Genom Chet Bowen | maj 19, 2009 - 01:59 - Publicerad i Världen , Uncategorized

B enjamin Netanyahu är på ett uppdrag. Under de kommande månaderna, nye premiärminister syftar Israel att övertyga världens ledare av den överhängande risken Iran innebär för den västerländska civilisationen. Strax innan han svors in den 31 mars, sade Netanyahu Atlanten som förutom fastställande av ekonomin, Washingtons andra primära absolut måste vara att hindra Iran från att skaffa kärnvapen.

"Du vill inte ha en messianska apokalyptisk sekt kontrollerar atombomber," Netanyahu sade i islamistiska teokrati.

Om Obama administrationen inte att stoppa Iran, sade Netanyahu, Israel kan tvingas förebyggande syfte träffa den islamiska republiken.

Eftersom Bibeln bekräftar att Europa-inte Israel eller USA-slutligen kommer att krossa Iran-ledda "kungen av södern" (Daniel 11:40), i vissa avseenden, Israels hökaktig hot mot Teheran kan distrahera oss från andra, långt mer följdskador evenemang, profetiskt tal.

Bibeln säger den spektakulära konflikten mellan de europeiska "kung i norr" och radikal islam främst kommer att kretsa kring Jerusalem. Det är delning av Jerusalem, inte Irans strävan efter kärnkraft, som kan utlösa den nästa världsomspännande kriget.

Det oundvikliga Clash

"Se, Herrens dag kommer," Sakarja skrev i en profetia för sluttiden. "Ty jag skall församla alla folk till strid mot Jerusalem, och staden skall intagas, och husen skola plundras och kvinnorna skändas, och hälften av staden skall föras bort i fångenskap, och återstoden av folket skall inte skäras bort från staden "(Sakarja 14:1-2).

I visionen, profeten börjar med andra ankomst Jesus Kristus och arbetar sig sedan sin väg tillbaka för att beskriva händelser som omedelbart föregår Messias framträdande på jorden. Innan alla nationer samlas för att slåss mot Kristus vid hans återkomst, Jerusalem "skall vidtas", erövrat av det europeiska konglomeratet. Denna händelse, om inledande av det som Bibeln kallar det stora lidandet, inträffar kort efter Europas virvelvind attack mot radikala islam.

Strax före att kollision mellan kungarna i norr och söder, säger Sakarias hälften av Jerusalem kommer att "gå bort i fångenskap", vilket staden kommer delas av någon form av våldsam kamp. Vad denna profetia visar är att en Hamas-dominerade palestinska upproret, som stöds av Iran, kommer att ta halva staden Jerusalem i fångenskap.

Den israelisk-islamistiska konflikt över Jerusalem är vad vi måste titta på nästa.

Under det senaste decenniet, ibland det verkade som om Israel gärna skulle ge upp östra Jerusalem vid förhandlingsbordet. I december 2005 en enkät publicerad av Yedioth Ahronoth visade att ungefär hälften av israelerna stödde tanken på att ge upp delar av arabiska östra Jerusalem om det skulle stelna ett fredsavtal med palestinierna.

Redan innan han blev premiärminister Olmert sade Ehud att Israel en dag skulle tvingas ge upp sin dröm om ett evigt enat Jerusalem under judisk överhöghet. Efter en månad i ämbetet, av Olmerts kolleger i Kadima berättade en Associated Press att Olmerts regering var att utforma en plan för att dela Jerusalem.

Jämför det med var vi befinner oss plötsligt i dag. Vilken skillnad tre år gör, som Pierre Atlas skrev 27 mars för Real Clear Politics, som kontrasterar Israels nya regering med Ehud Olmerts. Atlas noteras att 2006, israeler stödde de flesta det ensidiga tillbakadragandet från Gaza, och mycket av Knesset gynnade dra sig tillbaka från delar av Västbanken. Vid den tiden högern Likud partiet, som motsatte sig ensidiga uttag, lidit mest som ett resultat av väljarnas humör. Det förlorade 26 av sina 38 mandat i parlamentsvalen 2006.

"Ingen kunde ana då att, tre år senare," Atlas skrev: "Netanyahu kommer att bilda nästa israeliska regering."

Faktiskt, strax innan de 2006 valen, som vår regelbundna läsare vet, vår chefredaktör nämns på hans vecka Davids nyckel tv-program som Benjamin Netanyahu sannolikt skulle återvända till makten i Israel på grund av profetian i Sakarja 14:02. Han sa att hälften av Jerusalem är "att gå tas med våld, och du måste inse det. Nu, som också kan tyda på att Likud, eller det konservativa partiet, kommer att få makten "(6 jan 2006).

Med en borgerlig koalition som nu har makten i Israel, som ger oss en jätte profetiska steg närmare det oundvikliga konflikt över Jerusalem.

Kampen för Davids stad

I skarp kontrast till sin föregångare, Benjamin Netanyahu kämpat för premiärminister på att behålla Jerusalem enade. Vid en kampanj stopp på Regency Hotel på Mt. Scopus, sade Netanyahu: "Om vi gav upp hälften av Jerusalem, skulle det vara en iransk bas mycket nära detta hotell."

Internationella förakt för denna hårdare-line hållning varit intensivt. I början av mars, till exempel, var Israel sprängde för sitt förslag att utvidga ett arkeologi park i Davids stad, som skulle kräva rivning av dussintals palestinska hem som byggts där illegalt under de senaste 20 åren. Detta trots det faktum att, enligt planen, inte bara skulle östra Jerusalem öde omvandlas till vackra trädgårdar och parker, men olagliga invandrare skulle också ges generösa ersättningar paket, vilket skulle innefatta omlokalisering mark.

Under hennes mars besök i regionen, utrikesminister Hillary Clinton sade USA varje plan som kräver rivning av palestinska hem skulle inte hjälpa fredsprocessen.

Nir Barkat, Jerusalems nya borgmästare, kritiserade Clinton för att luras av palestinska propaganda. Den palestinska myndigheten har anklagat Israel för "etniskt rensning" östra Jerusalem för att "judaisera" i staden.

Europeiska unionen har också hårt kritiserat Israel. Enligt en konfidentiell EU-rapport som läckt ut till media i mars tjänstemän har EU anklagat Israel för att "aktivt för sitt olagliga annektering" av östra Jerusalem (betoning vår).

Benjamin Netanyahus regering har lovat att fortsätta med detta fleråriga utvecklingsplan även som kritiker KLÅ regeringen för att göra det svårare att dela Jerusalem som en del av en tvåstatslösning. En tjänsteman från Netanyahus kontor som försvarade regeringens ståndpunkt sa till Times of London, "Jerusalem har varit den eviga huvudstad i det judiska folket för ca 3000 år och kommer att förbli enade huvudstad i staten Israel."

Borgmästare Barkat, som premiärminister Netanyahu stöder hålla Jerusalem enade. Under ledning av Barkat, myndigheter nyligen skickat Jerusalem vräkning meddelanden till 90 familjer i östra Jerusalem nära Gamla stan, varning om att eftersom deras bostäder hade byggts utan att rådets godkännande, skulle de rivas.

I en intervju med Jerusalem Post, försvarade Barkat kommunens planer för staden genom att säga "Jag skulle vilja se vad [New Yorks borgmästare Michael] Bloomberg skulle säga om olaglig byggnad i Central Park. Skulle han ge upp Central Park eftersom det är olagligt att bygga där?

Kampen för Davids stad, som ligger i den arabiska stadsdelen Silwan, är ett mikrokosmos av en större kamp som snart kommer att inriktningen på hela Jerusalem till en kokande kittel av hat och våld.

Att bli en krigszon

Spänningar mellan palestinier och judar ökat kraftigt efter Gaza kriget i januari. Det intensifierats ytterligare efter valet av premiärminister Netanyahu och borgmästare Barkat. Många högerextrema judiska rörelser, effektiviseras med den nya regeringens vägran att ge efter för palestinska ambition, upplever en renässans.

Detta är inte innebära att den palestinska saken är fäktar. I själva verket även det få ånga, tack vare ökad direkt eller indirekt stöd från det internationella samfundet, främst från den amerikanska administrationen för Barack Obama.

Jerusalem, i synnerhet östra Jerusalem, är snabbt leder till en krigszon!

Ser till några nyligen inträffade händelser. Den 2 april på Västbanken staden Bat Ayin nära östra Jerusalem, en palestinsk svingar ett HACKA hackat en 13-årig israelisk pojke till döds och skadade hans 7-åriga vän. Islamiska terroristgrupper Islamiska Jihad och Imad Mughniyeh gruppen på sig ansvaret för mordet, varning illavarslande att det endast var en "naturlig reaktion på brott i yrket."

