god) actually is punishing them, as many Muslims believe?  How surprised the world will be when America does vanish and they find out that NO ONE is sending a nuclear generator aboard a ship to provide electricity?  No one is around to send barges of food.  No one is around willing to fight and die so that strangers might have a hope of having a better life.  America isn’t perfect and she’s getting more sick all the time, but she is the last best hope for a Satan-controlled world.  As Christians we do have the directive to help our neighbors but let’s also remember that “God sets up and tears down nations”.  Turkey and Syria have rejected God/Jesus and work against Israel constantly.  Just maybe they will reap what they sew?  Hard to watch and hard to know what’s going on here.

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Have western leaders abandoned their values and put politics before human solidarity, or have these values always been flexible? [human solidarity? Tell me what that even means!]

The European continent accumulated its wealth by colonising other countries and continents. The Portuguese, Spanish, British, Italian, Austro-Hungarian, French and German empires plundered countries to steal their natural resources to bring the wealth back to the European continent and build a strong industrial economy.

After the Second World War, the US empire emerged on the European continent. It extended its control and authority over the continent, where it reaped the spoils of war after the defeat of Germany. [Yep!  Through 6000 yrs of human history, “he with the gold makes the rules!”]

Because of the scale of the destruction, it could be many weeks before the rubble is cleared. Few will be paying attention to national or international politics. Attention will be focused on the state’s social support for rebuilding or trying to absorb the disaster, and on finding solutions for those who have survived. Many families have been torn apart, thousands have been killed or injured, minors left alone must be cared for, and tens of thousands of people will need ongoing medical care. The burden on both the Turkish and Syrian governments will be enormous.

People might not think of blaming their leaders for the consequences of a natural disaster, but they will have plenty of anger towards others who have the opportunity to help but choose not to. In the case of Syria, a country exhausted by years of EU and US sanctions, the consequences are more painful for the population than in Turkey, which receives aid from all over the world.

In theory, sanctions exclude medical aid and medicines, but they can hinder the delivery of such aid, as we saw during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, the West is creating obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria, and then blaming the Syrian government for the West’s lack of humanity.

Meanwhile, the Syrian government has appealed to its friends and foes alike to help the Syrian people. The airports of Aleppo and Damascus are open to anyone wishing to deliver humanitarian aid. 

The UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Russia, China, Algeria and Tunisia have sent planes, and other countries such as Saudi Arabia, Indiaand Pakistan have  been providing assistance. But Syria needs hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild the war-torn country. Syria’s oil and gas wealth is being stolen by the US, whose forces are stationed in northeastern Syria, controlled by the Kurds. Hundreds of earthquake aftershocks have been recorded in Turkey and Syria, causing further harm to already damaged buildings.

The humanity praised by western leaders is absent in the darkest catastrophe of a natural disaster. Dozens of hospitals have been destroyed, and thousands of people have lost their lives, family members, belongings and shelters. This is apparently not enough to move western leaders, who have sent tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons to support Ukraine after Russia launched its war, but prevented crumbs from reaching those who did not lose their lives in the earthquake. 

This is a dangerous sign that western leaders have lost their core values. Double standards are the new absolute values, as revealed by recent events. Western leaders are disconnected from the values that Europeans and westerners believe in.

Countries that do not claim to be democratic have shown themselves to be more humane than western countries when it comes to helping those facing natural disasters. Actions reveal the true values of nations, and double standards are the true motto of countries that claim civilisation, humanity, democracy, freedom and concern for human rights.

 https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/turkey-syria-earthquake-aid-gap-western-double-standards-reveals

Nord Stream Sabotaged by USA?

 Remember last year when Russia's huge gas pipeline called Nordstream was blown up?  Most folks figured it would have had to have been done by an advanced military who had the capability of sending frogmen down to the bottom of the ocean and planting a ton of explosives.  So that narrowed the filed of likely culprits.

Today we are reading that a prominent author is pinning the blame on USA.

