SOUTH OF BAGHDAD… THE DEAD SEND AN OMINOUS SIGNAL!

As much as the actions in Israel and Gaza are on the minds of just about everyone in the region tonight, I’m going to address a topic that was mostly overlooked; with the exception of one group…..those who have chosen to stay in Baghdad!

Imagine waking up today and hearing the story of over fifty bodies being found murdered in one pile.

Imagine hearing this story and realizing this didn't take place North of where you live in the City, but South.

The South; the area that is Shia controlled!

The Area this is more secure than any other area in Iraq!

What level of fear does this strike in the hearts of those who have chosen to stay in Baghdad?

How incredibly ingenious was this act?

Just imagine the fear it posed to the Shia still in Baghdad.

How does anyone who spends every single waking moment not realize the message this horrendous act sends?

Can any of those who have stayed in the city now not feel surrounded?

What level of fear has this one act created?

Remember my theory on an assault on Baghdad?

Why waste limited assets on an extended campaign to take  a city that will be in ruins by the time the conflict is over?

Why not just lay siege to it and its remaining inhabitants and make what life they have unbearable?

Just today I read several reports about the price and quality of food in Baghdad has deteriorated, if that is possible, in the past month.

Let’s face it; this act was psychological warfare at its best!

How well did it work?

I just have to wonder how many people are now moving towards the Kuwaiti border.

How does Kuwait trust, verify, those who may be about to cross the border?

Where do the people who stayed go?

East?

Do the Iranians open their borders to the millions who may have to leave Baghdad?

In the end, there may not be an actual battle for ownership of Baghdad.

Baghdad may collapse under the weight of the greatest weapon in the region.

FEAR!

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/09/Iraqi-security-forces-find-53-blindfolded-bodies-south-of-Baghdad.html

NETANYAHU ORDERS IDF TO PREPARE OPTIONS FOR EVERY SCENARIO!!!

There are days in life where you simply wish you were wrong when you know your right!

In the next 24 hrs the world will know if the battle taking place between Israel and Hamas and its supporters is going truly get out of control.

If anyone is sitting in their house tonight, thousands of miles away from the events of the Middle East and simply saying,’ Oh well… .There they go again”, I wish you well as you blunder through the rest of your life.

 Are the deaths of Israelis and Arabs any more dramatic than the deaths of thousands of Africans in the Congo?

No.

Do the events of the Congo have the ability to lead to a regional war?

Well, even if they did, nobody would probably care and that is that saddest answer of all.

Can the events taking place tonight between Israel and Hamas lead to a regional war?

That was a trick question, you see, the region is already at war.

If this is true, and it is, then what does it matter what takes place between the Israelis and the Palestinians, I mean rally, how could it get any worse?

Trust me it can and it is!

Last night, I made reference to just how desperate Hamas may be.

Who is in their court this time around?

Egypt?

No.

Syria?

No.

Sunni radicals?

No.

Tunnels for supplies are cut off to the Sinai.

Supplies cannot be replenished.

Sisi is more than happy to see Hamas degraded perhaps to the point of no return.

The GCC stands guard against the radicals to their North and South.

So, this time around the future for Hamas is truly in the balance.

Can anyone come to their aid?

Yes?

Enter the real danger.

ISIS and its radical supporters!

Why would ISIS come to the aid of Hamas, a group they see as too liberal and too willing to compromise?

The answer is the most dangerous   part of this discussion.

ISIS may very well enter the event as the “savior”… the night in Shining Armor to a Palestinian population.

A population that may be about to take the full wrath of the IDF and do so for an extended period of time.

Would the ISIS and it’s radical supporters save Hamas?

Again, the answer is no.

What they would be willing to do is wait for Hamas to be crushed and then step into a protracted fight against the IDF all in the name of saving the people of Gaza.

Think this is farfetched?

Think again.

As I told you several days ago, this time around, this event will be different.

You see, if I understand this twist, then so does the IDF.

Regardless if you support the Israeli stance or not, the fact of the matter is, the IDF is the most capable military in the region and if it goes into a full war footing, nothing in the region can stop it!

Will the price be high?

Yes; it always is.

Will the IDF attack the ISIS operations regardless of where they are?

Yes.

Oh ya…. If you thought Hamas old so called friends called Hezbollah might come to their aid, think again.

Hezbollah has one goal in mind now.

Defend it’s base.

Defend Lebanon or at least the slice that is pro Hezbollah.