Samma dag, på omkring 2 är i de muslimska kvarteren i Jerusalems gamla stad, sju judiska bosättare bröt sig in hemma hos Nasser Jaber, en palestinsk affärsman som hade flyttat ut från hemmet, och renoveringar görs. Anspråk de ägde huset, nybyggare ersatte slussarna och tog över hemmet.

I april palestinsk man kör bil försökte en att köra över israeliska poliser. Polisen, som var att övervaka rivningen av Jerusalem hem till den palestinska terrorister som dödade tre israeler i en bulldozer framfart juli förra året, sköt mannen död. Efteråt, slagsmål utbröt en mellan poliser och dussintals arga palestinier som sympatiserade med både föraren av fordonet och terrorister vars hus höll på att jämnas med marken.

Nästa dag, en talesman från Hamas militära gren avgav ett profetiskt elektrifiera svar på Israels ansträngningar att försvara sig mot den illegala arabiska intrång. Hamas officiella Abu Ubayda "hotas Israel av en" explosion "om det fortsätter att konsolidera kontrollen över Jerusalem," den Ma'an News Agency rapporterade. Ubayda varnade också att "judaiseringen av Jerusalem och hot mot ikoniska al-Aqsa-moskén kan utlösa repressalier."

Jerusalems kullerstensgatorna är mullrande, spända läge som är krig bryggning. Det här är nyktra. Men det är också oerhört spännande.

Detta intensifiera konflikten kommer att leda till profeterade uppdelning av Jerusalem, som är den trigger som kommer att sätta igång en snabb-brand händelseförlopp som kulminerade i Messias återkomst till Oljeberget i Jerusalem (Sakarja 14:4).

"När halva Jerusalem faller," chefredaktör Gerald Flurry skrev i mars 2006, "den startar en kedjereaktion av händelser, en lavin av kriser, som leder direkt till Kristi andra ankomst!" Det är därför, även under ekonomiska, politiska samhälleliga och personliga katastrof-vi får inte ta våra ögon av Jerusalem.

Händelserna i denna stad är måttet på hur nära vi är att det mest fantastiska händelsen i mänsklighetens historia!

Logiskt sett Jesus fokus just nu är på att se till Jerusalem, Hans landning pad, är klar för hans återkomst. I ett spektakulärt sätt, villkor i Jerusalem i dag, politiskt, demografiskt, ekonomiskt, även arkeologiskt-är att anpassa precis som Kristus beskrivs i Bibeln 2.000 år sedan!

Vi måste titta Jerusalem närmare än någonsin. Redan nu, händelser i denna stad visar att Messias återkomst är nära förestående, och att tiden snabbt tillvägagångssätt när Han kommer att förvandla Jerusalem till precis vad namnet betyder: en stad av Peace!

Studie Sakarias profetia i detalj i våra gratis häfte Jerusalem i Prophecy ,? särskilt i kapitel 3.

Genom Chet Bowen | 19 februari, 2009 - 16:16 - Publicerad i Världen

Dumhet när den är som bäst - Genom het Bowen

Detta är en mycket omtvistad fråga om folk håller djur som husdjur i sina hem så ska jag bara ange några fakta om dessa djur. Schimpanser falla i exakt samma kategori av lejon, tigrar och björnar. De är alla vilda oavsett hur länge de har varit med en ägare. Hade det monster låst i en ordentlig bur då ägarens vän inte skulle ha något behov av att få ett ansikte transplantation. Om den kvinnan lever sitt liv kommer alltid att ändras för alla sina återstående dagar. Denna apa var 200 pounds. De har super mänsklig styrka. Hur kan någon bekämpa ett sådant djur?

Djur som denna har absolut något att få leva med människor enligt minimikraven för säkerhet och fri att skada eller döda en annan människa. Ett barn skulle ha haft någon chans. De är vilda oavsett hur länge de har varit med sin ägare. Filmer som Bambi och Nalle Puh bör förbjudas. I couldn't tell you how many people die every year from the idea that these animals have father and son relationships such as a deer as in Bambi. Buck deer mate every year and just like a sorry man goes about his business with out the slightest thought about the off spring. I hate such Disney Land fantasies. Animals do not harbor guilt. They all act on instinct, especially when it comes to killing with the intention to eat you or frightned or for what ever reason.

Lions and tigers the same thing. The owner of that demon chimp should be fully responsible for this terrible thing that happened to her neighbor. It's apparent the owner didn't even have a firearm to even kill the ape. The police had to do it after it took them somewhere around 12 minutes to respond to the scene? By then the victims hands and face were in shreds. It doesn't matter how much blood and gore an animal makes….you're just as DEAD.

Go to youtube and watch some of these so called, “pet” kills owner ,……ect. They are WILD and years of seeing this happen people simply don't get it. Do you think a pet rattle snake would have any hesistation to bite a bone head any quicker than if it was accosted in the wild. I think not. If you just have to have an exotic pet then go out to your yard and catch a lizard and feed it flies or crickets.

People who capture and keep snakes in their home are possessed. End of that. People just keep being stupid…..ya hear?

 

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Pet Chimp Is Killed After Mauling Woman (February 17, 2009)

“While she remains in critical but stable condition, her vital signs are improving,” Dr. Kevin Miller, an attending surgeon at Stamford Hospital, said at a news conference. “We are thankful that we are able to report that Charla Nash has made good but small progress.”

Scott Orstad, a spokesman for the hospital, said in an interview that her vital signs were “a huge positive for someone who had the amount of surgery she had within the first 72 hours.”

“She's still not out of the woods yet,” he said, “but she's improving.”

Ms. Nash had gone to the Stamford house of the friend, Sandra Herold, to help calm Ms. Herold's 14-year-old pet chimpanzee, Travis, when the animal attacked. Mr. Orstad said that Ms. Nash's family was consulting with her doctors on what steps to take next. One option might be a face transplant, but he said that decision had not been made.

“I don't know if they've gone to that level,” he said. “The doctors are still determining whether that may be necessary. That rumor is still kind of premature. The final decision has not been made yet.”

By Chet Bowen | - 7:53 am - Posted in The world

In the Line of Fire - Intelligence Report

There is very little chance the Mexican government will be able to establish integrity in its law enforcement agencies, or bring law and order to large portions of the country, any time soon. Official corruption and ineptitude are endemic in Mexico, which means that Mexican citizens and visiting foreigners will have to face the threat of kidnapping for the foreseeable future. We believe that for civilians and visiting foreigners, the threat of kidnapping exceeds the threat of being hit by a stray bullet from a cartel firefight. Indeed, things are deteriorating so badly that even professional kidnapping negotiators , once seen as the key to a guaranteed payout, are now being kidnapped themselves. In an even more incredible twist of irony, anti-kidnapping authorities are being abducted and executed.

This environment — and the concerns it has sparked — has provided huge financial opportunities for the private security industry in Mexico. Armored car sales have gone through the roof, as have the number of uniformed guards and executive protection personnel. In fact, the demand for personnel is so acute that security companies are scrambling to find candidates. Such a scramble presents a host of obvious problems, ranging from lack of qualifications to insufficient vetting. In addition to old-fashioned security services, new security-technology companies are also cashing in on the environment of fear, but even high-tech tracking devices can have significant drawbacks and shortcomings .

For many people, armored cars and armed bodyguards can provide a false sense of security, and technology can become a deadly crutch that promotes complacency and actually increases vulnerability. Physical security measures are not enough. The presence of armed bodyguards — or armed guards combined with armored vehicles — does not provide absolute security. This is especially true in Mexico, where large teams of gunmen regularly conduct crimes using military ordnance. Frankly, there are very few executive protection details in the world that have the training and armament to withstand an assault by dozens of attackers armed with assault rifles and RPGs. Private security guards are frequently overwhelmed by Mexican crimi nals and either killed or forced to flee for their own safety. As we noted in May 2008 after the assassination of Edgar Millan Gomez , acting head of the Mexican Federal Police and the highest-ranking federal cop in Mexico, physical security measures must be supplemented by situational awareness , countersurveillance and protective intelligence.

Criminals look for and exploit vulnerabilities. Their chances for success increase greatly if they are allowed to conduct surveillance at will and are given the opportunity to thoroughly assess the protective security program. We have seen several cases in Mexico in which the criminals even chose to attack despite security measures. In such cases, criminals attack with adequate resources to overcome existing security. For example, if there are protective agents, the attackers will plan to neutralize them first. If there is an armored vehicle, they will find ways to defeat the armor or grab the target when he or she is outside the vehicle. Because of this, criminals must not be allowed to conduct surveillance at will.