Famed journalist and Pulitzer prize winner Seymour Hersh, who for decades was a star reporter writing for The New York Times and New Yorker, on Wednesday published a new bombshell as his first Substack post, prompting a quick White House response

After conducting his own investigation into who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines via a series of underwater blasts on Sept. 26, Hersh has concluded the United States blew up the Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline as part of a covert operation under the guise of the BALTOPS 22 NATO exercise.

Hersh, relying on unnamed national security sources, describes months of discussions and back-and-forth involving the Biden White House, CIA, and Pentagon. The report says planning was in the works all the way back to December 2021, with a special task force formed under the aegis of US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

"The Navy proposed using a newly commissioned submarine to assault the pipeline directly. The Air Force discussed dropping bombs with delayed fuses that could be set off remotely. The CIA argued that whatever was done, it would have to be covert. Everyone involved understood the stakes," the report, entitled How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline reads.

"The Biden Administration was doing everything possible to avoid leaks as the planning took place late in 2021 and into the first months of 2022," it continues.

As momentum gained to proceed with a covert sabotage attack, "Over the next few weeks, members of the CIA’s working group began to craft a plan for a covert operation that would use deep-sea divers to trigger an explosion along the pipeline," Hersh writes.

But there was significant push back within the intelligence community, but any reservations were overcome in the lead-up and aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. According to the investigative report: 

Throughout “all of this scheming,” the source said, “some working guys in the CIA and the State Department were saying, ‘Don’t do this. It’s stupid and will be a political nightmare if it comes out.’”

Nevertheless, in early 2022, the CIA working group reported back to Sullivan’s interagency group: “We have a way to blow up the pipelines.”

What came next was stunning. On February 7, less than three weeks before the seemingly inevitable Russian invasion of Ukraine, Biden met in his White House office with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who, after some wobbling, was now firmly on the American team. At the press briefing that followed, Biden defiantly said, “If Russia invades . . . there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it.”

Twenty days earlier, Undersecretary Nuland had delivered essentially the same message at a State Department briefing, with little press coverage. “I want to be very clear to you today,” she said in response to a question. “If Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another Nord Stream 2 will not move forward.”

Here;  Nord Stream Sabotage Was CIA, US Navy Covert Op: Seymour Hersh Bombshell Prompts White House Response | ZeroHedge

This could certainly put us much closer to being in direct conflict with Russia if it turns out to be true.  Along with sending Ukraine Abrams tanks, used to kill Russian soldiers, along with the missiles and bullets that we are already sending them...it seems like we could be in a pickle.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't have done it, but I just wonder how ready and willing the USA is to get in a war with Russia.  If China decided to attack Taiwan at the same time we start battling with Russia, things could get really dicey.

Also please remember that the US Military is having a really tough time recruiting soldiers because our youth have become so fat, unathletic and transgendered.

It makes a case that what we are possibly seeing is the rapid decline of the greatest country on God's green earth.  Do we even have the money available to borrow if we need to fight some expensive wars?

I hope and pray that Jesus is coming soon!

Are Muslim Structures on Temple Mount Falling Down?

 We know the 3rd Temple is going to get built.  Some say it will happen after the rapture when the Antichrist figures out a way to sign a peace agreement with Jews and Arabs which includes permission to build the temple.  We do know that the calls by the Jews to build the temple are increasing.  So we watch the Temple Mount because God’s timepiece is Israel, the minute hand is Jerusalem and the second hand is the Temple Mount.

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The tiles on the exterior feature Arabic calligraphy recording Surah Ya-Sin (the ‘Heart of the Quran’) which was commissioned in the 16th century by Suleiman the Magnificent. The Surah relates that after the Mahdi (the Muslim messiah) only the followers of Mohammad will be resurrected, noting specifically that  the apostles of Jesus are “impostors and threatened with stoning.”

While some Muslims claim the Temple Mount is the location of Mohammad’s “Night Journey” described in Surah 17 of the Koran, most Sunni dispute this and there is no mention of this in the calligraphic decorations anywhere on the Temple Mount. The mosaics on the interior of the Dome of the Rock are a Koranic (19:33-35) rejection of the divinity of Jesus. 

