peace

With a hat tip to Joel C. Rosenberg . . .

Vladimir Putin, the Czar of Russia, has offered to put Russian troops on the Golan Heights — the mountain range controlled by Israel but claimed by Syria — to serve as U.N. peacekeepers between Syria and Israel, now that the government of Austria has decided withdraw its participation in the peacekeeping force.Putin and Netanyahu.

Putin has spoken directly by phone to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the offer, and presumably would not have made it without first discussing the idea with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

If both sides agree, this would put armed Russian soldiers on the northern mountains of Israel for the first time in the modern history of the State of Israel.

The move might also have prophetic significance.

BREAKING: Putin offers to put Russian troops on the Golan Heights

Does Israel need armed Russian troops looking down on them from the Golan?

Would a “UN” Russian beachhead like that be a good deal for Israel?

I answer both negatively.

As Mark Roth said, he who dances with a bear gets eaten. 😯 Or was it, only dunces dance with bears? Both.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

And for ours, as we rush headlong to Armageddon.

PS: In case you didn’t know, Joel C. Rosenberg has written some pretty interesting books, including the recently released Damascus Countdown.