Cuffing the Israelis

It’s a puzzle.

Sort of.

The pattern of U.S. Presidents, from Ike on to Trump, is to handcuff Israel just as the Jewish state is on the verge of generational peace via getting rid of a rogue regime.

During the first half of 1967, President Johnson urged the Israelis not act first against their neighbors. Egypt alone had bragged that they would wipe the Jews off the map. LBJ told Israel he would have their back.

Fortunately, Levi Eshkol knew LBJ was lying. Israel pre-empted and destroyed half of Egypt’s air force in the first 30 minutes. That led to an iconic victory, one in which Israel took back her ancestral land, including the Temple Mount and east Jerusalem.

Some presidents are worse than others, like Jimmy Carter, Clinton and Obama. Two of them were ostensibly Southern Baptist. Clinton always bragged that his pastor, W.O. Vaught, told him once, “Never abandon Israel.”

He abandoned Israel many times.

Just this week, Donald Trump has stopped Israel from finishing-off Hezbollah, with yet another ceasefire. It’s his pattern. Iran is still standing because of Trump.

Lebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun, is hedging his bets, refusing to phone Benjamin Netanyahu, even though Trump assures the world the two are very close. No, they’re not. Aoun is smart enough to remember Trump’s urging the Iranian population to rise up, because “help is on the way.” It’s the LBJ “strategy.” Lebanon wants free of Hezbollah and would move to do so, but not with shaky Western assurances. Remember, these guys were boys when the U.S. reneged on promises.

George H.W. Bush kept loans back from Israel until Shamir came to the negotiating table with the devilish PLO. Why?

Yasser Arafat was hiding in a cave in Tunisia when Bush’s handlers cleaned him up and made him a “statesman.” The PLO has been murdering people ever since, including Americans.

Remember too, even the great Ronald Reagan blinked. When Hezbollah murdered 241 Marines in Beirut in 1983, Reagan pulled us out! Wow, that’ll show’em! The Arabs learn very well from this weakness.

This week, Italy’s Meloni abandoned Israel. The question is why all these westerners pull defeat from the jaws of victory. It’s maddening. Dismaying. Infuriating.

Why?

We’ll never know the full truth, but I suspect Trump is concerned about upsetting the global economy. If Iran falls (just as Iraq did), who will fill the vacuum? Probably Russia. We can’t tolerate that. It would be a years-long American project to try and get Iran up to strength. We know how that goes.

In a slightly different arena, I suspect many/most of our politicians are on the take. We now know the Republicans are as bad as the Democrats. The same bird. I believe most of our politicians are being paid by our enemies. Thus, it’s an easy sellout for them when it comes to the Jewish state.

Donald Trump is nowhere near the same universe as Clinton or Carter, vis a vis Israel. I think he has affection for Jews, which is stunning for a U.S. President. Many have been openly hostile. If the U.S. had dealt properly with the Muslim Brotherhood 70 years ago, we wouldn’t have the problems we have today.

We do know from Scripture that Israel will be fine. Sadly, the rest of us…not so much. Read Joel 3:2.

We put handcuffs on the Israelis, not out of outright stupidity, but due to moral weakness. I’ve known for a generation that America’s Congress is made up of atheists, mainline, and Catholics. None of those groups supports Israel. Our “elected” representatives will remain a permanent stain on American history.

At least God has allowed us to live in this time, to see these things unfold.

Long live Israel, and Maranatha!

 

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(Jim is under the weather this week, so we dusted off an “Israel Watch” from years back—but is still relevant for right now.)

 Israel Analysis

 The Bible foresaw Iran

By Jim Fletcher

As if we needed more confirmation that Scripture is true, we see a development in the Middle East that proves Paul’s famous words in Romans 1:28—

“Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.”

It goes on to say of course that such people sink into a quicksand of wickedness, evil, and insanity. Do we have a better example today than the mullahs in Iran?

History is littered with regimes that tried to get rid of the Jews. In this sense, the Jews are “unbeaten” versus such foes. Yet the latter continue to try!

Iran now claims the capability of reaching Israel with lethal missiles in “400 seconds.” That’s under seven minutes.

The Sobh-e-Sadegh newspaper published a threat in Hebrew on its front page on Monday, warning that a new hypersonic missile reportedly developed by Iran could reach Israel in 400 seconds.

“400 seconds: General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Aerospace Force, said that Iran has obtained technology for hypersonic missiles,” wrote the newspaper.

The premise is that the missile could eliminate defense systems, thus creating an avenue for a mass launch of drones and missiles. Of course, this is Israel’s nightmare scenario. Such possibilities have been discussed, relevant to Lebanon as a staging ground. For many years, Hezbollah has had tens of thousands of rockets aimed at Israel. This time, the Iranians seem poised to join that fight directly.

Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, the “father” of Iran’s missile program, sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. In it, he references a “quick response super-fast missile.”

He also referenced the development of satellite launch vehicles, which have resulted in the Qaem 100 satellite launcher. (It is worth noting that in 2011, Moghaddam was killed in an explosion in Bidganeh; Western media reported that the Mossad was responsible.

According to the Jerusalem Post:

“’This missile has a high speed and can maneuver in and out of the atmosphere. It will target the enemy’s advanced anti-missile systems and is a big generational leap in the field of missiles,’ commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh was quoted as saying.”

Terrorists’ rhetoric is usually epic, and this time is no different. IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) General Amir Ali Hajizadeh Hajizadeh said:

“Both defense systems that defend inside the atmosphere and extremely expensive systems that deal with missiles outside the atmosphere, this new missile of the Islamic Republic of Iran will pass all of them and I don’t think that technology will be found that can deal with it for decades to come.”

It’s not clear if this system has been tested.

Hypersonic missiles are missiles that travel at a speed of Mach 5 or greater. While ICBMs can also reach that speed, they travel in a predictable arc, making them easier to confront. In contrast, hypersonic missiles are maneuverable, giving them the ability to dodge defense systems and evade radar.

Various superpowers (along with North Korea) have tested hypersonic missiles, although not much is known about them in the public. Iran’s entry into this exclusive club, if true, spells a new threat to Israel.

Today, we are operating in several realms: we watch closely political developments and military threats to our own country and our beloved ally, Israel. But we also as believers place our trust fully in the Lord. Let us resolve to continue to pray for Israel, for her physical protection, until that glorious moment when her spiritual renewal is complete.

Iran will learn too late that it has always been folly to threaten the Jews.