Like many crimes, kidnapping is a process. There are certain steps that must be taken to conduct a kidnapping and certain times during the process when those executing it are vulnerable to detection. While these steps may be condensed and accomplished quite quickly in an ad hoc express kidnapping, they are nonetheless followed. In fact, because of the particular steps involved in conducting a kidnapping, the process is not unlike that followed to execute a terrorist attack . The common steps are target selection, planning, deployment, attack, escape and exploitation.

Like the perpetrators of a terrorist attack, those conducting a kidnapping are most vulnerable to detection when they are conducting surveillance — before they are ready to deploy and conduct their attack. As we've noted several times in past analyses, one of the secrets of countersurveillance is that most criminals are not very good at conducting surveillance. The primary reason they succeed is that no one is looking for them.

Of course, kidnappers are also very obvious once they launch their attack, pull their weapons and perhaps even begin to shoot. By this time, however, it might very well be too late to escape their attack. They will have selected their attack site and employed the forces they believe they need to complete the operation. While the kidnappers could botch their operation and the target could escape unscathed, it is simply not practical to pin one's hopes on that possibility. It is clearly better to spot the kidnappers early and avoid their trap before it is sprung and the guns come out.

We have seen many instances of people in Mexico with armed security being kidnapped , and we believe we will likely see more cases of this in the coming months. This trend is due not only to the presence of highly armed and aggressive criminals and the low quality of some security personnel, but also to people placing their trust solely in reactive physical security. Ignoring the very real value of critical, proactive measures such as situational awareness, countersurveillance and protective intelligence can be a fatal mistake.

By Chet Bowen | December 16, 2008 - 2:40 am - Posted in The world

The Watcher by Chet Bowen

Oljepriset har nu sjunkit - om än bara kort - under 40 USD per fat, en tvärbrant dopp från sina toppnoteringar på mer än US $ 147 A fat i juli. Precis som höga oljepriser omarbetats den internationella ekonomiska ordningen, låga oljepriserna nu gör detsamma. En sådan plötslig låga priser effekter det internationella systemet lika allvarligt som nyligen rekordnivåer.

Men innan vi dyker in på kort sikt (det vill säga upp till 12 månader) effekterna av de nya priset miljön måste vi förklara vår inställning i oljepriset debatten. Vi har länge varit förbryllade över framåt och uppåt rörelse av olja marknaderna från 2005 till 2008. Visst, efterfrågan var global stark, men en rad olika faktorer såsom produktion siffror och växande lager av råolja verkade argumentera mot ständigt ökande priser. Några av våra vänner pekade mot en komplex värld av derivat och terminshandel, som de sade hade skapat artificiell efterfrågan. Det kan mycket väl ha varit sant, men det värsta är att, baserat på fundamenta, olja tal gjorde att inte mycket mening.

Saker och ting har förtydligat ett mycket sent. Vi står nu inför en miljö där USA, Europa och Japan är i recession, medan Kina är, åtminstone, förväntar sig att se dess tillväxt långsam kraftigt. Efterfrågan på råolja i hela världen är att skjuta skarpt med som Organisationen för oljeexporterande länderna (OPEC) Medlemsstaterna hittills verkar inte (eller, i fråga om Saudiarabien, kanske ovillig ) att göra de nödvändiga kraftiga minskningar i produktionen som kan stoppa prisfallet. Slutsatsen är att även om hisnande hastighet med vilken prisfall har fångat oss något på sängen, riktning och djup steget har inte.

Priserna kommer sannolikt att förbli låga under en tid. De flesta av världens lager - som USA Strategic Petroleum Reserve - är fulla till brädden, stora nedskärningar är så helt enkelt tvungen att förebygga massiva överutbud. Men någon OPEC minskad produktion - Överenskommelsen möter 17 december och djupa nedskärningar väntas - kommer att ta månader att få en påvisbar effekt, särskilt i en nedåtgående miljö. Och det är den enkla frågan om skala. Den globala oljemarknaden är ett odjur: Total efterfrågan för närvarande är cirka 86 miljoner fat per dag. Detta är inte en marknad som kan vända på en femöring. Ett företag att går stick i stäv med konventionella visdom är att oljan faktiskt är långt snabbare än den stiger när grunderna är ur whack. Detta har hänt vid flera tillfällen och inte så länge sedan.

Minskning har skett både i efterdyningarna av 1990-1991 kriget i Persiska viken och som ett resultat av 1997-1998 asiatiska finansiella kriser som liknade procentuellt sett till denna nedgång. Fram till dess att balansen mellan utbud och efterfrågan är restruck - något inte troligt förrän en global ekonomisk återhämtning är på god väg - det finns ingen anledning att förvänta sig en betydande pris återhämtning. Resan, naturligtvis, inte nödvändigtvis en enkel resa. Quirks i allt från väder till sjöfart till nigerianska upplopp och ryska militära rörelser kan ställa priser roterande, men grunderna är klart GROV. Det kommer sannolikt att ta flera månader för de centrala inslagen i den nya verkligheten att hända så mycket alls.

Låga oljepriser skapar både vinnare och förlorare på den internationella scenen. Först vinnarna "listan.

Särklass största vinnaren bland drastiskt lägre priser är världens största konsument och importör av olja: USA. De sista två åren av höga priser har gett upphov till en varaktig amerikansk konsument för att klara sig med mindre olja via en blandning av bevarande och en övergång till bättre körsträcka fordon . Huruvida detta köp mönster i bilar varar inte är aktuell. Poängen är att det redan har hänt: Många amerikaner har redan övergått till mer bränslesnåla fordon. Precis som på 1990-talet besatthet av nyttofordon sport artificiellt stärkt amerikansk bensin efterfrågan Så länge dessa bilar var på väg, så det nya flotta av hybrider och smarta bilar kommer att driva efterfrågan i motsatt riktning under en längre period.

Totalt amerikanska oljeförbrukningen har rasat med nästan nio procent från toppnoteringen i augusti 2007 till november 2008, enligt US Department of Energy. Kombinera detta med prisfall sedan juli omvandlas till USA energibesparing på cirka US $ 1950000000 till ett pris av US $ 50 per fat och 2,1 miljarder USD till ett pris av US $ 40 per fat. Och det är dagliga kostnadsbesparingar. I tider av lågkonjunktur, att kontanter kommer att gå långt för att skapa förtroende och stanching lågkonjunkturen.

Nästa på listan är de stora europeiska importörer av råolja: Tyskland, Italien och Spanien. Som regel europeiska ekonomierna är mindre energikrävande än Förenta staterna, men i kraft av bränslemixen och brist på inhemsk produktion dessa tre stora stater är tvungna att förlita sig på stora mängder importerad olja. Vi utesluta det andra stora europeiska ekonomier från denna förteckning som de antingen är stora producenter själva (Förenade kungariket och Nederländerna) eller deras ekonomier är extremt olja effektiva (Frankrike, Belgien och Sverige). Oss inte fel - EU-länderna alla är ganska nöjda med att oljepriserna har slagit tillbaka. Trots relativt de vinna, Tyskland, Italien och Spanien är de verkliga vinnarna. Och med Europa står inför en recession mycket djupare och troligen längre än i USA, som européerna behöver varje Advant ålder de kan få.

Indien, bort långt från Europa kulturellt och geografiskt, sport en liknande ekonomisk struktur i det att den skryta (eller lider av, baserat på ditt perspektiv) en industrialisera bas som är mycket beroende av oljeimport. Generellt, indianerna är i samma korg som Spanien i att de är omättliga energi konsumenter som har sett sin efterfrågan skjuta i höjden under senare år. Mellan the 26 november Mumbai attack , kommande federala valen och energipriset smärtan från tidigare i år, regeringen är desperat att överföra på de kostnadsbesparingar för befolkningen att stötta upp sitt stöd.

Sedan finns det östasiatiska staterna i Sydkorea, Kina och Japan (i fallande ordning efter hur mycket var och en drar nytta av prisfallet). Alla import enorma mängder råolja, men vi sätter dem i slutet av listan över vinnarna på grund av deras finansiella system. I östra Asien - och i synnerhet i Kina och Japan - pengar inte fördelas på grundval av avkastning eller lönsamhet som det är i väst. Istället bekymmer är att maximera sysselsättningen. Det spelar ingen roll mycket i östra Asien om en affärsplan är sund, regeringen kommer att ge billiga lån så länge ett sysselsätter horder av människor. En sidoeffekt av denna strategi är att företag kan få lån för något, inklusive råvaror de annars inte hade råd - till exempel olja för US $ 147 A fat.

Därför höga oljepriser bara påverkar inte Ostasien så dåligt som de påverkar väst. Precis som den östasiatiska finansiella systemet stänger av effekterna av höga priser, converse är den sanna också. I västvärlden är konsumenterna energi inte skyddat mot höga priser, så lägre priser översätter omedelbart till mer köpkraft, och därmed mer ekonomisk aktivitet. Inte så i östra Asien, där samma ekonomiska avskärmning som Blunts effekterna av höga priser minskar fördelarna med låga priser.

