Curt Here....
If you have been following the news regarding the conflict between Russia and Georgia then you realize that things are definitely heating up in that part of the world. I am especially interested in the latest developments between Russia, Poland and the US as I believe that we could possibly be seeing the beginning stages or the opening acts of several of the military conflicts that are prophesied to occur during the end times.
As far as I can tell from my studies of scriptures there are at least three major conflicts that will occur during the end times before the battle of Armageddon. The three conflicts are detailed in Psalms 83, Isaiah 17 and Ezekiel 38 & 39. I personally believe that all three are somewhat tied together (or at least lay the ground work for each other). In these conflicts Russia along with several Islamic countries attack Israel in an effort to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth.
Anyways, the latest news out of Russia is very interesting. Russia has threatened Poland with a military response for it's signed missile defense agreement with the US. The interesting part of this is that the US and Poland had been negotiating unsuccessfully for over a year and half on this missile defense deal and it came together rather quickly once the Georgia and Russia conflict began. So clearly, Poland after watching how Russia dealt with Georgia, quickly came to an agreement with the US.
In response to this agreement Russia not only threatened Poland with military action, but they promptly and surprisingly cut ties with NATO.
So what does this all mean? I believe Russia is beginning to cut it's ties to the western allies and will continue in their quest to be fully aligned with the Islamic nations that are bent on the destruction of Israel. It is all coming together rather quickly and IMHO we could see a major war break out in the Middle East in the very near future. Will it be one of the major conflicts that are prophesied to occur during the end times?
Stay Tuned.
Curt
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Russia Threatens Military Response if U.S., Poland Follow Through With Missile Defense Deal
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
MOSCOW — The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia — a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response.
For many Poles — whose country has been a staunch U.S. ally in Iraq and Afghanistan — the accord represented what they believed would be a guarantee of safety for themselves in the face of a newly assertive Russia.
Negotiators sealed the deal last week against a backdrop of Russian military action in Georgia, a former Soviet republic turned U.S. ally, that has worried former Soviet satellites across eastern Europe. It prompted Moscow's sharpest rhetoric yet over the system, which it contends is aimed at Russia despite Washington's insistence the site is purely defensive.
After Wednesday's signing, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed any suggestion the 10 missile defense interceptors — which Washington says are intended to defend Europe and the U.S. from the possible threat of long-distance missiles from Iran — represent a threat to Russia.
"Missile defense, of course, is aimed at no one," Rice said. "It is in our defense that we do this."
She denounced an earlier threat from a Russian general to target NATO member Poland, possibly even with nuclear weapons, for accepting the facility.
Such comments "border on the bizarre, frankly," Rice told reporters in Warsaw. "The Russians are losing their credibility," she said, adding that Moscow would pay a price for its actions in Georgia, though she did not specify how.
"It's also the case that when you threaten Poland, you perhaps forget that it is not 1988," Rice said. "It's 2008 and the United States has a ... firm treaty guarantee to defend Poland's territory as if it was the territory of the United States. So it's probably not wise to throw these threats around."
Hours after the signing, Russia's Foreign Ministry warned that Moscow's response would go beyond diplomacy. The system to be based in Poland lacks "any target other than Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles," it said in a statement, contending the U.S. system "will be broadened and modernized."
"In this case Russia will be forced to react, and not only through diplomatic" channels, it said without elaborating.
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in Washington criticized the deal, saying the U.S. missile interceptors are technologically unproven and will only confirm Russian suspicions the system is directed against Moscow and not at Iran.
The deal follows an earlier agreement to place the second component of the missile defense shield — a radar tracking system — in the neighboring Czech Republic, another formerly communist country now in NATO.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,407262,00.html
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NATO Says Russia Has Cut All Military Ties With Western Alliance
Thursday , August 21, 2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia.
NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero said the alliance had received notification through military channels that Russia's Defense Ministry had taken a decision "to halt international military cooperation events between Russia and NATO countries until further instructions."
She said NATO "takes note" of the decision, but had no further reaction.
On Tuesday, NATO foreign ministers said they would make further ties with Russia dependent on Moscow making good on a pledge to pull its troops back to pre-conflict positions in Georgia. However, they stopped short of calling an immediate halt to all cooperation.
Under a 2002 agreement that set up the NATO-Russia Council, the former Cold War foes began several cooperation projects. They include sharing expertise to combat heroin trafficking out of Afghanistan, developing battlefield anti-missile technology, joint exercises and help with rescue at sea.
Romero said she was unaware of any specific events under the cooperation agreement scheduled before early September.
NATO itself decided last week to suspend plans for a Russian warship to join NATO counterterrorism patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, deciding it was inappropriate in the wake of the eruption of fighting in Georgia.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408083,00.html
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