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Last year, we helped feed, clothe, and shelter over 70 Sudanese Christians fleeing the Darfur region where thousands upon thousands of Christians have been raped and slaughtered over the past few years. We witnessed the horrors, heard the stories, wept and rejoiced with our Sudanese brothers and sisters — so we have a unique perspective of what’s happening in Sudan.

After years of massive destruction by Islamic militants in Sudan, the UN supposedly was going to end the slaughter by sending in peacekeepers — yet only 9,000 of the promised 26,000 troops have been sent thus far!  Now the Sudanese government has launched another massive offensive on August 12th armed with Chinese and Russian weapons — and once again — it’s being ignored by the media which is distracted by the Olympics and the war in Georgia.   So how many more people need to die before the world cares again?

Let’s be sure to keep our brothers and sisters in Sudan in our prayers.

Until next time…

Whenever I’m reading the news, I’m trying to read between the lines — because the truth is often between them!

So where does the truth lie in the Georgian-Russian conflict?  Well, the American news media seems to neglect the fact that the Georgian government started this conflict and it appears the Russians are not quite ready to end it!

Last week, a mass incursion of Georgian troops and armor into Southern Ossetia began the conflict and in the midst of the its attack twelve Russian peacekeepers were killed.  The Russians responded by launching an offensive of their own against Georgia.

So you must be asking yourself — What is Ossetia?  Well, the Ossetians are a unique group of people that considers itself neither Russian or Georgian — yet it finds itself divided by geographical and political borders.  The northern part of Ossetia lies inside of Russia, while the Southern part lies in Georgia.

Let me give you just a little background of Southern Ossetia.  On November 12, 2006 over 98% of South Ossetians approved a referendum to declare its independence from Georgia.   In spite of the fact that South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia and has been since the 1990s it remains part of Georgia.  Nevertheless Georgia has routinely and brutally attacked South Ossetians since the 1990s in order to drive them into North Ossetia and thus trying to claim its land as their own.

Now it appears the real motive for the advance of the Russian army may not be just “protecting” the Ossetian people — but to destroy the democratic government of Georgia and securing its Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline which serves as the only oil and gas route that bypasses Russia’s stranglehold on energy exports in the region.

Let’s face it — the Georgian army is no match against the Russian military machine.  According to Jane’s Defense Weekly, Russia’s army totaled 641,000 compared to Georgia’s 26,900 troops. Russia has over 6,700 tanks compared to Georgia’s 82.  Russia has 7,550 pieces of heavy artillery compared to Georgia’s merger 95 pieces. Let’s face it — Georgia is seriously outnumbered and outgunned in the conflict!

If we really want to be balanced in analyzing the situation, we need to reprimand Georgia for oppressing their own people — and we need to strongly blame the Russians for escalating the violence to what appears now to be a full blown war!  The truth is the Ossetian people are the real victims of this conflict as they are being squeezed between Russia and Georgia!

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The Jerusalem Post reported that the U.S. was sending two more aircraft carriers into the gulf to accompany the two U.S. naval battle groups already in the region. I find it amazing that this story wasn’t picked up the the U.S. news media! I waited before posting this blog to see if the U.S. would confirm or deny the story — it hasn’t done either.

It certainly appears that the U.S. and Israel are preparing for war.   The war drums are beating so loudly that Europe is doing all it can to prevent a full blown war in the region — so it imposed yet another round of sanctions on Iran yesterday.  But how effective can sanctions be when Russia and China are more than willing to profit when the world tries to strangle Iran financially?

For example this past spring, China’s state-run oil company announced it would move forward on a $70 billion contract to purchase liquefied natural gas and develop the Yadavaran oil field in southwest Iran. Russia continues to sell Iran billions of dollars worth of nuclear technology as well as some of its most advanced radar and anti-aircraft weaponry.

With a war is breaking out in Georgia now — I’m wondering how much will this preoccupy Russia? Along with the situation in Georgia — China is hosting the Olympic Games for the next few weeks. So now, I’m pondering the Russian and Chinese factor — how will this play into the minds of military planners?

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Over the past few months, I was beginning to wonder if anyone was noticing how much weaponry Israel is purchasing.  Finally Newsweek reported this today,

The Jewish state has purchased 90 F-16I fighter planes that can carry enough fuel to reach Iran, and will receive 11 more by the end of next year. It has bought two new Dolphin submarines from Germany reportedly capable of firing nuclear-armed warheads — in addition to the three it already has. - Source: Newsweek

It’s amazing how the purchase of 2 more nuclear submarines went under the radar by the media. I was relaying to a friend of mine recently — it’s interesting that the media doesn’t talk about Israel’s naval capabilities. Five nuclear powered submarines capable of being armed with nuclear weapons is no small fleet considering the firepower they can carry!

Is Israel preparing for a strike? It appears so.  Now the real question I’m pondering isn’t whether Israel will strike…but when?

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The United States is going to record a shortfall of $400 Billion dollars this year!  The debt of the United States has reached $9.5 trillion dollars!  As we hear this figure, $9.5 Trillion dollars — do we really have a concept of how gigantic this is? Let me illustrate it this way…a million seconds is approximately 12 days.  A billion seconds is roughly 31 years.  Now a TRILLION seconds is 31,688 years!  The national debt of the U.S. in SECONDS right now is 301,036 YEARS! Do you think the world has a concept of just how huge the debt is?  I don’t think so — considering the reserve currency of the world is still the U.S. dollar with over 60% of the world’s reserves based on the dollar. [ Source: Wikipedia ]  So how long do you really believe the world can sustain such a debt load — before a complete economic collapse occurs?

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As I surf the web, reading through different news agencies I’m often looking for anomalies — news stories that are covered by only one newspaper, yet completely ignored by the rest of the media especially articles which are very significant.

Last evening, Ha’aretz wrote a few short paragraphs which covered the IDF training for simultaneous missile attacks from Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.  So as I was reading through the news today, I was completely shocked — this was the only story which covered the military exercise.  I was expecting to read more details – yet there was complete silence of the IDF simulation. As I did a search on Google news for the story, I couldn’t find anything besides the Ha’aretz story.  So I’m pondering — why the silence?

On another front, the Kuwati Daily Al-Siyassa, detailed a joint American-Israeli military scenario where Israel would wage war beginning with Hezbollah in Lebanon in the autumn, before striking Iran in the winter.

According to the sources, preparations for the attack were coordinated during recent frequent visits by senior Israeli officials to the U.S., and that Israeli Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi has gotten a green light from President Bush to carry out an extensive aerial and ground attack against Hizbullah. The sources added that this attack, which could be in late September or early October, would be a prelude to an expected attack on Iran in November or December.  Source: MEMRI

If this story is legitimate, then it really makes sense in the scope of the November elections taking place in the U.S.  If a relatively small scale war in Lebanon were to begin in September or October — then it places in the minds of voters in the U.S. the need for a strong commander in chief to sit in the White House which benefits the GOP.  Another benefit by waging a limited campaign in Lebanon is reducing the possibility of skyrocketing oil prices before the U.S. election – especially when the U.S. economy is teetering on the brink of a serious recession which could seriously backlash against McCain.  As I reported in an earlier piece, Israel doesn’t want to be responsible for the Republicans losing the election.

Once the election is decided, then Israel could tactically strike Iran setting back its nuclear program by a few years without a fear of serious reprisal from Hezbollah – although a military strike against Tehran will most certainly send oil prices through the roof!  Nevertheless as the former IDF chief of staff, Shaul Mofaz stated, “The existence of the State of Israel is more important than gas prices.”

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