On June 28 (1914), some guy shot Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand and Missus. I wonder how many years it took for someone to pinpoint that “small” event as the starting point of the cataclysmic event that was World War I.
This afternoon, scant over an hour ago, I stood in our kitchen finishing my piece of homemade fresh strawberry pie. That (c. 1300 Pacific) was the time when it struck me that World War III had begun.
The small event in this case was the Hamas capture and abduction of an Israeli soldier on June 25 (2006).
Israel replied with an air assault on Gaza and a not-so-veiled threat against the Palestinian Prime Minister, himself a Hamas man.
Then last night Hezbollah one-upped Hamas with a from-Lebanon attack that “bagged” two Israeli soldiers.
Israel called that an act of war and held Lebanon responsible.
Israel unleashed a limited-but-punishing sea and air assault on Lebanon, even ruining at least two runways at Beirut International Airport.
So how do I get to WWIII from there?
I think Iran is behind both of those Israeli-soldier abductions.
Reports that Hezbollah wants to send its captives to Iran only add further weight to that.
| Fox News has just announced that the two kidnapped Israeli soldiers may be taken to Iran. |
It appears to me that Iran hopes to provoke Israel to broaden its attack to include Iran.
| Of course, this would explain the efforts against Lebanese military and civilian airfields. The Israelis want to ensure that Goldwasser and Regev do not wind up in Teheran. If they do, however, Iran would have two choices: turn the soldiers over to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent immediately, or assume the role of combatant in the conflict. Unless Iran turned over the soldiers to a neutral party, they will have committed an act of war. Unlike the Carter administration in 1979, the Israelis would not likely allow 444 days to pass before getting them back or responding in kind. |
The Israelis may well see this as sufficient provocation to at least take out Iran’s nuclear facilities, especially as they see the US fiddling with UN.
So, with Israel fighting a war on three fronts, it would seem logical that the terrorist kin of the two Hs would join the fray, launching a string of homicide assaults — not just against Israel but against US interests in Iraq, in the homeland, and elsewhere abroad.
With Iran and Israel now duking it out, and Israel over-extended, the US has no choice but to take up the fight that’s been taken to it, unleashing its own assault on Iran.
That sends out the ACTIVATE signal to Iranian and terrorist cells in the US, Mexico, and Canada. They undertake a series of strikes all across the USA.
Meanwhile, the Dear Leader in North Korea sees the US fighting at home as well as on four foreign fronts (Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, and Israel) and figures out its time to unify the Korean peninsula. His first move is to use sleeper agents to decapitate SKorea’s government. Then he shreds Seoul (with conventional or crude nuclear weapons, it makes no difference, the end result is the same). With the government gone and Seoul gone, and American troops pinned down, the South collapses…but gradually, extending America’s distraction there.
The Chinese catch on also, and make their move on Taiwan.
And the Russians aim for Ukraine. At least.
The story goes on, with several countries “going nuclear” in the weapons employed.
Well, there you have it. Just a lot of off-the-cuff speculation. Oh, and off-the-charts, too. Crazy, I know. And preposterous. But I thought I should at least go on record here.
Whatever the case, men and nations pursue peace and will never find it if they continue to insist on factoring out the Prince of Peace.
If you are among those who look at current events and see compelling cause for personal and familial precautionary measures, be sure you stockpile plenty.
And be sure to tend to more than mere physical and financial survival.
See to your soul. It needn’t be destined for utter destruction, even though all else shares that fate.
Disclaimer: I know the above is poorly written and structured, but I have neither time nor interest in tuning up my effort.
Well poorly written or not it makes for interesting reading.. 😉