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[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi All,

There has obviously been a change of regime in the US, and I don’t want to get into that whole divisive issue from a political/partisan point of view.

I would, however, like to touch on what it could mean for Syria, and globalist/military-industrial interference in that country.

Firstly, Iran. While far from perfect, it is wrongly singled out as the ‘Number one state sponsor of terror.’ This is patently false. Saudi Arabia is far and away the number one state sponsor of terror, but because Saudi Arabia is in bed with the western countries, it is largely left uncriticised. Moreover, while Iran has undoubtedly sponsored terrorists here or there, so have western countries such as the US, UK, European countries, etc. This has been extensively documented in this forum.

To get to my point, I would like to see some sort of rapprochement between Iran and the west. For the last few years, Iran has been blockaded, provoked, sanctioned, squeezed and bullied by the military-industrial complex based in Washington. But once we cut through the mainstream media propaganda, it’s clear that Iran is not as bad as western darlings like Saudi Arabia. Iran represses Christians, but tolerates their existence. Saudi Arabia does not tolerate their existence. It is illegal to be a Christian in Saudi Arabia, and the penalty is imprisonment, torture and/or death.

Saudi Arabia was also a major sponsor of ISIS, and has always been in bed with fanatics like al-queda. Iran, a Shiite nation, is a sworn enemy of ISIS/al-queda, etc. Iran has backed the Syrian government, which has protected Christians. The western nations, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel, etc, have all backed, to one extent or another, the fanatical Christian-killing jihadists in Syria.

In short, it would be nice to see de-escalation with Iran, but that remains to be seen. The flip side of this is Syria, where the two previous US regimes before this newest one ultimately pursued similar policies. I think the best we could probably hope for from the newest US regime is that there is no significant escalation.

That also remains to be seen. I read a very recent report of a US military build-up in and around the oil fields of eastern Syria (the US government is clearly occupying that part of the country to steel the oil. There is no other explanation). There has also been a Russian military build-up in the parts of the country that they are occupying.

While Russia, like everyone else, is also not perfect and has its own agenda, the Russian forces, unlike the western forces, are in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government.

On top of all of this, Israel continues to act as the official air force of al-queda in Syria, continually bombing the positions of pro-Assad/pro-Iranian/anti-terrorist militias in Syria, sometimes long distances away from the Israeli border.

Of course, the best outcome for Syria, all along, would be for zero interference from outside, and for it to be left alone. This, however, is not the nature of the globalist agenda, new world order.

No articles to post today. I’ll leave it at that. All the best.

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello Everyone,

There has obviously been a severe escalation of tension, division, corruption, hysteria, godlessness throughout the world over the last year or so.

It's going to probably get a lot worse before it finally gets better, when Jesus returns.

But I believe there has been a rare positive spot of news on the Iranian front, since the new US regime took power.

Clearly, the military-industrial complex is currently centred in Washington, and it continues to do its sinister work largely unhindered from one regime to the next, regardless of the party that happens to be currently in power at any time.

There is no reason at all to think that this is about to change. Indeed, it might get even worse.

But a rare (potential) positive front might be Iran, which was horrendously targetted over the last few years, with embargoes, sanctions, assassinations of its important people, etc. Moreover, Iran is unfairly labelled as 'The world's number one state sponsor of terror,' which, quite simply, is a bald-faced lie.

Saudi Arabia is, far and away, the world's biggest state sponsor of terror. Yet, because it is a darling of the west, it escapes criticism, or consequences of any kind. Remember, Saudi Arabia was a major backer of the Christian-killing terrorist Syrian rebels, while Iran helped the Syrian government to fight against these terrorists.

To get to my point, the US regime recently removed the (Iranian-backed) Houthi rebels in Yemen from a so-called terrorist list, and has signalled that it may cease to support the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

The Saudi war in Yemen is genocidal in nature. The Saudis have deliberately bombed civilian targets en mass, and have led an embargo against Yemen which has helped to create what the UN has referred to as the greatest humanitarian crisis in the world (possibly even worse than Syria).

There are also other possible moves afoot to de-escalate the tensions with Iran, which I believe can only be a good thing. Don't believe all the propaganda. While Iran is no angel, it is not as bad as what the media would have us believe.

I now link to a couple of articles. The first is with specific reference to the Houthi rebel situation, while the second is on the broader (potential) de-escalation with Iran. Links below:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -yemen-aid

https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/02/ir ... y-winning/

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi All,

A quick update. The Biden regime has seamlessly continued the policy of aggression, escalation and occupation in Syria, which was a staple of the Trump regime, which had been a staple of the Obama regime before that.