Den ordning i vilken vi listat de tre asiatiska jättarna gäller hur stora framsteg de har gjort för att reformera sina ekonomiska rutiner. Sydkoreas finansiella system är mycket närmare den västerländska modellen än den asiatiska modellen: Sydkorea gör ont mer som stiger och så kommer att vara mer lättad som priserna sjunker. Kina är i mitten i fråga om ekonomiska rutiner, men det är också försöker koppla sitt system för energi prisöverenskommelser som olja kostnader sjunka, på grund av subventionerna minskar, kinesiska konsumenter som inte kan se mycket av en förändring i detaljhandelspriserna . Slutligen kommer Japan att gynna de minst eftersom systemet är redan mycket effektiv jämfört med de andra två, så priset effekten var mindre i första hand. Ett fat olja som konsumeras i Japan genererar ca US $ 2.610 av japanska bruttonationalprodukten (BNP), medan jämförelsetalen för Korea och Kina är USA $ 1.270 och US $ 1.130 respektive.

Kort sagt, den tungt industrialiserade asiater förmån fortfarande, men effekten är inte så mycket som man kan tro vid första anblicken. Faktum är att största fördelen för dessa länder från billigare energi är den indirekta - lägre priser sporra konsumtion i väst, och sedan väst köper mer asiatiska produkter.

Och nu, förlorarna.

Venezuela och Iran topp listan i särklass. Båda leds av politiker som har slösat enorma mängder olja inkomst på sin befolkning för att säkra deras politiska ståndpunkter. Men att allmänhetens bifall har kommit på eget pris i form av en ekonomisk störning (varför diversifiera ekonomin om höga oljepriserna få in massor av pengar?), Låg sysselsättning (energisektorn kan vara kapitalintensiv, men det är verkligen inte arbetsrätten -intensiva) och hög inflation (höga offentliga utgifter har lett till massiv konsumtion och sporrade skenande import av utländska varor att tillfredsställa denna efterfrågan).

Av de två staterna, Venezuela är säkert i sämre position. Enligt vissa beräkningar kräver Venezuela oljepriser i närheten av US $ 120 per fat för att upprätthålla de sociala utgifterna som befolkningen har blivit van vid. Irans nummer får endast något lägre, men president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad är i färd med att åtminstone börjar att böja sig för den ekonomiska verkligheten. På Dec 5, meddelade han massiva nedskärningar i bidrag utlägg med avsikt att reforging budgeten baseras på ett pris av endast USD 30 per fat.

Det är en öppen fråga om den iranska regeringen - och särskilt den allt mer impopulära Ahmadinejad - kan överleva sådana nedskärningar (om de verkligen är gjorda), men åtminstone finns en offentlig förverkligande av djup krisen på den högsta nivån av regeringen. I Venezuela, däremot riskreduceringsprocessen har börjat knappt, och av politiska skäl inte kan verkligen genomföras först efter en folkomröstning i början av 2009 på sikt gränser som kan tillåta Chavez att ställa upp i president på obestämd tid .

Nästa är Nigeria. När det gäller att se en ökning av mänskligt lidande, bör Nigeria förmodligen på toppen av förlorarna "listan. Men den bistra verkligheten är att nigerianer används för att korrupta regeringen, otillräcklig infrastruktur, fläckig strömförsörjning och runt omkring dåliga förhållanden. Några av de förmåner av höga energipriser utan tvivel kommer att försvinna, men ingen av dessa förmåner lyckats förändra Nigeria i första hand.

De verkliga konsekvenserna för Nigeria kommer att vara att regeringen kommer att få drastiskt mindre pengar till förfogande för fett de politiska hjul som gör det möjligt att hålla konkurrerande regionala och personliga intressen i schack . Dessa medel har varit särskilt avgörande för Trattutrustning pengar till landets oljerika Nigerdeltat regionen med lokala chefer anledning att inte anställa och / eller arm militanta grupper som Rörelsen för frigörelse av Nigerdeltat att angripa olje-och naturområden gas. Med Abuja har mindre pengar, olja regioner kommer se ett uppsving i utpressning, kidnappning och bunkring (dvs stöld). Vi har redan sett attacker ramp upp mot landets naturgasindustrin: Inom de senaste dagarna, mot varandra punkter har attacker tvingat operatörer att ta Bonny Island flytande naturgas anläggning offline export. Och eftersom Nigerias mil nare aldrig riktigt skilja mellan landets olika energiformer export, olja störningar är förmodligen precis runt hörnet.

Ryssland är också i hårkorset, men inte tillnärmelsevis i samma utsträckning som Venezuela, Iran och Nigeria. Ryssland har fyra saker att satsa på det som de andra saknar. Först exporterar det enorma mängder naturgas och metaller, vilket ger den extra inkomster strömmar. (Venezuela och Iran importera naturgas och har inget verkligt alternativ till olja inkomst.) För det andra, aldrig använt Ryssland sina pengar på sin befolkning. Därför har ryssarna inte vant sig massivt statligt stöd, så det blir skarpa nedskärningar i de offentliga utgifterna som kommer att missas med befolkningen. För det tredje har Ryssland sparat nästan varje nickel den gjorde under de senaste åtta åren, vilket ger den kontanta reserver uppgår till omkring 750 US-dollar miljarder. Den ekonomiska krisen slår Ryssland hårt, så åtminstone 200 miljarder dollar i buffert redan har använts , men Ryssland är fortfarande i ett mycket bättre läge än OST olja m exportörer. Fjärde och sista, ryssar kan lita på vice premiärminister och finansminister Alexei Kudrin till (något kraftfullt) föra böcker ordentligt i balans. På hans begäran, regering är i färd med att refabricating sin treåriga budget på grundval av oljepriserna på under US $ 35 per fat, en minskning från den ursprungliga uppskattningen på US $ 95.

I slutet av förlorare "listan har vi två att de flesta människor inte skulle tänka på: Mexiko och Kanada. Båda har andra källor till ekonomisk verksamhet. Kanada är ett modernt tjänstebaserade ekonomi med en tung närvaro av många vara industrier, medan Mexiko har blivit en stor tillverkning nav. Men båda är stora olje exportörer, och har varit ledande leverantörerna till den amerikanska ekonomin i årtionden. Så båda utsätts för, men deras oro handlar mer om oförutsedda komplikationer snarare än "enkla" kvantitativa effekten av lägre priser.

Mexiko har köpt derivatkontrakt som i huvudsak försäkra priset på alla sina oljeexport för 2009 . Så bör priserna fortfarande låga, faktiska inkomster Mexiko kommer att vara oförändrad. Vi inkluderar endast Mexiko på listan över förlorarna, därför, eftersom det är ganska ovanligt i geopolitik att en sådan planering faktiskt fungerar som planerat. Orkaner och strejker hända. (Mexiko brottas också med problemet med otillräckliga medel, kunskap och teknik för att motverka snabbt sjunkande produktion, något som kommer att lämna den med en brist på olja att sälja i första hand - men det är en fråga mer för 2012 än 2009.)

När det gäller Kanada, de flesta av den olja som den producerar kommer från provinsen Alberta, sätet för makt det regerande konservativa partiet. Just nu kanadensiska regeringen är svajet som en långsammare toppen. Att se de konservativas maktbas ta en stor ekonomisk hit på grund av oljepriserna är inte det slags komplikation regeringen måste just nu. På längre sikt, ökade nyligen Alberta skatterna på olja sand projekt . Oljesand utvinning är bland de mer kapitalintensiva och tekniskt krävande typer av oljeproduktionen möjligt för närvarande. Kombinera skatteförändringar med den typ av subindustry och den senaste sjunker priset och det är sannolikt väldigt lite intresse av att investera i olje-Dur Ing - minst - 2009.

De flesta läsare kommer att notera de länder som vi har valt att inte ta med på listan över sårbara stater. Dessa omfattar huvuddelen av OPEC-länder - särskilt Angola, Irak, Kuwait, Saudiarabien, Förenade Arabemiraten, Qatar och Libyen. Alla dessa stater räknas olja som enda meningsfulla export (utom Förenade Arabemiraten och Qatar, som också exporterar naturgas), så varför ska vi anser dessa länder inte är i farozonen?

För sin del bara blev Angola en betydande producent nyligen. Nästan alla angolanska oljeproduktion kommer från havsbaserade projekt som kontrolleras av utlänningar - stänga i sådan produktion är en mycket svår sak för ett land som är totalt beroende av utländsk teknik för att driva sin enda meningsfulla industrin. Men den främsta anledningen Angola inte känner av värme är att de flesta av sina inkomster inte har använts men i stället har gömt undan på grund av brist på nödvändiga fysiska och personal infrastruktur som behövs för att utnyttja inkomster.

