War! or a whimper?

Our current leaders are perfect for a post-rapture America

It dawned on me this morning that our current national leaders are perfect for a post-Rapture America. Most are globalists and weak-minded with animus vis a vis national defense and our wonderful American heritage while at the same time eager to bow to the UN and pressures from nations unfriendly to America and Israel. Who better to be in power after the Rapture. They won't blink an eye while surrendering whatever American sovereignty remains to the UN or equivalent. They will fold without a so much as a whimper. America is perfectly positioned to be a non-factor in these rapidly changing last days.

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Heavy fighting has forced a shutdown of one of Libya's biggest refineries in the flashpoint town of Zawiyah 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, a refinery official said on Wednesday. ...The Libyan people will take up arms against Western powers if they seek to enforce a no-fly zone in their country's airspace, Muammar Gaddafi said in an interview with Turkish state-run television.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=211388

IDF is preparing for mass civil uprising in West Bank

The Central Command and the Judea and Samaria Division of the Israel Defense Forces have been closely monitoring the recent events in Arab states and updating their operational plans for dealing with a potential popular, nonviolent uprising. Nearly a year ago the Judea and Samaria Division drew up a comprehensive program to combat large demonstrations in the West Bank, which is currently being adjusted in light of the popular revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-is-preparing-for-mass-civil-uprising-in-west-bank-1.348008

PA Rejects Compromise on Jordan Valley Sovereignty

Quickly responding to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s statements Tuesday that an Israeli military presence in the strategic area is Israel’s “insurance policy” against terrorism, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stated, "There is no independent Palestinian state without the Jordan Valley.”

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142773

Finance Ministry Holds First-Ever War Drill

Israel continues to prepare for war as regional upheavals create uncertainty on its borders and Iranian saber-rattling draws closer. The Finance Ministry held a war drill Tuesday, rehearsing a scenario in which full scale war breaks out. The exercise tested the Ministry's economic readiness for emergency and its functioning in case of damage to vital market systems. The Ministry practiced management of the Israeli market and services to citizens under war conditions.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142759

Prepare for holy wars

This is not just a political dispute over territory or refugee rights. What we have here is a deep religious war between Judaism and Islam, with political arguments only constituting the outer layer of this religious war. Islam’s hate for Judaism is in some ways different than its hate for Christianity yet similar in other ways. In Islam’s view, both Jews and Christians are infidels and deserve the same fate.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4039081,00.html

Thirteen killed in Egypt Christian-Muslim violence

Thirteen Egyptians were killed in violence between Christians and Muslims as sectarian tensions resurfaced in Cairo and a new government met for the first time on Wednesday, discussing how to restore law and order.

The Health Ministry said the 13 people were killed and 140 wounded in violence on Tuesday night ignited by tensions built up since an arson attack on a church south of Cairo on Saturday.

The strife poses another challenge to the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces as it charts Egypt's course towards elections that will return power to a civilian, elected government within six months.

The revolution that swept President Hosni Mubarak from power on Feb. 11 was characterised by Christian-Muslim solidarity. Egyptians hoped the uprising had buried tensions that have flared up with increasing regularity in recent years.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=211399

A mob of nearly four thousand Muslims has attacked Coptic homes

According to the Assyrian International News Agency a mob of nearly four thousand Muslims has attacked Coptic homes this evening in the village of Soul, Atfif in Helwan Governorate, 30 kilometers from Cairo, and torched the Church of St. Mina and St. George. There are conflicting reports about the whereabouts of the Church pastor Father Yosha and three deacons who were at church; some say they died in the fire and some say they are being held captive by the Muslims inside the church.

This incident was triggered by a relationship between 40-year-old Copt Ashraf Iskander and a Muslim woman. Yesterday a "reconciliation" meeting was arranged between the relevant Coptic and Muslim families and together with the Muslim elders it was decided that Ashraf Iskander would have to leave the village because Muslims torched his house.

The father of the Muslim woman was killed by his cousin because he did not kill his daughter to preserve the family's honor, which led the woman's brother to avenge the death of his father by killing the cousin. The village Muslims blamed the Christians.

The army, which has been stationed for the last two days in the village of Bromil, 7 kilometers from Soul, initially refused to go into Soul, according to the officer in charge. When the army finally sent three tanks to the village, Muslim elders sent them away, saying that everything was "in order now."

A curfew has been imposed on the 12,000 Christians in the village.

Witnesses said the mob chanted "Allahu Akbar" and vowed to conduct their morning prayers on the church plot after razing it.

http://www.aina.org/news/20110304222016.htm