Who are they doing this against?

The IDF?

Nope.

ISIS?

Absolutely!!!

Ok; IDF fighting ISIS and it’s supporters while Hezbollah fights them in Syria and Lebanon…while the Persians fight ISIS in Iraq?

Didn’t I tell you this conflict was going to be like no other?

Is there any way out of this?

Hamas!!!!!

If they turn off the attacks, will it stop?

Maybe.

The IDF says no, but world opinion would quickly weigh in.

Might the Tsar step and play world hero once again?

Why?

Where did the price of oil go this week and why?

And besides, things didn’t go well for the Tsar in the Ukraine this week and a little payback might just be in the cards for the West.

So, just how bad might this get?

Yesterday, I watched a few talking heads on Al Jazeera “Empire” saying the borders in the Middle East may have to end up changing soon to actually bring peace to the region.

This may be true, but it won’t be the borders of Israel.

Throughout time long standing disputes have often been settled at the tip of a spear.

History is repeating itself as I write this sentence.

OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE…… WHERE DOES IT LEAD?

Well, just about an hour ago, the IDF announced what we all knew was coming; yet another “operation” in Gaza.

Will this one be different and if so, why?

A few days ago, I made the comment the next event involving the IDF may be far different than any since 1973.

Now the question becomes, was I correct?

Can the IDF and the government of Netanyahu afford to look indecisive and by the way, they do.

When part of the current government stands  up and announces Netanyahu as being slow to react, well take a moment to remember who  they are talking about.

Is Netanyahu “reluctant”?

Before I can even imagine trying to answer such a loaded question, I have to ask myself; why?

Why would a man who is willing to risk everything for the sake of Israel suddenly been seen as indecisive?

 Simply put; what is going on here?

For several years now the standard benchmark for IDF action is the level of recall of its reserve forces.

I have often addressed the issue of to estimate the pending actions of a modern day military.

Without going over those same talking points again, let me jump to the next question.

Are we seeing the signs of a classic major operation?

Before we  answer “no’, we need contemplate if the IDF has taken this indicator into the planning process?

Does the IDF have a plan for major offensive operations without selling the story with large preparatory actions?

Can they counter the force capable of coming out of Gaza with a limited call up?

This is where my answer gets more than complicated and even bleak!

No!!!

The IDF cannot counter the full force of what can launch from Gaza with a “limited” operation.

If the IDF was going to execute another “limited” operation, why would Netanyahu be “reluctant”?

Back to the original question!!!

Could Netanyahu risk lives for the sake of waiting until the Gaza response is disproportional to a “limited” IDF operation?

No.

He is not like other Western leaders….far from it.

Has Hamas made it known their actions are going to be limited?

Does Netanyahu know more than the media?

Is this set to calm down after a few days of violent raids and rockets?

Is this 2006…2008… 2012. All over again?

No.

Why?

Because on the fringe of the Hamas movement is the new Hero of the youthful Sunni male population in the region.

Yes…… ISIS!

If Hamas wants to lose control of Gaza, then been seen as indecisive with Israel.

Let the rumor get out a “deal” has been struck.

The heroes or the region are just as willing and able to overtake Hamas as they are to overtake Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Look…….. this new event is not like the others and it’s not because of the IDF or Hamas.

The “new” dynamic is ISIS and a region boiling at the edge of the pot!

Tonight Operation Protective Edge begins.

Where does it end?

Badly…that’s where it ends….. badly…

More graves for more young Israelis and  Muslims.

And as the skies over Gaza and Israel light up with bombs and rockets, the Persians sit in Tehran smiling.  

HEZBOLLAH… THE REAL ISSUE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD SPACE.

Two days ago, I was reading an article describing what a difficult position Saudi was in with the ISIS issue to the North and the Shia backed Rebels to the South in Yemen.

By the time I was finished reading that story, it dawned on me, for the second time, where this story came off the tracks.

If someone is going to talk about being stuck between two worlds as options are reviewed, it’s clear to me the real trouble rest with Hezbollah and not Saudi Arabia.

From the very first day Hezbollah leadership described to it’s base why it was going to drag the young men of Lebanon into the meat grinder called Syria, it was understood this would be more than a hard sell.

Arab Muslims killing Arab Muslims for the sake of saving the Persian Puppet Assad, the same Puppet who ruled over the people of Lebanon for years, was a story that would never sit well with those who paid the price with their families and loved one’s blood.