Irak är i en liknande situation när det gäller finansieringen är det. Medan Irak har tillverkat råolja i årtionden, sittande regeringen är dess bara några år gammal, och dess institutioner kan helt enkelt inte tilldela de berörda medel. Trots massiva utlägg av både Irak och Angola, deras respektive regeringar helt enkelt inte kapacitet att utnyttja, och så har lagrat upp Likvida värda US $ 26000000000 och US $ 54 miljarder.

Resten av den arabiska oljeproducenterna motiverar en mycket enklare förklaring: De har varit skattemässigt konservativ. Även om alla har delat välstånd med något bångstyrig befolkning, av dem har ingen upprepat misstagen från 1970-talet, när de Överskriden på praktfulla byggnader och overcommitted sig till dyra sociala program. Alla har sparat stora mängder kontanter, med saudierna enbart förmodligen har mer än US $ 1000000000000 socked bort. Tiny Kuwait har officiellt en rikedom fond värd mer än USD 250 miljarder.

So while none of the Arab oil states are particularly thrilled with the direction — and in particular the speed — oil prices have gone, none of these governments faces a mortal danger at this time. What they are now missing is the ability to make a substantial impact on the world around them. At oil's height the Gulf Arab oil producers were taking in US$2 billion a day in revenues — far more cash than they could ever hope to metabolize themselves. Bribes are powerful tools of foreign policy, and their income allowed them — particularly Saudi Arabia — to wield outsized influence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and even in Beijing, London and Washington. So while none of these states faces a meltdown from falling prices, there are certainly some hangovers in store for them. It is jus t that they are more political than economic in nature, at least for now.

~~~Chet~~~

By Chet Bowen | December 10, 2008 - 9:07 pm - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world , Uncategorized
Saudi Arabia's top cleric has used his annual sermon to Muslim pilgrims assembling for hajj to urge Muslim countries to renounce capitalism and form an Islamic economic bloc that adopts interest-free finance.

Grand Mufti Abdelaziz Al al-Sheikh told worshippers assembling on the plain of Mount Arafat that global economies now caught in crisis were suffering the result of using interest as a bedrock of their financial systems. Under Islamic law, or sharia, paying or receiving interest is forbidden.

The crisis, he said, demonstrated that “Muslim countries must have sharia-compliant economies and unite to become a formidable economic power”.

Islamic banks, which grew rapidly in the Gulf region in recent years from an influx of oil receipts, often depend on retail deposits rather than money markets for funding. As a result, sharia-compliant banks generally demand strong collateral, which some argue is why their exposure to toxic loans is limited.

The white-bearded mufti, wearing the traditional white robes of the pilgrim, also warned young Muslims to stay away from the corrupting influences of the modern media, which he termed “ideological terror” and said was targeting them.

The mufti's economic edicts are meant to serve more for spiritual guidance, and commenting on a global economic phenomenon is a rare event.

Some pilgrims said that they would pray for an end to the global financial crisis.

Mohammad Fateh, who works for a brokerage in Egypt, told Reuters: “The economic crisis is on the mind of most pilgrims. They are going to pray to God to alleviate the problem…It's an unexpected crisis and the only solution is mercy from heaven.

“The Arab and Muslim worlds are going to be affected by this crisis. I'll pray to God to lift this scourge,” he said, adding that many had asked him to offer prayers on their behalf.

The hajj retraces the path of the Prophet Mohammed 14 centuries ago after he removed pagan idols from Mecca, his birthplace, and years after he started calling people to the new faith, now embraced by more than 1bn people worldwide.

At Arafat, Muslims pray for forgiveness and for their own and fellow Muslims' welfare.

After sunset, the pilgrims were scheduled to continue their gradual trip toward Mecca, heading for Muzdalifa to gather pebbles for the symbolic ritual of throwing stones at a set of pillars and walls representing the devil.

Saudi media said this year a record 1.72m hajj visas had been granted to Muslims abroad and at least 500,000 local people had received permits.

This year's hajj has so far not faced any of the problems or disasters that have marred the event in previous years, which included fires, hotel collapses, police clashes with protesters and deadly stampedes caused by overcrowding.

Saudi Arabian authorities have carried out renovations over the past year in an effort to ease the flow of pilgrims inside the Grand Mosque and at the disaster-prone Jamarat bridge. In January 2006, 362 people were crushed to death there in the worst hajj tragedy since 1990.

By Chet Bowen | December 3, 2008 - 2:59 am - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world , Uncategorized
Once again we have witnessed an Islamic terrorist attack incited and justified through appeals to Islam by its perpetrators. On one level it is understandable why so many in the West are unwilling or unable to connect the militant ideology of political Islam to the thousands of Islamic terror attacks that have been committed worldwide since 9/11. We extol the virtues of tolerance and pluralism and believe others in the world do so as well, so it is easy to dismiss such attacks as the work of a few “extremists,” rather than the product of adherence to an ideology.

The fatal flaw in this thinking is this: How can we successfully win a war on Islamic terrorism if we don't correctly define the threat doctrine that motivates its adherents?

It is argued that most of the world's Muslims are not terrorists. While true, this fact is irrelevant. Most of the world's Muslims have never read the Qur'an or the Hadith in a language they can understand. They have not read the hundreds of passages that call for jihad against infidels, nor do they renounce such passages. They do not organize en masse to denounce the terrorist acts perpetrated by other Muslims in the name of Islam, nor do they denounce the frequent exhortations to world subjugation found in the holy books of Islam.

Yes, there are Muslims who have denounced the Mumbai attacks. But examine their denunciations closely and you will be hard-pressed to find renunciations of the supremacist doctrine of political Islam — the foundation for jihad — which emanates from its holy books. This is the justification commonly cited by terrorists for their actions. We in the West must come to grips with the uncomfortable fact that terrorism is a symptom of this militant, supremacist ideology. Terrorism is a means to an end, not an end in itself. And it is but one of many means used by those who are devoted to the supremacist ideology of political Islam.



Religious head incited killers

Bruce Loudon, South Asia correspondent | December 01, 2008

Article from: The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24731818-2703,00.html

THE al-Qa'ida-linked Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists suspected over the Mumbai massacre were trained in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, and were incited by speeches from their leader in Lahore.

As the sole surviving terrorist was interrogated in Mumbai, security sources told The Australian that 10 terrorists were picked by LET for the suicide mission.

They were ordered to “kill until your last breath” and murder up to 5000 people.

They did so after provocative speeches by Hafiz Mohammed Saeed last month in Lahore, capital of the Punjab.

Saeed, described as LET's supreme religious and political head, declared in one speech: “The only language India understands is that of force, and that is the language it must be talked to in.”

The email claiming responsibility for the Mumbai attack minutes after it started last Wednesday was generated on a computer based in Pakistan.

And a satellite telephone captured from the terrorists revealed calls made to numbers in Pakistan during the attacks, reports said.

Officials said the terrorists' route to Mumbai had been recorded on GPS co-ordinates contained in the satellite phones.

Sources said the 10 terrorists — most of whom were believed to be Pakistanis — were ordered to undergo training to attack Mumbai.

The captured gunman, Ajmal Amir Kamal, 21, reportedly told intelligence sources the group had trained openly in Muzaffarabad before heading to the nearby Mangala dam for lessons in marine commando techniques.

The group then visited Rawalpindi, which adjoins Islamabad, the Pakistan capital and site of the Pakistan army headquarters.

From there, the group took a train to the port city of Karachi, where, heavily armed, they boarded a freighter for the trip to Mumbai. Along the way, they became nervous about Indian coastguard activity and almost aborted the mission.

They “dragooned” a less conspicuous, passing fishing boat into service, shooting dead four of its crew members. The skipper of the fishing boat and another crew member took them closer to Mumbai before they, too, were killed. One was decapitated and the other had his throat slit.

Close to shore, they transferred to small speedboats for the run into the two landing points they had selected in Mumbai – Sassoon Docks and Badhwar Park, on Cuff Parade.

Conflicting evidence obtained by intelligence agencies suggests that the group may have had local support, and that one or more of its members may have been staying locally, possibly even in the Taj Mahal hotel.

A British link to the attacks was raised over the weekend when a senior Indian official claimed that Britons were among the militants.

Vilasrao Deshmukh, the chief minister of Maharashtra state, in which Mumbai lies, was quoted on an Indian television station as saying that British citizens had been detained.

British MP Patrick Mercer, a former Tory security spokesman, said he had been given information that at least two of the terrorists had credit cards and other identifying documents that linked them to Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, in northeast England.

The claims, however, were not substantiated by official British sources, who said there was no evidence “at this stage” that Britons had taken part in the attacks, although they acknowledged that events were “moving fast” and more information was emerging about the nationality of the terrorists.