This is the nature of the military-industrial complex. Details and targets may be redefined from one regime to the next, but the war machine ultimately rages on, regardless of the ‘side of politics’ currently in power.

There was recently a US Air Force bombing of positions in Syria which belonged to pro-Assad, pro-Iran combatants, said to be ‘retaliation’ for a rocket attack in Iraq against US targets, blamed on pro-Iranian formations.

That aside, I have some news for you. There have been reports from Russian military officials, covered in Russian and Iranian media outlets, of fears that western-backed rebels in Idlib province (the only governorate still under the control of western-backed rebels/jihadists) are planning a false-flag attack, just like they did (and actually carried out) twice during the tenure of the Trump regime, which led to bombing raids by western forces against pro-Assad targets in Syria.

In short, according to the latest claims/intelligence from Russia, the rebels are possibly planning to launch one or more gas attacks against civilians under their control in Idlib. As happened before under both Trump and Obama, the international government/media complex would immediately blame it on the Syrian government (without a shred of evidence), which would then serve as an excuse to further escalate the US/western occupation of (eastern) Syria, and bomb Syrian government targets as ‘retaliation’ for the gas attacks, even though these attacks were almost certainly carried out by western-backed rebels.

Hopefully none of this comes to pass, but there are several direct precedents, and it wouldn’t be surprising in the least if it happened again.

Link to an article about this is below:

www.infowars.com/posts/russia-says-jiha ... attention/

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi All,

I refer you to an article from Al-Monitor, which is a relatively good news source focussed on the Middle-East.

The main point made by this newest article is how the military-industrial complex, based in Washington, continues to stand in the way of the reconstruction of Syria, and to try to hinder anyone else from rebuilding Syria.

The Foreign Minister of the UAE recently met with his Russian counterpart, and both lamented the behaviour of the US regime on this point (when I say ‘regime’, I mean the system that stays well-and-truly in place, regardless of the comings and goings of various leaders, politicians, etc).

The UAE, for its part, according to the article, faces US sanctions of its own, if it doesn’t play ball with US policy.

In a nutshell, Assad controls about two-thirds of Syria, and the military-industrial complex wants to completely choke off any and all help, investment, development, relief, supplies, etc, from the bulk of Syria, where the government is in control. Of course, propaganda aside, US policy, like the policy of any other major country or empire, has nothing to do with concern for people, and everything to do with power/money.

As pointed out in the article, 80% of Syria now lives below the poverty line, and that obviously includes all of Syria, not just the parts controlled by Assad.

International interference has been a genocidal catastrophe for Syria, and it is not letting up.

Link to article in below:

www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021 ... ussia.html

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi Everyone,

The purpose of this post is to advertise a podcast series that I am currently producing, with a new episode released on a weekly basis.

I asked the administration of Christianity Oasis for permission to plug my podcast in this forum, and was granted permission.

I have already mentioned it in the other forum I am involved with in ‘Cool Café’, and now wish to mention it here, as I have now started on the topic of the Military-Industrial Complex, which, of course, is pertinent to the main theme of this forum.

Just so you know, there is no advertising, and I will not be earning a single cent through this podcast. It’s something I wished to do for God, as we all (in my opinion) get closer and closer to the end times.

Before I provide you a link, here’s a little info about the podcast. While it’s technically a ‘podcast’, it could just as easily be described as an ‘audio book’. It’s not me yapping from the top of my head. Instead, I am reading from scripts which I wrote myself, based on a whole heap of research.

It is not a ‘Christian podcast’, but is a podcast by a Christian for anyone willing to listen. While anti-war themes are a major focus of the podcast series, the overall thrust of the podcast is an aggressive critique of the globalist, New World Order.

The Bible tells us there is more than one way to preach the gospel, ie. some like to preach the love of God, while others focus also on the severity of God (His holy wrath against anyone who is ultimately unrepentant). I respect each different approach and am sure they each have their specific purpose.

My overall intention of the podcast is too (hopefully) awaken anyone (who may listen to it) to the highly sinister nature of the globalist agenda, and hopefully, in a subtle manner, show them that the only antidote to the New World Order- and only hope- is Christ.

I have put a lot of time into the research and writing aspect of the podcast, and (because I’m not so strong on the technological side of things) have sort the assistance of two personal associates of mine (both far better with technology than me) to create the best possible sound quality in the podcasts.