Well, that was over two years ago, and the ability to sell that story has gone from bad to worse.

Hezbollah’s losses in Syria may easily be over a thousand, but everyone knows their leaders will never let that real number be known.

And now, just as the leadership of Hezbollah struggles to keep the party line on Syria, they are forced to come to the realization the real pending struggle may very well be about to take place in Lebanon, not Syria.

ISIS groups have made it known to Hezbollah they need to go home to Lebanon and do their level best to prepare for battle on their own land.

Just think for a moment, what it must be like to practice a speech on why losing your youth in Syria is so vital to your “cause” only to be interrupted with the message of, “the enemy is our door making demands”?

Imagine the mothers of the lost Hezbollah men saying, “Why are our fighters being killed in a foreign land, a land that occupied us, as our families now come under threat from the enemy we choose to attack”?

The move by ISIS and its supporters in Iraq was designed to generate relief from the battles in Syria; battles Hezbollah men were dying in day after day.

What does Hezbollah’s leaders do now?

Do they call the same families and say, “We need the last of your male members, because we cannot figure a way out of the Persian killing fields we were ordered in to”!

I’ll give you’re the same hint I gave everyone a few weeks ago.

The Hezbollah leaders have now decided to train females to “defend” the homeland.

I’m sure this pitch is wrapped in patriotic speech and Yellow Banners everywhere.

What would have happened if two years ago, the Hezbollah leadership would have done as Nancy Reagan said, “Just say no”!

When the Persians pointed their fingers into Syria and said, “March” what would have happened if the Arab Men of Lebanon said, “No”!

Hezbollah faces the most dangerous period of their short history and their options for finding a way out are slim to none.

Soon the battlefields of Arab Muslims killing Arab Muslims for the sake of the Persians will spread to Lebanon and the leadership of Hezbollah will be screaming the same old worn out speeches.. waving the bright yellow flags that cover more coffins with each passing day.

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/iraq-events-isis-hezbollah-full-alert.html

IS MALIKI THREATENING SAUDI ARABIA?

There is no love loss between Maliki and the Saudi government and for good reason.

Over the past few years Mr. Malkiki has all the time he needed to build even a tempered relationship with Saudi, but he refused to do so.

Why?

Because he belongs to the Persian leaders, that’s why.

He was and still is foolish enough to believe his Arab blood line is less important than his so called religious ties with the Persians.

Maliki and his Persian Masters have no allegiance  to the religion they hide behind.

What they both seek is power, wealth and fame.

His ego blinds him to the truth; the reality that blood is thicker than money, fame or power.

Maliki made his choice, as many do, and that has brought him to the point of no return and he knows it.

What does any of this have to do with Iraqi forces being withdrawn from the border of Saudi?

All we have to do is ask this one question; why?

Why would he order such an event?

I will tell you why; because he was instructed to.

Who instructed him?

Do you really need to ask that question?

The Iranians are locked into a complex and highly dangerous struggle with Saudi and other key members of the GCC and allowing a corridor to open that permits ISIS radicals to confront the Saudi government is exactly what is being achieved here.

Does anyone understand this?

Yes.

The news today is what?

Saudi moving troops to its border with Iraq!

Why?

We all know why.

What will become of the pending operations in Gaza is impossible to predict.

What will become of the ISIS moves on Hezbollah in Lebanon is almost as unpredictable.

How will Saudi and its GCC members respond to deliberate act by Maliki and the Iranians, that will not be near as difficult to figure out.

Can the GCC truly show itself as a functional fighting force?

Can the Peninsula Shield Concept do more than Policing actions?

 We shall see, but I will make this comment.

If there is one thing that is more vital to developing a true fighting force than exercise and parades, its actually executing a plan.

Moving to the border of Iraq and actually standing ready to counter any force moving towards Saudi is a huge learning opportunity and it’s one the Saudis and the GCC members will not overlook.

As I said two weeks ago, the day is coming where the GCC forces will actually be able to stand and defend and do so with authority and that my friends frightens the Persians egomaniacs to no end.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/03/Exclusive-video-Iraqi-forces-were-asked-to-withdraw-from-Saudi-Syria-borders.html

THE MURDER OF  TEENAGERS AND THE ROAD TO WAR.

It’s a sad statement to make, but one that has to be made anyway.

It was bound to happen!

Revenge is as timeless as human kind itself.