MI5 and British counter-terrorist police are keeping in close touch with their counterparts in India and are alert to the possibility that Britons with Pakistani origins might have been involved. Significant numbers of young British Pakistanis have taken part in terrorist training in Pakistan.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that there was no evidence of Britons being involved, and the Foreign Secretary David Miliband said: “We obviously will want to work very closely with the Indians but it is too early to say whether or not any of them are British.”

Malaysian police are investigating reports that Malaysian-issued credit cards were found in the belongings of the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks.

Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Malaysia had no links with the terrorists, responding to an Indian report that nine of the gunmen claimed to be Malaysian students when they travelled to Mumbai several months ago.

Terror analyst Praveen Swami said that at a meeting of key LET leaders in Lahore on October 19, LET leader Saeed, who insists he is only head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa welfare organisation, made plain his view of Pakistan's neighbour.

“India, he claimed, was building dams in (Indian-controlled) Jammu and Kashmir to choke Pakistan's water supplies and cripple its agriculture,” Mr Swami reported Saeed as saying.

“Earlier, in an October 6 speech, Saeed claimed that India had 'made a deal with the United States to send 150,000 Indian troops to Afghanistan' and that it agreed to support the US in its existential war against Islam.

“Finally, in a sermon to a congregation at the Jamia Masjid al-Qudsia (mosque) in Lahore at the end of October, Saeed proclaimed that there was an 'ongoing war in the world between Islam and its enemies'.

“He claimed that 'crusaders of the East and West have united in a cohesive onslaught against Muslims'.”

Chet Bowen

By Chet Bowen | November 24, 2008 - 11:55 pm - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world , Uncategorized

War News Update: What In The World?

By Mark Harvey Sunday, November 23, 2008

I haven't done a War News Update in quite a while due to the fervor of the elections quagmire but now that it is almost over, I will begin these updates at least once a week. I do have nearly 700+ dispatches saved up so expect a flurry of data that the media cannot reveal. Seeing that this is Victory In Iraq Day (VI-Day), let us begin with some information that has been widely ignored by the Defeatocrats and those responsible for the war going as long as it has.

The first order of business will be a report from GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnD with the Military Advisors Manual . This report reveals what I have been espousing for quite some time seeing that I have some experience in this area. It is a worthy report and I agree with it entirely. General David Petraeus is a genius and it is too bad that politics got in the way of his ability to win this war earlier. If his ideas and concepts had been implemented sooner, perhaps the traitors and subversives would have been put in their proper places…in prison. Then again, the folks that could have done that are too cowardly to actually enforce current law.

CIA: Every Major Terror Threat, World Wide, Involves Pakistan

This has been known for quite some time but it wasn't politically expedient to make it known. I am sure Czarbie would know something about this seeing that he did spend quite some time in Pakistan before he had threatened to bomb the hell out of Pakistan during his illegal campaign. Illegal campaign? Yes, that is what I said…the fool isn'ta US citizen but that won't stop the enemies of the US from the coronation of the impostor.

Other posts I have done involve the Global Cultural Jihad. England is experiencing this and the United States is on track for Shar'ia Law by 2050. I suppose the Democrats will realize this when they are the first to be put to death by the sword of allah. In accordance with Shar'is Law, the ungodly will die first. The fools that have been “upset” by Prop 8 in California will be the most surprised.

In spite of the alleged Obama victory, Iran has decided not to honor their original “promises”. They will continue their Hate America mantra. They are also going to have a meeting. This isn'ta big surprise to me seeing that I still have difficulty differentiating the basic democrat party leader from the terrorists and their leaders…they speak the same language – America Sucks.

Steven J. Rosen has a piece up at the American Thinker published on 11/16 entitled, ” Did Iran Offer a 'Grand Bargain' in 2003? ” Without getting into the details here at this time, we all know where this is going and from where it came. We also know that the premise was born in the bowels of the morons that have prolonged this war for the sake of political expediency and power. It was a farce and a lie then and it is even more so now. Rosen explains it in detail and I have the background of all that nonsense stored right here…have fun.

It is said that OBL is still alive and his busily farming out details of more attacks now that the week-kneed and thin-skinned coward Obama has theoretically won the election. They, the terrorists, know that Czarbie will do nothging to defend this Nation so their plots and plans will move forward in the hopes to reverse their losses in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraqw as well as just about everywhere else.

Upprättelse. Det luktar och smakar ack så söt. For those of you that know me, you will know and remember that I have said this for years: CIA Agent Confirms Al-Qaeda Was In Iraq In 2002 . Remember? This is one of the many areas that I have major issues with President Bush. It wasn't politically expedient to make this known. Varför? I have no idea. I do know that the war was prolonged because of it. I also know for a fact that the ones that made hay-day over President Bush being silent on this FACT also knew the data was factual but utilized the silence to further their cause of political power. They also rendered aid and comfort to the enemy during that process. Did I not make it widely known that we “watched them flee Afghanistan and flee to the Four Winds”? Yes, I did. I will stress this once again. We watched the enemy flee Afghanistan to Pakistan, Iran and Iraq. We stopped them in Tajikistan. Flopping Aces has more. However, neither Gateway Pundit, Flopping Aces or CQ Politics has what I have in my head and heart. They were not there. I was. Like I said. Vindication is sweet. Eat that you libtard morons. The libtards can also eat their BS about the WMD deal as well.

In other news, Stealth Jihad? It seems as though the Jihad is using the List of 45 . Interesting that. Please note that I didn't say “surprising”. Then again, we can always consider the Muslim Brotherhood and their ties to CAIR and the List of 45, can't we? The proponents of CAIR and their democrat and RINO sympathizers are useful idiots in the demise of this Nation and the libtards are “Rather” pleased with themselves. I am going to laugh at them as their heads are lopped off by the sword of allah and just might break out the marshmallows to roast over their burning bodies. Then we can focus on killing the Jihadi scum in this nation.

While we are at it, seeing that Obama was having meetings with HAMAS all during his campaign, what if we had an investigation about that and why Syria and Iran have given HAMAS the green light? Surely there is something to that besides Obama being the pathological liar that he is. And, knowing that Obama is such a pathological liar on top of being a narcissist, can we really believe that he will not support the “Saudi” Israeli-Arab peace pact? Or, can we actually know why Iran is now backing off from their previous statements about supporting SOFA? Why on Earth wold they support that Plan now that the weakling Czarbie is set to steal the White House? Isn't it just like a terrorist to act like a democrat and “change their mind” when politically expedient to do so? Democrats and terrorists…same-same.

Oh. And expect the usual “illegal war” crap to come up again. Naturally, thee isn't any evidence to support that BS but that won't stop the pathological liars on the left, will it? Then again, when they are clueless about the Iraq War, why should anyone really give them the attention they lust after?

As our Troops have won in Iraq and are winning in Afghanistan, NATO not withstanding, the Confederate Yankee tells us to brace for a total loss in the future. It is what the Democrats are all about. Then again, when the terrorists declare war on Pakistan, one has to wonder where all of this is going. Obama and the terrorists want to bomb Pakistan…

Whereas the treatment of President Bush has been off the charts and psychotic, at times I think he may have deserved it. He never seemed to take the libtards seriously. I do and don't blame him for it but when it put our troops in danger, he should have at least came out and shamed the libtards out in the open and in public.

Some are saying that Afghanistan is barely winnable and I think that is primarily a NATO result. I have been a long supporter of disbanding NATO due to its ties to the UN. But, that is for another post for a different day.

Chet Bowen

By Chet Bowen | November 10, 2008 - 4:21 pm - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world
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http://marcuscyganiak.blogspot.com/2008/11/world-leaders-receive-threats.html

It has been reported today on multiple sourced websites that on-going anonymous threats have been sent out to world leaders within the past 72 hours. Among the threats is that of a nuclear bomb attack in the very near future on United States soil.

Such an attack on America “would make 9/11 insignificant,” said Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

On Barack Obama's first day as President-Elect, he immediately received threats via US intelligence that Israel are plotting to attack Iran before he is sworn into the White House on January 20, 2009. Russia has also gone into high-gear in noting that they are enforcing their own missile defense systems bordering Poland to counteract the US-stationed missile defense system there.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said, “we will not retreat,” when dealing with the United States in Europe. Former Russian President Putin believes that President George W. Bush has setup multiple missile defense shield systems across Europe to keep a close eye and target on Russia. Contrary to that claim, President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice diligently state that these stations in Europe are nothing but goodwill safety measures put forth for the EU, Nato allies, and American interests upon fending off terrorists, extremists, and notably Iran.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ignored President Bush and Condoleezza Rice's claims with triggers ready to attack.