Constructed in 692 CE by the Umayyad Caliphate on the orders of Abd al-Malik on the site of the Jewish Temple, the current shrine is the oldest Muslim structure in existence. The architecture and mosaics were patterned after nearby Byzantine Christian churches and palaces and using the measurements of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Crusaders captured Jerusalem in 1099 and the Dome of the Rock was given to the Augustinians, who turned it into a church. Jerusalem was recaptured by Saladin in 1187, and the Dome of the Rock was reconsecrated as a Muslim shrine. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566), the exterior of the Dome of the Rock was covered with tiles. 

The building was severely damaged by earthquakes in 808 and again in 846. The dome collapsed in an earthquake in 1015 and was rebuilt in 1022–23. The mosaics on the drum were repaired in 1027–28. The earthquake of 1033 resulted in the introduction of wooden beams to enforce the dome. Parts of the Dome of the Rock collapsed during the 11 July 1927 earthquake, and the walls were left badly cracked.

Rabbi Harry Moskoff, the author of The A.R.K Report, explained that the structure is actually built on an ancient underground complex.

“At the center of the Dome of the Rock is a large flat foundation stone,” Rabbi Moskoff explained. “According to Jewish tradition, that is where God sent Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Underneath the stone is an empty chamber called the Well of Souls. In that chamber is a type of manhole that leads down to a tunnel. No one has ever explored that tunnel and it is believed that it was used as part of the Temple.”

“It is even possible that the Ark of the Covenant is in that tunnel,” Moskoff said. 

Rabbi Moskoff explained that before the Dome of the Rock, a temple to the pagan god Jupiter was built at the site of the Jewish temple by the Roman Emperor Hadrian around 130 CE. Tuvia Sagiv, an architect who has studied the Temple Mount extensively, noted that both the Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon which is still standing today, and the Islamic buildings we see on the temple mount were almost an exact match in both design and scale. He theorized that the Muslim structures were based closely on the pagan temple. Though nothing remains of the original pagan temple in Jerusalem, it is believed to have stood until the time of Hadrian’s later successor Constantine in 325 CE.

“It seems strange that the remains of the temple in Lebanon were shaken yesterday in an earthquake and its twin structure in Jerusalem begins falling apart today,” Moskoff said.

https://www.israel365news.com/366535/are-the-muslim-structures-on-the-temple-mount-falling-down/

Chinese Balloons a Practice Run for EMP Attack?

Years ago we blogged about Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) attacks.  They happen when an atomic bomb is exploded high in the ski above a city.  The explosion doesn't kill anyone.  The atomic waves coming off the explosion knock out all electrical systems for dozens of miles in all directions.  Can a person even imagine what NYC would look like if the electricity went out for 6 weeks...or 6 months??   You are talking total anarchy, total looting, total starvation and a total mess.

I have no idea if the Chinese balloons allowed to float over the USA were really a huge deal or not?  What if those balloons had an atomic weapon and they were silently floating in onshore over San Francisco or NYC?  How about exploding a nuke over St Louis and knocking out electricity in surrounding states??

A commentary at the Washington Examiner is warning that a Chinese spy balloon being watched as it crosses the United States could be a "dry run" for an EMP attack.

An electromagnetic pulse attack would be triggered by a nuclear explosion at altitude. It would disrupt electronics in a massive region, and earlier warnings have said that it could take down America's grid, destroy basic functions like banking and deliveries, and ultimately kill millions.

The latest warning is contained in Paul Bedard's Washington Secrets column.

"High-altitude balloons, such as the one China has floated over mountain state military bases this week, are considered a key 'delivery platform' for secret nuclear strikes on America's electric grid, according to intelligence officials," he reported.

"Spy balloons, used by Japan to drop bombs during World War II, are now far more sophisticated, can fly at up to 200,000 feet, evade detection, and can carry a small nuclear bomb that, if exploded in the atmosphere, would shut down the grid and wipe out electronics in a many-state-wide area."

WND has reported on the threat from EMP for years, as the nation has no effective barrier to such attacks. And even small rogue nations or terror groups that could capture a nuke could launch such an attack.

A congressional EMP commission and the military have delivered such warnings over the years, too.