There are some strong views presented within but, needless to say, the language is all clean (no obscenities).

If you don’t have the time or inclination to listen to the podcast, no problem at all and I totally understand it.

I will not be making a habit of plugging it continually in this forum. In fact, for all intents and purposes, you can consider this a one-off plug (as it was in the other forum I am involved in on this site).

Have a great Sunday, and a nice week.

Link below

https://open.spotify.com/show/6v3kGjhRQIQLq4yLvj2YX4

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello All,

I have a couple of things to discuss. The first is the situation in the Ukraine, which is largely divided between a pro-western left side of the country, and pro-Russian right side of the country.

There has obviously been a recent civil war there, with the Ukrainian government forces acting as a western proxy, and insurgents in the east acting as Russian proxies. There are presumably agents, special forces, etc, from the west and Russia, on the ground in the Ukraine backing their own side.

There have been renewed tensions there, with both sides (in my opinion) doing a good amount of sabre rattling. Don’t believe media propaganda that it’s all Russia’s fault. After all, Russian media would be no doubt saying it’s all the fault of the western countries, and their puppet government in the Ukraine.

Hopefully, there will not be a serious escalation and it would be nice if cool, rational heads on both sides would prevail. Let’s see if there ARE any.

I also refer you to a new article about Syria. It’s from al-monitor, and is just a round-up of the current situation. The military side of things has been largely won by the Syrian government and its allies, but the country remains in dire straits. The NW province of Idlib, where all rebels, jihadists and their families, etc, have fled to, remains the only rebel-controlled province. It’s largely controlled by al-queda and other jihadists.

Meanwhile, the US and its proxy forces are continuing to occupy the oil-rich regions of eastern Syria, and steal its oil.

Here are the main things covered in the article:

- The dire economic situation in Syria, and willingness of pro-rebel nations to deprive government-held regions of aide and supplies (sanctions warfare).

- Tensions in and between the regions not controlled by the government, and uneasy alliances between, for example, Russia and Turkey (who are ‘allies’, but back different sides).

- Fighting and ongoing tussles over strategic supply routes, and crossings.

- Ongoing attempts by the USA and Turkey to collapse the Syrian economy.

- Attempts by the Russian and Syrian governments to keep Syria economically afloat, and continue, as much as possible, to obtain access to the flow of goods.

What I wrote above is just a basic summary. Though it’s good that the fighting is slowly winding down, Syria is still in serious trouble, and the military-industrial complex is still waging serious economic warfare against it, and keeping it under a punishing siege.

If you wish to read the article, link is below:

www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/04/wa ... eats-syria

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi Everyone,

Quick update on Syria. There are ongoing, tentative efforts among some Arab Gulf states (who formerly backed the rebels) to make peace with Assad, in exchange for concessions, of course.

Lately, there have even been high-level moves by Saudi Arabia to do this. Such a trend, of course, could only be positive for Syria.

Of course, none of these moves would be pleasing to the military-industrial complex based in Washington, which has never really abandoned its regime-change schemes concerning Syria.

For an interesting article on all of this, click below:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/s ... side-again

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi All,

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on Syria, but wish to keep you up to date, if you are interested.

You would’ve noticed that it’s largely dropped out of the news, after years of dominating headlines of international news sources.

Thankfully, the worst of the fighting seems to be over, but the country is still in ruins, and the scars (physical and mental) across the whole land must be unimaginable.

The thing that makes me, a mere armchair observer, most nervous is the threat of escalation from the military-industrial complex. The most predictable form this would take is a gas attack planned and carried out by western-backed rebels, then (mis)reported to us by the mainstream media, which would pin the blame on the Syrian government, and give the military-industrial complex the excuse it needed to bomb Syria again. This has obviously happened several times before, and remains a threat, in my own estimations.

Something that has been on my mind a bit of late is the Bible verse that can be found at Isaiah 17, which appears to foresee the future destruction of Damascus. Depending on what version of the Bible you read, the chapter is actually titled, ‘The Burden of Damascus’, or, ‘A prophecy against Damascus’. Here is verse 1 of the chapter: ‘Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.’

Now, I am not an expert on Bible prophecy and haven’t read widely about potential interpretations of this verse, but have come across snippets from time to time. My impression thus far is that it is referring to the future, i.e. this is a prophecy as yet unfulfilled.