So with Russia visibly upset with the United States and Iran being an ally of Russia, one has to wonder where these world leaders outside of that inner circle are receiving the nuclear bomb threats from. You can go ahead and add in Korea and China into the mix since they have nuclear bombs as well, and are too allies of Russia.

Among the nations that have publically stated they have received the cryptic threats include Australia, England, France, and the United States.

Is any of this a surprise for anyone though?

The now Vice President-elect Joe Biden had some chilling comments to make during the campaign trail just a week prior to Election Day. He repeatedly told us, “Mark my words, mark my words.” Barack Obama is going to be tested with a “generated crisis” within the first six months he explained.

So would an attack on America, potentially larger in catastrophe to 9/11 as Australian PM put it, be the crisis Joe Biden is referring to? Does Biden know something we do not?

Joe Biden also went on to say, “I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate, and he's (Barack Obama) going to need help. And the kind of help he's going to need is, he's going to need you – not financially to help him – we're going to need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not going to be apparent initially, it's not going be apparent that we're right.”

Förvirrad än? Well while I can join you on that trail of confusion, I still want to figure this out.

An obvious note of observation is that these high level politicians around the world all seem to be coordinated with these warnings received. I'm talking about Vice President-elect Joe Biden, even former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, another former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and finally Admiral Lord Alan West of the British Home Office as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.

Are all these high level politicians preparing the world for a crisis of gigantic fatal measures?

When looking back at the US invasion in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2003 as part of the War on Terror, and most recently the US embarking on attacks in Syria and Pakistan shortly after the Russian invasion in Georgia, you just have to wonder if these events are the prelude to World War III. These high level politicians are certainly painting the picture that way.

So now I take you to the overall big picture:

  • Russia continues to threaten a new Cold War, with missiles lined up to attack Poland because of the US missile defense shield system agreement that was signed. Should that shield system officially be built, Russia states that they will deploy missile attacks.
  • Russia has the capability of launching missiles from Russian soil to American soil.
  • Iran too claims to have the same capabilities in being able to launch missiles over to US soil.
  • Israel continues to send out warnings that they will be attacking Iran, which would call for US troops' help.
  • President George W. Bush has expressed an interest in attacking Iran before his run in the oval office is over because of Iran's nuclear program to produce nuclear weapons.
  • Russia will attack US troops and Israeli troops, should an attack on Iran become apparent.
  • Korea has sent out threats of attack to the United States in the past and they too carry the capacity of nuclear bombs while being allies of Russia and Iran.
  • You can add China into the list of allies with Russia.


Does this not look like one big circle of tension to you? It sure does to me, and it's one that is growing far too tight in tension now. As a result, it could only be a matter of days, weeks, or months before one nation pulls the trigger to ignite World War III.

Källor:
1) http://www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com/israelnews/politics/80-political/335-warnings-from-world-leaders-all-within-72-hours-.html
2) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amM6gBY9JgJA&refer=home
3) http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iyTh4daEIukZscHQWC558dEr3×5gD94BR7FG0
4) http://www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com/israelnews/israel-news/83-israeli-news/407-israel-war-on-iran-on-the-radar.html

Chet Bowen
By Chet Bowen | - 11:35 am - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world

November 6, 2008

I feel certain that many in my stream of the Church want a statement from me concerning Tuesday's presidential election. I will be frank in my remarks but I do not, however, intend to vent anger or attack anyone. I have read several statements from friends and colleagues I respect very much.


Their thoughts are well stated and, for the most part, insightful.  None of them, however, seem to want to say some things that I believe need to be said. I do not claim infallibility or to have the final word, but my convictions run deep and I believe I bear a God-given responsibility to share them.

Was This God's Will?


Was what happened Tuesday God's will?  I am quite confident it was not.  America was offered a very clear choice between moving further toward protecting the unborn or further away; between a Supreme Court that would move toward honoring God, life and morality or away from it.  The stakes couldn't have been higher nor the cost greater. As a nation we put on blinders concerning Barak Obama's background, associations, beliefs and practices, and set these causes back years, possibly decades.
And in doing so we took another step away from God and His plans for America, and another step toward judgment.

Judgment Will Increase


This is not a fire and brimstone warning from an angry, legalistic preacher.  In fact, I feel more sadness and grief than anything else.
Perhaps I feel what Jesus felt as He wept for Jerusalem while announcing its judgment. I am not hoping for judgment; I am saying it is inevitable. I don't know where the unbiblical belief comes from that says a nation can live any way it pleases, can reject God and His ways-even mock Him-and not receive His judgments.  Nor do I know when the belief came that it is always mean-spirited or judgmental to warn of these things.  To the contrary, I believe it is our responsibility.

In warning of judgment, I am not suggesting that God is going to intentially and directly hurt people.  Much judgment is simply the absence of God's protection and provision, caused by a rejection of His laws and ways.  We have been experiencing some forms of judgment in America for years, but God in His incredible patience and mercy has kept us from the level we've deserved.  I believe this will change to a degree and judgment will now
increase:

  • For those in the Church who aligned themselves with pro-abortion forces, I believe judgment will result.

  • For leaders in the Body of Christ who refused to take a stand for fear of losing people, money, and tax-exempt status-I believe there will be a degree of judgment.

  • For those, both within the Church and without, who voted money over morality-a potential raise or better health insurance over the life of a baby-there will be judgment. (The irony is that this decision to base one's vote on the hopes of a better economy won't produce the hoped for result anyway. The scriptures teach that it is righteousness which exalts a nation and that the nation is blessed whose God is the Lord.)

I have heard the argument that God cares as much about social justice issues (such as poverty and racism) as He does abortion, making a vote for Obama OK.  I certainly believe God puts a very high priority on caring for the poor and I, too, have wanted to see equality demonstrated through a “minority” president. But to equate having a better income or the desire for a first black president, regardless of his positions on abortion and morality, to the issue of killing 50 million babies is not justice-it is a gross distortion of justice and great deception. I fear that we have been desensitized to this issue of abortion.  I believe it kills babies and takes innocent life.  I also believe it is blood sacrifice that empowers demons. Let's not forget this in our noble attempts to be kind and conciliatory.
For African Americans I can easily see how it could bring healing to have a first black president, just as it would be for Native Americans to achieve this or for women if a woman were elected president.  Again, I have wanted to see justice in this way.  I am only saddened that the price for this healing ended up being Barak Obama, a man that will set the cause of life and, most-likely, our God-given destiny as a nation back so drastically. (I also realize there are some who interpret any criticism of Obama as racism. Racism is so NOT what I am about nor what I live, that I will not even dignify any such accusations with a response.)

What Can We Expect?


What are some of the judgments we can expect on our nation from this election?

  • More economic woes
  • More violence in an already violent nation
  • Disease and death (satan, who is responsible for these things will have greater inroads to our nation.)
  • Natural disasters (weather-tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, drought; fires; earthquakes; etc.)
  • Terrorism (they will fear us much less now)
  • War, perhaps on our own soil
  • Judgments relating to the Court. The stacking of the Supreme Court against the sanctity of life and God's influence on America will occur, which will in turn cause the shedding of more innocent blood, more rejection of God's laws and the stealing from us of our godly heritage-all of which will perpetuate a cycle of even more judgment.

How Did This Happen?


I've been asked if this could have been averted had there been more prayer.  I'm not sure. I believe there was a remnant of Christians fervently praying over these elections-I don't think there was anything more they could have done. Others, obviously, should have done more.  The complacency and lack of discernment concerning our real condition in America-especially by the Church-is both appalling and horrifying.  America is in serious trouble and it seems no one wants to say it.  Fewer still are willing to do anything to change it.

Though I understand our reasons, we must be careful in our attempts to placate our feelings and calm our fears through religious phrases like “God is still on the throne” or “God has a plan”.  He was on His throne 35 years and 50 million babies ago.  And He had a plan back then.  The problem is, it was us.  I understand our reasons for waving high the banner of God's sovereignty at times like these-it gives us hope.  I will wave it, as well.
But please be careful with this. Too much emphasis on God's sovereignty and we're worthless; too little and we're hopeless.  Maybe we should say, “we lost a critical battle but God will give us strategy to win the war.” Then find the strategy.