Bedard said a 2015 report for the American Leadership & Policy Foundation included advice from Air Force Maj. David Stuckenberg, a leading EMP expert, about the situation, and the threat to national security from EMPs.

"Using a balloon as a WMD/WME platform could provide adversaries with a pallet of altitudes and payload options with which to maximize offensive effects against the U.S.," he said at the time. "A high altitude balloon could be designed, created, and launched in a matter of months. There is nothing to prevent several hundred pounds of weapons material from being delivered to altitude."

Today, in light of the Chinese balloon's presence, Bedard reported, he said, "China's recent balloon flyover of the United States is clearly a provocative and aggressive act. It was most likely a type of dry run meant to send a strategic message to the USA. We must not take this for granted."

He noted during World War II Japan had an effort that targeted North American with balloon bombs.

WND reported only last year there was new evidence the rogue Islamic regime in Iran was preparing for such an attack by hardening its "critical infrastructure" in preparation for a military response from the United States.

In an electromagnetic-pulse, or EMP, attack, a small nuclear weapon delivered on a satellite is exploded at high altitude, resulting in a burst of electromagnetic energy that could cause a nationwide blackout of the electric power grid. The shutdown of critical infrastructure reliant on the grid, which could last as long as a year, would affect communications, transportation, food and water supply, and sanitation.

While nuclear experts believe Iran does not have the capacity to strike the U.S. with a traditional nuclear-tipped missile, its intent to carry out an EMP attack "may be reflected in their efforts to protect at least some of their critical infrastructures," according to a report by Pry, the executive director of the EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security.

Pry's report then, titled "IRAN: EMP THREAT The Islamic Republic of Iran's Military Doctrine, Plans, and Capabilities for Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack," noted anofficial Iranian military textbook endorses EMP attacks against the U.S.

A year ago, Pry co-authored a column in The Hill warning that the Ukraine war could devolve into an "EMP apocalypse" for America.

Pry and co-author D. Brian Hay, president of the Canadian security think tank Mackenzie Institute, said a missile-delivered EMP "of sufficient size, exploded high above St. Louis, for example, could basically fry the electricity systems of the United States and those of the main populated parts of Canada and northern Mexico."

"The resulting social catastrophe of such a doomsday scenario would forcibly preoccupy national, state and local authorities with their own internal problems," they wrote.

"Imagine most of the United States with no electricity, no ATMs, few working vehicles, few functioning hospitals, no delivery of prescription medicines, or food or fresh water or sewage treatment," they wrote "Most of the U.S. population could be reduced to a lifestyle like that of the 1800s. EMP Commission estimates project a death toll of 90 percent of the population within one year, were something of this nature to happen. Remaining authorities would be overwhelmed by civil unrest decimating the dwindling population as they fought for their survival."

The threat could come, they warned, from many sources, including North Korea and China as well as Russia and Iran.

Here;  Is Chinese Balloon 'Dry Run' For EMP Attack? (prophecynewswatch.com)

A person can't even imagine America put back into the stone age by a lack of electricity.  Just imagine how incapable 99.99% of us would be if there were no stores, no phones, no computers, no cars?

Would Iran really do such a thing?  How about North Korea or China?

The world is filled with bad actors.  The folks who scream "allah akbar!" while blowing themselves up wouldn't hesitate to destroy the Great Satan. (USA)  China has wanted to be king of the hill for quite a while now. North Korea's leader claims he is a god and demands worship from his people.  He would LOVE to destroy America and let all the folks eat each other alive.

Will Gold Replace the Petrodollar?

While America keeps wracking up debt and punishing other nations with financial freezings, the day is soon coming when “faith and confidence”in the US Dollar will suddenly vanish.  By the looks of things and the prophecy in the Bible, silver and gold may play a part in the new financial system. Not you and I paying with gold coins but the currency will be backed by precious metals.  As we have said numerous times, we hope that America’s collapse is triggered by the rapture...and we pray that Jesus comes for us really soon!

