Reprobate Minds in Diplomacy

Biden—the illegitimate occupant of the White House—has signaled this week that he is in the pocket of our enemies. And it affects Israel and her immediate neighbors. From a Jerusalem Post report:

“The US is moving up to eight Patriot air defense batteries from key countries in the Middle East, according to a Wall Street Journal Report Friday. The report calls it a “major realignment” of the US military footprint, potentially affecting Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, key US partners in the region. This means it also could affect Israel. Air defense batteries are key to protecting countries against Iranian missiles and other threats. Removing them, and their radar, has far-reaching ramifications if the reports are accurate.”

Now, Iraq has been and will be problematic for Israel; the situation is different there with clerics and corrupt political leaders holding sway. But several other countries mentioned in that paragraph are either pragmatic “friends” of the Jewish state in the current climate, or have mutual interests.

The main mutual interest of course is preventing Iran from blowing them all up.

One has to conclude from Democrat leaders in this country that they must literally be paid off by the mullahs to make disastrous decisions. This can be the only explanation for John Kerry doing shuttle diplomacy even when Trump was in power!

For Biden and his henchmen/women to pull life-saving missile batteries out of the Middle East is unconscionable. By the way, in a practical sense, this is where we as believing Christians can implore the Lord to thwart such plans. This is a daily thing we can do to help.

Ostensibly, Biden’s team intends to “focus” more effort on challenges from Russia and China. However, this is curious when one realizes those countries are helping Iran with weapons and radar technologies.

One of the antimissile systems, Thaad, is being considered for removal, along with jet fighter squadrons…at exactly the same moment Iran is stepping up attacks in Iraq and elsewhere, seeking to harm US interests. It’s baffling…unless you believe Biden is corrupt.

Further, according to the Post:

“For Israel, the implications could loom large. If enemies of the US take the drawdown to mean the US is not committed to the region they may test the US and partner countries. Israel recently did a joint F-35 training with Italy, the UK and US in Italy, the first deployment of the Israeli F-35s abroad. Israel did three joint drills with US F-35s from Al-Dhafra base last year, called Enduring Lightning.”

The Saudis are nervous and with good reason.

And with a brand new government in Israel, one littered with left-wing and worse factions, Bibi Netanyahu is no longer there as a deterrent. Just like Trump. This environment is ripe for Iran to take advantage.

Again, it is our duty and privilege to pray for Israel (and her neighbors) that the plans of the enemy will come to naught. It’s happened over and over and over again, for thousands of years.

Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us. (Isaiah 8:9-10)

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com

www.thegodthatanswers.com

Subtle Enemies

I strive to continually bring you information that isn’t found in most places. This information is not reported on much, yet I feel it is vital to understand where we are in this country with regard to Israel support.

A new poll came out this week that shows a shocking freefall in support for Israel among Millennials. A Barna poll suggests that in merely three years, support for Israel among Millennials has dropped from 69 percent to 33 percent.

None of us should be surprised. Decades of false teaching from our seminaries produced soft pulpits and that in turn has produced soft-minded congregants. When the Bible study is poor (in reality, celebrity nonsense passes for “study”), there are practical consequences in the real world. In this case, the practical consequence is sliding support for the Jewish state.

Let me give you a somewhat obscure example, but one that I think perfectly reflects what I’m talking about.

Relevant magazine is the go-to source for many Christian Millennials. Until about 2010, the magazine’s publisher, Cameron Strang, was printing mostly friendly pieces about Israel. No surprise; he grew up under the influence of his father, Steve Strang, who has a reputation for being pro-Israel.

But that all changed when young Cameron visited Israel/”Palestine” with the change agent, Lynne Hybels. From then on, the magazine took a sharp leftward turn.

Two years ago, Relevant ran a piece about the notorious and odious Ilhan Omar, the Trojan Horse jihadist now cemented into Congress. This particular story centers on Omar’s alleged “compassion”:

“Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar has quickly made a name for herself as a member of the much-discussed ‘Squad’ of young progressive women shaking up the Democratic establishment. Her outspokenness and status as one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress has made her a target of several violent extremists. One such extremist, Patrick Carlineo, was arrested after threatening to assault and murder Omar in a phone call to her office. Now, as Carlineo’s case goes to trial, Omar is calling for compassion.”

Omar’s letter, which she posted online, had a curious notion of justice in this case:

“Instead, Omar called for ‘restorative justice’, saying that Carlineo should ‘understand the consequences of his actions, be given the opportunity to make amends and seek redemption.’”

You have to read between the lines with these people and also recognize that their definitions of words often don’t match our definitions. It sounds to me that Omar is advocating for this offender to submit to Allah (seek redemption?). It would fit with her radical ideas, including sharia law.

But it was the magazine writer’s comments about Omar’s hate-filled rhetoric about Israel that caught my eye:

“As a lawmaker, Omar has occasionally stoked controversy for some of her opinions about the U.S. support of Israel. In February of 2019, she drew fire from members of her own party when she said that ‘I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country’, which critics said drew on anti-Semitic tropes of ‘dual loyalty.’ Omar has insisted that her comments were intended as a critique of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not Israel as a whole.

“That defense may not ease the minds of those concerned about Omar’s views of Israel, but her letter to the man who threatened her life is certainly praiseworthy.”

I have highlighted a couple sentences from this paragraph, to show you that Relevant is essentially saying that “some people find Omar’s remarks about Israel troubling.”

In fact, all people should find her remarks troubling. But this is Relevant’s effort to separate Omar’s “critics” from everyone else. In other words, marginalize them. Their concerns then become merely opinions, and everyone’s got one, right?

Relevant likes people like Ilhan Omar. Relevant does not like people such as Benjamin Netanyahu, or Christian Zionists.

Ilhan Omar is a hater of the first order. This is documented and easy to see. Yet Relevant soft-soaps that and instead props-up a phony “compassion” narrative for a dangerous woman.

If she hates Israel, she hates you.

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com

www.thegodthatanswers.com