But still yet, since God is usually willing to work through a remnant, I thought we had enough prayer. Obviously, God decided otherwise.  There comes a time when He will not forgive or bless the majority based on the prayers or actions of only a few.  America rejected God and asked for a king; I believe we now have our Saul (see 1 Samuel 8:5-7)-a man who does not have God's heart for America but his own. Like Israel in scripture, our nation believes it can turn from God and still be blessed.  In His mercy and justice He will show us otherwise.

Like many, believing I had many promises and confirmations that God would “grace” us with a pro-life president in this election, I failed to consider strongly enough that all promises-even scripture-are conditional 99.9% of the time. Though I never prophesied or made guarantees that McCain-Palin would win, failing to factor this principle in strongly enough no doubt caused me to share my optimism with others inappropriately. If this caused any harm or confusion, I apologize.

Has the fact that my prayers weren't answered shaken my faith? No. I'ma little confused and discouraged. I'm also somewhat angry at the nation in general and much of the Church. Mostly I'm grieving over the nation and what this will cost us. I am not, however, angry with God and do not question His justice. And it is not true that we wasted our time, energy and money in our efforts anymore than it is a waste when we share the gospel with people who don't get saved.  We must keep in the forefront of our thinking the fact that ultimately we are doing this for Him and that He will reward us for our faithfulness.  And who knows, perhaps He will store up all those prayers for the next battle (Revelation 5:8, 8:3-5).

A friend and fellow warrior said it well,

“We did 'give it our all.' I know the Lord was pleased with that. A coach wants to know one thing at the end of a heartbreaking sports loss: 'Did you leave it all on the field?' (your passion, your commitment, your strength, your courage, etc.) I know that we 'left it all on the field.' We didn't hold anything back until the game ended. Tragically, it ended in defeat. We will rise for another day because Jesus is worthy.”

Where Do We Go from Here?


Does this election outcome shake my faith that we can see a great awakening and ultimately reformation in America? Absolutely not (and it strengthens my resolve).  We will simply get there through greater pain and loss.  Even my passion to see the Supreme Court shift is not from a presupposition that there can be no spiritual awakening without it.  It is simply due to my deep conviction that their decisions bring so much death, destruction, curses and judgment to America; and because our full destiny as a nation is unquestionably linked to their decisions. So, yes, we will get an awakening and reformation; but the reality is that this reformation of the nation will reform the Supreme Court (and government, in general), not vice-versa.  My faith has never been in people or a political party; my faith is in the God who works through them.

I've been asked if my feelings about Sarah Palin have changed.  They have not. I believe she is an Esther, a Deborah, with a huge mantle from God for reformation. God has a great destiny for her related to this nation if she chooses to continue down this path.

So, in conclusion, we must re-group as an apostolic, praying church and advance.  We must maintain an immovable faith in God, His plans for America and His mercy.  And we must move beyond simply asking God for a spiritual awakening and ask Him for strategy to produce reformation, as well.  I, for one, am just getting started!

For God and this great nation,
Dutch Sheets

Chet Bowen

By Chet Bowen | August 25, 2008 - 5:49 am - Posted in The world
Russia – With Malice

Russian Nuclear Navy at Syrian Port – Russian Arms to Syria, Hezb'Allah & Iran
by Emanuel A. Winston, a Middle East Analyst & Commentator
The Media are offering up their wisdom about how Russia could undermine the US and the rest of the Free West by selling arms to rogue nations.
Gee Whiz! I must be a genius or a Nostradamus because I have been observing Vladimir Putin selling arms for years to Iran, Syria, Venezuela…from which those weapons migrate to Hezb'Allah, Hamas and Al Qaeda.
The Media, globally, take the position that Putin will deliberately cause mischief against the US – as if the last several years never happened. Russia under Putin, with malice aforethought, has advanced Iran's development of nuclear weapons, denials notwithstanding.
Putin knew well that the technology, once in the hands of radical Islamists, would spread to all other Muslim nations and their Terrorist proxies. Putin's hatred for the West is greater than the risk Russia faces if and when the Muslims of Chechnya get their hands on fissile material and try to blow up Moscow.
From the Stalin era and before, the Soviets – now again called Russians – have always been a primitive people who seem to need the rule of cruel dictators to keep the great population under control. I've never knew they were called anything else other than Russians or communists. A Rusky now and then. The dictators themselves are usually a wild bunch, always planning to conquer, murder and rule, whomever they can intimidate.
Putin never actually left the KGB and now, as the power behind Putin's puppet, the current President Dmitry Antolyevich Medvedev, Putin wishes to bring back the years of fear that prevailed during the Cold War. During the Soviet days there were KGB and other training camps dedicated to training Terrorists like Carlos, the Jackal. Training Middle East Muslim Terrorists was the KGB speciality.
Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) took his degree from the Patrice Lumumba University, with his thesis dissertation in why the Holocaust never happened. Abbas, like Yassir Arafat was linked to the Soviets enterprise by an umbilical cord of pure Terror.

Where were the Media pundits who have access to vast files on every bit of history but seem to never crack a reference book? It is said that “Dumb is curable, but Stupid is forever.”
Why haven't investigative journalists been on Russia's case long before Putin set up his recent attack on Georgia?
I must say that the US State Department under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (a so-called expert on Russia) failed before, during and after the Russian invasion. Come to think of it Rice has failed in every aspect of solving international problems. Her only dubious success was to use the Bush “Big Brother” pressure to force the weak government of Israel under its current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to risk its very existence by making suicidal gestures to the Muslim Arab Palestinians.

Rice remains untouchable to the media simply because she is a woman; she is black and, therefore, should be considered free of rational scrutiny by the Media. Granted she smiles nicely, makes seemingly erudite speeches but, she solves nothing of the world's problems. Her vaunted, supposed expertise about Russia has been a dismal failure, particularly in forecasting political and military adventurism.
Petting the Russian Bear, thinking it is a tamed, civilized animal is a grave error and wishful thinking one the part of any nation. The Bear is dangerous, has giant claws and teeth and artful avoidance by the West is a giant sized mistake.

The Media have played a role in lulling the nations into becoming a main course in the Bear's dinner. But, the Brezhnev Doctrine is alive and well.
(1)
Pt. 2: Russia Blames Israel for Casualties in Georgia & Seeks a Pretext to Supply Even More Arms to Syria, Hezb'Allah & Iran to Kill Israelis.
The vice-chairman of the Russian Chiefs-of-Staff – Anatoloy Nogoveichin – is accusing Israel of supplying arms to Georgia that were used to kill Russians.
This is a very worrying development. This pretext will be used by Russia to continue supplying Syria, Hezb'Allah and Iran with weapons that will inevitably be used to kill Israelis. During the last war in Lebanon, summer 2006, Israelis suffered many military and civilian casualties due to Russian-made arms.
Detta kan ha varit en av Putins mål i Rysslands invasion av Georgien. By “impaling” themselves on Israeli-made arms that were in Georgia – Russian gained a presumed justification for supplying arms to kill Israelis. Now they can even claim “vengeance”.
What the Russians fail to mention is that they never told the Israelis to rein in private arms supply firms based in Israel – nor to stop sending advisors. No one really thought Georgia and Russia would be in a real war. For the Israeli firms it was just good business, necessary to make their own weapons' manufacture pay for itself, so Israel would have the weapons she needs for self-defense.
Israel clearly would not have risked the anger of Moscow had she known Russia and Georgia would be at war. In fact, Israel clamped an embargo on weapons' shipments to Georgia the minute Russia attacked.
The Russians should be informed that using what transpired in Georgia as an excuse to harm Israel though accelerated weapons' shipments to Syria, Hezb'Allah and Iran is simply unacceptable and patently unfair.
To wit, the following is explosively alarming:
Pt. 3 from Debkafile: “Big Russian flotilla led by Admiral Kuznetsov carrier heads for Syrian port” [paraphrased]
Now [August 23rd] a powerful Russian naval contingent, led by the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is sitting off shore at the Syrian port of Tartus. This includes the Russian Navy's biggest missile cruiser Moskva and at least four nuclear missile submarines.
Before the Russian flotilla departed Murmansk on the Barents Sea August 18, Assad is reported to have given the nod for the Tartus port's conversion into a permanent Middle East base for Russia's nuclear-armed warships.
On Thursday August 21 Syria's President Bashar Assad at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, told reporters he is considering a Russian request to deploy missiles in Syria because of Russian-Western tensions over the Georgian conflict. Assad signaled that he would also be representing Tehran's interests in his talks with Russian leaders. Jordan's King Abdullah joined this 'conference' on August 21st.
While Assad was meeting at Sochi, a large Syrian military delegation visited the Russian weapons manufacturing giant, the Kalinin Machines Plant, east of Moscow. This plant makes sophisticated anti-air missile systems, including the S-300 and the BUK M, for which Damascus is bidding.
Assad seems to be giving Russia's Navy the port of Tartus in return for a mutual defense pact with Russia who will provide Syria with a Russian nuclear umbrella and generous terms for his arms purchases. (2)