While much of Syria is indeed currently in ruins due to the civil war, Damascus has remained the main government stronghold, a literal fortress that has escaped the worst of the war. Some of its outer suburbs have indeed been left in ruins, but the greater city itself has been left largely unscathed, in terms of physical damage.

I may share some more impressions with you on this Bible verse, should I one day undertake more research on it.

In the meantime, I post an article for you, from al-monitor, a generally good, quite reliable source of news from the Middle-East.

The title is, ‘Will Syria come up in Biden-Putin summit? US pressing to maintain humanitarian corridors into Syria; Erdogan’s issues with US Syria policy; UN envoy refers to Syria’s "tragic irony."

The title gives you a good idea of what this rather long article is about. Needless to say, all of the major parties involved in this jockeying over Syria are motivated by self-interest, and are also suspicious of the motives of their rivals.

Link to the article is below:

http://www.al-monitor.com/originals/202 ... tin-summit

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi Everyone,

The post I’m making today doesn’t have anything to do with Syria. In fact, it’s about a country and a war that I haven’t talked much about at all; namely, Afghanistan.

The war there has been going for 20 years. There are apparently now serious moves by the US (and NATO in general) to pull out. It seems very much on the cards, although, to be sure, they will no doubt leave behind mercenaries, special ops types, spies, etc, and continue to back their local proxies on the ground, at least for a while.

That aside, the Taliban is still strong, and getting stronger. They have been making huge military gains across the country, and it’s not unrealistic to think that Kabul could fall to the Taliban in the foreseeable future. For all intents and purposes, while western/globalist media will spin it, and talk about strategic drawdowns, handing the reigns to the Afghan puppet government, etc, the real takeaway seems to be this: after 20 years of fighting, the US/NATO are on the verge of LOSING the war, the Taliban on the verge of WINNING the war.

I am no fan of the Taliban, but nor do I think that the US/NATO, etc, should have ever been in Afghanistan.

The real hub of international terror that should have been targeted after the attacks of September 11, 2001, is Saudi Arabia. 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, Saudi Arabia is the epicentre of extremist Sunni Islam (Wahhabism), Saudi Arabia has backed Al-Qaeda and (for a while) even ISIS, and it is easily the biggest state sponsor of international terrorism (mainstream media and politicians will tell you that Iran is the biggest state sponsor of terror, but this is a bald-faced lie which doesn’t gel with the basic facts).

Moreover, Saudi Arabia is incredibly rich, and is using its oil-riches to spread its brand of Islam across the globe, not only into Muslim countries, but western countries.

But because Saudi Arabia is in bed with the west, is a key oil client, and key weapons client of the military-industrial complex, it is never targeted. So instead, Afghanistan was the first country attacked in the ‘War on Terror’.

This was incredibly arrogant of the people driving this New World Order. Afghanistan already had a reputation as the ‘Graveyard of Empires’. A number of empires have tried to conquer it, but been unable to tame it. The most recent example was the Soviet Union, which ultimately lost a 10-year war against Afghan insurgents inside of Afghanistan (1979-1989).

The British Empire ultimately failed back in the 1800s, and suffered some heavy losses of personnel along the way. There are other Empires which have tried, and also failed, before the British.

Now, if the trend is really as it appears, we can add the current, US-led western empire to the Empires that have lost in Afghanistan.

It was incredibly optimistic (putting it nicely) of the politicians, commanders, etc, to think they would succeed where all of the previous Empires had failed. To be sure, the weapons manufacturers of the military-industrial complex will not care that NATO appears to be on the verge of surrender in Afghanistan. They will simply be happy that they were able to manufacture and profit from weapons for 20 whole years with regard to the Afghanistan theatre alone.

Keep this in mind; many within the military industrial complex do not care about ‘winning’ or ‘losing’ wars. The most important thing for them is fuelling the wars, manufacturing weapons, and making profits.

Meanwhile, way over 50,000 Taliban have been killed in that time, and even more NATO-backed local Afghan forces who were paid to fight the Taliban. About 50,000 civilians have also been killed, either by the Taliban or NATO/NATO-backed forces (NATO took over in 2006, but these figures also include the five years beforehand, when the operation was under the umbrella of ‘US-led coalition forces’). Several thousand members of the US-led/NATO forces were also killed over the 20-year period.

The looming loss in Afghanistan is a blow for the New World Order, yet only the heartless would take great joy out of it. Overall, it would have been much better if Afghanistan would have been left alone all along.

A typical knee-jerk reaction to this comment would be, ‘What? Do you really think the Taliban should have been left in power?’

