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<\/a><\/div>\nTOPIC-A PERFECT SANDSTORM: Atoms of Middle East War Colliding<\/p>\n
Even for those who have spent decades monitoring the Middle East and the Arab\u2013Israeli dynamic, ongoing events in the past year and a half since the start of the \u2018Arab Spring\u2019 have inspired a heightened sense of anxiety.<\/p>\n
Now, while Syria continues its bloody tailspin, forcing U.N. envoy Kofi Annan to give up on peace there and announce his resignation, Israeli and other media sources have reported that Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (pictured) has warned his country\u2019s military chiefs to expect \u201cwar within weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Is all this writing on the wall pointing to a manifest destiny?<\/p>\n
Three of the sharpest experts on the subject are available for interviews to discuss this unsettling likelihood. You can book them individually, or together as a powerful panel.<\/p>\n
James Hutchens, a retired U.S. Army General, Israeli\u2013U.S. relations analyst and President of the JerUSAlem Connection offers a perspective built on a lifetime of experience studying the region.<\/p>\n
Looking at Iran, Syria, Egypt and other hot zones around the Jewish state, \u201c(Israeli) Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu says, \u2018Israel can counter any threat.\u2019 Further, he suggests the possibility of a preemptive strike when he says, \u2018Ultimately, true defense is the ability to attack and deter the enemy.\u2019 <\/p>\n
In other words, the best defense is a good offense. Make no mistake. A battle of monumental proportions\u2014yes, of Biblical proportions, is looming large. It is not a matter of \u2018if,\u2019 but \u2018when\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reinforcing Hutchens\u2019 view is Bible prophecy expert, political analyst and author, Bill Salus, who has been studying the Middle East\u2019s tension buildup more closely than ever the past several years. <\/p>\n
Looking at Syria in particular, for example, he says, given the rapid erosion of Assad\u2019s regime, \u201cAssad now has three options: seek political asylum; perform ethnic cleansing on the rebels with chemical weapons; or attack Israel to draw in Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran. \u2026Make no mistake. A Mideast regional conflict of epic Biblical proportion could be stage-setting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, Theodore (Ted) Shoebat is the son of a former Muslim terrorist who was once a Muslim Brotherhood activist and PLO member. With a unique depth of knowledge of Islamic nations, Shoebat finds it problematic that the Obama administration is quietly funding the Syrian rebels.<\/p>\n
He writes in his latest blog (at http:\/\/www.tedshoebat.com\/blog\/?p=253):<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rebels in Syria are trying to topple the regime of Arab nationalist dictator Bashar al-Assad, and replace it with an Islamic fundamentalist state, governed under the Sharia code. Reports have shown that crimes such as kidnapping, murder, and torture, have been committed with the perpetrators screaming \u2018Allahu Akbar,\u2019 \u2018Death to unbelievers,\u2019 and other Islamic proclamations. Yet America is now funding them. <\/p>\n
\u2026the Muslim Brotherhood is supplying weapons and ammunition for the rebels to end the regimen of al-Assad; in other words, we are supporting the cause of our very enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n
ABOUT YOUR GUEST, TED SHOEBAT:<\/p>\n
Theodore (Ted) Shoebat is the son of Walid Shoebat, a former PLO terrorist. At age 16, Ted released his first book In Satan\u2019s Footsteps, which has been followed up with, For God or For Tyranny, available now. Ted grew up in the U.S., in Northern California, attending the public school system. Because of his conservative and religious upbringing, he often struggled with his teachers and fellow students. He personally witnessed Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the schools and his defense of Israel and the Jewish people made him a victim of ridicule and mockery.<\/p>\n
At such a young age, Ted was inspired due to challenges and frustrations he faced from public schools he attended. Not only was he bombarded with criticism for his conservative and religious beliefs, but they also attempted to squelch his expression by labeling him with a psychological condition known as Asberger\u2019s syndrome.<\/p>\n
Though the educational community thought it a stigma, Ted took it with pride, since it is said that Bill Gates and Albert Einstein were also diagnosed with Asberger\u2019s, a personality that includes such positive human behaviors as loyalty, honesty and bluntness. Ted is the primary contributor for this amazing work of research and polemic\u2014For God or For Tyranny. It is a timely work, based on the current state of our nation and the pivot point in the direction that America might take. What is even more amazing is Ted Shoebat was only 18 years old when this, his second book, went into publication.<\/p>\n
Date Recorded: 8\/8\/2012<\/p>\n