US Military Base to Be Built in Damascus?

 We aren’t sure what to make of this story.  We post it because it speaks of the US building a military base in Damascus.  As you know Isaiah 17 says that Damascus will be totally destroyed and made uninhabitable.  We also think it could be prophetic because of the peace another US military base may harbor in the Middle East and may even involve the Antichrist confirming a peace agreement that is being laid out as we read this.

But we aren’t sure how it’s going to end well when we make peace with a government who is made up of Muslim extremists.

We also know the history of empires and how they all collapse when they can’t support the military bases they built all over the world.  America seems to be repeating this pattern.  Another base?  Another $trillion!  Ah…who cares?  We already owe $38 trillion, might as well be $39 trillion!

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The US is planning to establish a military base in Damascus, Syria, Reuters has reported, as the Trump administration continues to strongly back the new Syrian government that’s led by former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

The report said that the US will establish a military presence at an airbase on the outskirts of the Syrian capital for the purpose of enabling a security pact that Washington is attempting to broker between Israel and Syria.

The idea would be for the US military to monitor a potential deal that would include the demilitarization of areas to the south of Damascus. Officials compared it to the US monitoring of the ceasefire deal in Lebanon, which Israel has constantly violated, and the ceasefire deal in Gaza, which Israel has also been in breach of.

A Syrian Foreign Ministry official later told Syria’s state news agency SANA that the Reuters report was "untrue" but did not specifically deny that the US would establish a military presence in Damascus.

"The current stage marks a transformation in the US position towards direct engagement with the Syrian central government in Damascus, and towards supporting the country’s unity while rejecting any calls for partition," the official said.

A Syrian defense official told Reuters that the US had flown to the base in military C-130 transport aircraft to ensure the runway was usable, and a security guard at one of the base’s entrances said that American aircraft were landing there as part of "tests".

Previous reports have said that the Trump administration may sign an agreement with the new Syrian government to formalize its military presence in Syria.

The US has been closing bases in northeast Syria but is expected to maintain its presence at the al-Tanf Garrison in the south, which is situated where the borders of Syria, Iraq, and Jordan converge.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-establish-military-base-syrias-damascus