My answer is this: ‘The war has killed between 150,000 and 200,000 people, and will likely end up with the Taliban in power anyway. So yes, the Taliban should have been left in power all along, and the country left alone.’

I repeat my earlier statement; if it really wanted to do something about international terrorism, the New World Order would need to get out of bed with Saudi Arabia, and focus primarily on Saudi Arabia. And even then, there would be numerous options to try before war, which must always be (but is unfortunately almost never) waged as a last resort.

For a brief dispatch about the current situation in Afghanistan, from a Pakistani perspective, you could check out the link below:
www.arabnews.com/node/1884176/world

A final note. There will be many Afghans who helped US-led/NATO forces along the way, such as local translators. The only moral thing for western countries to do now, regarding these people, would be to ensure that all of these people, and their families, are quickly and efficiently granted asylum somewhere (anywhere) in the west.

However, knowing how immoral and sociopathic our political/media/military establishment is, I would be willing to bet that these people will not be helped, and they will be left at the mercy of the rampaging Taliban.

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello Everyone,

Not much big news to report out of Syria of late. One ongoing disaster is the collapse of the Lebanese economy. Lebanon has been under heavy globalist/western sanctions for some time, apparently to punish it for the major participation of Hezbollah in the Lebanese government.

The situation there is very fraught. Through Hezbollah, Iran has obviously maintained significant influence in Lebanon. On the other side of the equation, there have been efforts from nations including France, the USA and Saudi Arabia to put economic and political pressure on Lebanon, to punish it for the Hezbollah/Iran connection, as stated.

But I link you to an article on a different issue, if you are interested in diplomatic angles. It is from al-monitor, and is titled, ‘Serbia has its reasons for sending ambassador to Syria: Belgrade breaks with EU consensus by being one of the first European countries to upgrade its relations with Damascus to ambassadorial level.’

In short, the article details how Serbia is essentially between a rock and a hard place, with trying to appease the pro-Syrian rebel EU, which has swallowed up Serbia, and the pro-Syrian government nation of Russia, with which Serbia is ethnically and culturally linked.

What I find most interesting is the connection which was pointed out at the end of the article. Namely, that Syria over the last ten years- like Serbia in the 1990s/early 2000s- both shared a similar fate, as countries that dared to want their own sovereignty from the globalist agenda, and were thus targeted, severely damaged, and in large part destroyed by western nations and allies of these western nations.

Link to the article is below:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/20 ... ador-syria

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello Everyone,

I refer you to a sobering little report from ‘Rudaw’, a predominantly Kurdish-based news outlet from Iraqi Kurdistan.

For context, while western-backed rebels in Syria have been generally murderous towards Christians during the civil war in that country, the Kurds have, by and large, not been that bad to Christians, and in some cases have struck strategic alliances with them.

While the Kurds are sometimes spoken of as Syrian ‘Opposition’ (because they have an uneasy relationship with the Syrian government), they have generally been at war with the western-backed (jihadist) rebels, as well.

Remember, the war in Syria has not been a simple ‘One side versus the other side’ scenario. Rather, there have been many sides. Shifting alliances within Syria, murderous interference from foreign powers, religion, ethnicity, tribes, political affiliations, etc, have all added to the complex scenario.

Sometimes, however, simply having a mutual enemy can create unusual alliances, or ‘strange bedfellows’ as the saying goes. In this way, the Kurds and Christians have been allied against threats such as ISIS, and other western-backed terror groups. Besides this, many Christians have lived in the Kurdish regions in that country.

Now, to get to the point of the article. According to this report, the population of Syria’s Christians, about 10% of the entire country as the civil war broke out ten years ago, has dropped to about 3%.

Most of these are presumed to have fled the country. Up to 2-million Christians lived in Syria before the war started, and two-thirds of them are now said to be gone. You can do the maths on that.

While I am not sure how many of these departed Christians were at least able to flee, and how many were killed, my best estimate would be that tens of thousands of Syrian Christians have been killed in this war.

This would include Christian combatants killed in action (remember, the Syrian government is largely tolerant and accepting of Christians, while the rebels largely want to eliminate all Christians. Thus, the Christians killed in action have virtually all fought on the side of the government, against rebels).

Many, many of the Christian dead would be combatants and civilians murdered in captivity, while a great many others would be civilians who were murdered on the spot, or vanished without a trace during ethnic cleansing campaigns carried out by rebels in Christian areas, such as a district in the city of Homs, where 50,000 Christians were ethnically cleansed by the rebels in the early part of the war (I believe that many of these 50,000 fled in terror, but those who couldn’t get away faced an even worse fate).