The moment those three teenage boys were found, every Palestinian teenager in the West Bank should have been looked in their rooms; for most of us knew what would be coming…more death…more violence.

Hiding your children is not the answer to the madness of the region, but sometimes one can only do what one hopes to influence.

Did the murder of yet another innocent child solve anything?

No.

Will it stop the pending destruction  of  Hamas by the IDF?

No.

Will the killings stop?

No.

I can’t begin to understand the mental state of a human who could look a child in the face, Palestinian or Israeli, and kill them.

There are truly people in this world, I’ve seen them, who are “subhuman….Evil”.

Rumors fly over the family status of this young Palestinian boy and what they were known for.

Who cares?

He will killed because he was a teenager and some sick mind wanted “revenge”!

As maddening as this story is, I have little hope the ending is going to be any better.

What is about to take place in the region has likely not been witnessed since the 1967 war and I’m afraid the number of dead children on both sides is going to increase dramatically.

God got it all wrong… He should have started us out as old as soon as we were born, and then let us grow into children as time went on.

Children seem more capable of running the world than grownups do!

CALIPHATE AND MURDERED TEENS IN ISRAEL? CAN IT GET ANY WORSE

Just when everyone thought the Middle East could not get much worse, well, it did!

Announcement of a Caliphate nation?

Not real news; it’s been stated before right?

Wrong!

Statements like this in Yemen and other seized areas over the past ten years have been made, but this time it’s different and here is why.

Who has the ability to prevent this from coming true?

Answer!

The countries who don’t have the will to do just that.

Who will try to prevent this from taking place and in the end most likely make it worse?

The very countries, what is left of them, where this new nation has been established, that’s who.

Oh, and for anyone who is out there that thinks this Caliphate event is just a media stunt, need I remind you of a nation called Afghanistan and the group named Taliban?

So, just how bad is this announcement for the region?

Again, the question comes up……who will stop them?

If you answer with the Iraqi army, just keep an eye on Tikrit and try to remember a week ago when that same Army stated they were in control of the oil refinery.

As for Syria military, well, its mission of pounding the Rebels into submission inside of Aleppo has now turned into striking the ISIS groups as they move tons of weapons into Syria from fallen Iraqi military units.

Think those orders from the Persians went over well?

Just when the bad news seem to be focused on the ISIS gains, the next worse thing possible for the region took place.

The murder of the three missing Israeli teens!

In near normal times for the region, whatever that might be, this act would trigger a harsh response from the IDF; one so harsh the innocent people in Gaza would be running for cover.

But as we all know, these are not normal times for the region.

The recent so called “agreement” between Hamas and Abbas’s following place pressure on a cooker that was already near the point of failure.

Just days after this great announcement of unity took place, the kidnapping took place and just about everyone who knows the region began to realize what it would lead to.

As I sit here typing this post, I am fairly convinced the operation to totally destroy Hamas’ leadership and military power may be about to commence.

Calls for “restraint”, like so many in the past few years, are coming from those who Israel no longer relies on and worse no longer trust.

If an operation to destroy Hamas is truly about to begin, then who comes to the aid of Hamas?

Iran?

No!

Assad in Syria?

Remember, he doesn’t control his own forces…. the Persians do.

Hezbollah?

No longer.

Their losses are staggering and the threat form the ISIS groups is at their doorsteps in Lebanon…so much so, they have begun to train their Women to fight… imagine that!

So, just what does Hamas have going for it right now?

Nothing?

Wrong!

Who is the most talked about organization in the region?

ISIS.

What is ISIS?

Sunni.

What is Hamas?

Sunni.

Who understands this more than anyone?

The IDF.

So, what plan is Israel getting ready to launch?

Does ISIS threaten Jordan?

Yes.

Would Jordan oppose the IDF launching on ISIS positions near Jordan to include inside Syria?

How many times has the IDF already attacked inside of Syria?  

Look, let me make this very clear.

The Israeli government is at a crossroads and it’s a crossroads they are willing to travel.

The region is under threat by instability and even some of Israel’s old enemies are more than willing to see someone destroy the Mutant Beast that has climbed out of the Hell hole called Syria.

Tonight or the next 48hrs might just change the course of history for the region.

It has been close several times in the past few years, but this is different.

There will be no repeat of 2006 or 2008 for the IDF.

Those who threaten the future of their nation may be dealt with all at one time.

The term Crisis in the Middle East may be about to take on a whole new meaning.