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 For decades, foreign nations have tried to get away from the dollar. They disliked America’s financial dominance by holding the world’s reserve currency. The dollar has its great dominance in the oil market. The petrodollar system is essentially the global practice of exchanging oil for US dollars rather than any other currency. This means that no matter what country is buying the oil, they pay the oil-producing country in petrodollars, which are denominated in US dollars.

The dollar-based system survives on trust. People know it’s not going to lose any major value in a short period of time. Because there are so many dollars in circulation, traders can move huge mountains of cash in various transactions in a matter of seconds. In 2018, the average total volume of treasury securities traded per day was over 547 billion US dollars. A dealer in France can get a dollar-based loan and buy $200 million worth of steel out of Australia.

China has tried to convince the world that its renminbi would make a good replacement for the dollar. President Xi traveled the world, making one trade agreement after another that promised both nations would use their own currency for trade. Nothing happened because few people trust a currency that is completely controlled by the Chinese government. If a financial crisis occurred in China that caused the value of the renminbi to collapse, holders of the currency would suffer major losses.

A key driving force in why nations wanted to get away from the dollar is the American practice of using it as a weapon against other nations. Since 1990, the use of sanctions by the United States significantly increased, and since 1998, the United States has established economic sanctions on more than 20 countries.

The Russians had their bank accounts locked up because of their invasion of Ukraine. It’s not just thugs and dictators that have to toe the line with American policy. Banks in Switzerland long had a history of secrecy with money. Uncle Sam said open your accounts so we can look for American tax dodgers, or we will kick out the dollar trade system. Switzerland had no choice but to comply.

In many Latin American nations, it is very hard to open a bank account. The Fed assumes that anyone who sends money south of the border is dealing in drugs. You are a criminal until proven innocent. Many of the laws that were established after 9/11 have motivated the US government to stick its nose into everyone’s personal business.

Another motivation for a dollar replacement is the massive national debt and trade deficit the US has with the rest of the world. Our current debt has reached $31.4 trillion, which was only $13 trillion in 2010. Our trade deficit is equally out of control. Each month foreign countries ship us $100 billion more in Goods  than we ship to them.

International bankers are increasingly coming to the conclusion that a gold-based system is the only way to wrestle control from America and put the US on a financial diet. Gold has no counterparty risk. If a nation has a ton of gold in a bank, there is no one in Washington who can press a button and make it worthless.

No rich nation should ever allow gold to leave its border. When you read about countries selling off their reserves, it’s because they’re in a state of economic collapse. What allows a nation to retain its gold is a financial system that makes gold transactions on a fractional reserve system, the same way the dollar operates. A nation may have gold worth on the market $10 billion, but it can back a banking system of $100 billion.

If a nation suffers high inflation, the citizens can be protected by the value of gold soaring in price. India has suffered many financial calamities over the years. Millions survived the hardship by having their core assets in gold.

One overhanging reason why we need a financial system is related to what happened during the Great Recession of 2008-2009. The world had a massive meltdown with losses reaching, in one report, $26 trillion. The Federal Reserve is the only entity that could produce dollars, so it made good all these losses. A little over a decade later, the world is right back to those same levels of derivative and leverage.

I don’t know what role the Antichrist would play in a gold reserve system. Since he will be the man with all the answers, he may introduce several of its key components.

“Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth” (Zephaniah 1:18).

https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/

Massive Quakes Strike Turkey and Syria

Massive quakes in Turkey and Syria have toppled hundreds of buildings and killed thousands.  The death toll is sure to grow.  It’s being reported that a few nations are gathering resources and rescue equipment to rush to the area and help with search, recovery, food and medicine.  I’m gonna guess most are non-Muslim nations rushing to help Muslim nations. Jesus said there will be earthquakes and the frequency and severity of them are increasing.  Look it up.  (Update 2/7, death toll now past 5000)

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A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, killing more than 1,900 people and taking down countless buildings. 

The earthquake prompted a search for survivors in the rubble in cities and towns across the region. The death toll is expected to rise.

Residents in both countries were awakened by the quake several hours before dawn and rushed outside to cold, rain and snow. Dozens of buildings in cities in the area were toppled.

 https://www.foxnews.com/world/people-dead-turkey-syria-after-7-8-magnitude-earthquake