To make these massive numbers a little more personal, an anecdote. I remember reading a story, a few years ago, about a massacre which took place in a Christian village. I can’t remember the village, but I believe it may have not been far from the city of Homs.

I read about a teenage sister and brother, who were in a group that were rounded up by the western-backed rebels. They were machine-gunned, their bodies thrown down a well. I viewed photos of the two teenagers, taken before the war. The boy was a really clean-cut, fine looking young man.

He could have been the son of any Christian parents. The sister, well- I say this in a sincere manner- she was one of the most beautiful young ladies I have ever seen. Beautiful in a natural kind of way. The images of their faces (from the photos) are still vivid in my mind. I also saw pictures of their flag-draped coffins about to be lowered into the ground (I believe that government forces were eventually able to move in and expel the rebels, after the massacre had taken place).

If any of you would like to see the photos, just message me, and I am confident I could find them again online.

I will stop writing now, and post you the link to the article from the Kurdish news source just mentioned:

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeas ... /090820211

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello Again,

Everyone has assuredly heard the news about Afghanistan, a primitive land which has deservedly earned the title, ‘Graveyard of Empires’.

The US/NATO have, of course, become the latest in a line of empires which was just never able to tame Afghanistan, and, though I am not a military expert, it seems clear in hindsight that it was never going to be a winnable war.

Empires naturally rise and fall. The US, the most powerful nation of the last hundred years or so, is showing obvious signs of decline, as are most western countries, to be honest.

There do not appear to be any specific references to the USA in end times prophecy of the Bible. Most biblical scholars believe that scripture tells us that Europe will rise again, and will be the headquarters of the international beast system (A ‘revived’ Roman Empire is the form it seems to take).

Some naturally see the European Union an early form of this revived empire, and while Europe may well be in transition from the current EU to a reformed Roman Empire, it is clearly not there yet, and doesn’t appear to be even close, in my own opinion.

BUT, things can change quickly, can’t they? Just look at the world right before Covid-19 and the shutdowns, compared to the world right after the initial Covid outbreak. Vastly different worlds, virtually overnight. Europe could change virtually overnight as well. I encourage you to watch Europe with interest, as the end times draw ever nearer.

The anti-Christ, after all, will likely come out of Europe. Some say that we shouldn’t ponder too much on these things, as we should only focus on Jesus. I somewhat understand this position, but not fully.

Why, after all, do you think that God provided us with so much prophecy in the Bible? He clearly wants His people to know what is going to happen. And He wants to give us warning signs, and indications of what to look out for. This is undeniable, is it not?

Given that Afghanistan is the current big news when it comes to geo-politics, and given that this forum has largely been about Syria, I decided to post a link with an article which links the two countries.

The article takes the position that the reason for US-occupation of Afghanistan was similarly vague to the reason for US-occupation of Syria. My view, of course, is that there should have never been an occupation of either country. But, needles to say, I’ve made this view abundantly clear multiple times.

The writer of the article opines about what the US strategic objectives in Syria may be. Maybe at least some of these are accurate, but I note that the parts of the country still under western occupation just happen to be (far and away) the most oil-rich parts of all of Syria. This surely could not be a coincidence.

The writer of the article argues for more clearly-defined US policy regarding Syria, and indefinite occupation.

Regardless of anyone’s thoughts on the Afghanistan War, it’s a clear, indisputable fact that the pull-out was handled poorly. The author of the article says it would be a shame if a similar thing happened in Syria.

On the contrary, while Afghanistan was already a lawless basket-case before the US and its allies invaded in 2001, Syria was a relatively peaceful, somewhat cohesive society before western interference from 2010-onwards turned it into the biggest humanitarian crisis on the planet for many years on end (while it’s more stable now, simmering violence continues).

Thus, with Russia and Iran well-ensconced in Syria in support of its government, a somewhat stable central authority and rather stable Kurdish-administered regions, with only a small number of jihadist-rebel pockets still in existence here or there, Syria would fare much better from a US pull-out (along with US allies).

In fact, I think it would be clearly the best outcome for all involved (except those globalist elements who profit from stealing Syria’s oil, as well as the Washington-centred weapons manufacturers who lust for perpetual war all over the planet).

A link to the aforementioned article is below:

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/m ... ast-syria/