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Russia probably won't be involved in any attack
against Israel because it would be too confrontational
vis a vis the U.S. Russia has no interest in
purposely getting into a major war with the U.S.
But once Israel has been defeated, say, by a huge
Iraqi Army (built up by the U.S. to defeat Iran
instead), and the Arabs have formed a confederation of
Iraq, Syria (including "Palestine", i.e. a defeated
Israel), and Egypt, Russia could immediately step in
with support for the new Arab confederation in the
name of "Arab self-determination". Russia could send
large numbers of military "advisors" and "sell" huge
amounts of military equipment to help shore up the
Arab confederation against any U.S. counter-attack,
without getting Russia's own military forces directly
involved in any war with the U.S.
Regarding Syria, it will very likely join in with any
Iraqi invasion of Israel, and could help to "soften
up" Israel with its missiles (some of which could be
tipped with chemical and possibly even nerve agents)
before the Iraqi and Syrian armies enter into Israel
to defeat and occupy it.
Regarding the nuking of Damascus, that will probably
happen. Isaiah 17:1 has never been fulfilled; Damascus
may be the oldest continuously-inhabited city on the
planet. What could happen is that when Israel sees
that its demise as a nation is imminent, it could nuke
Damascus (as well as Baghdad and other major cities of
Syria and Iraq) in death-throes retaliation. The
current military leadership of Israel is very much
into retaliation, and outsized retaliation at that
(witness what Israel did to southern Beirut in its
last war with Hizbullah). Israel currently uses
outsized retaliation as a deterrent against future
attacks (which has worked well so far with Hizbullah).
But Israel could nuke Damascus out of sheer spite and
rage, that is, not for any reason of deterrance,
insofar as Israel could have ceased to exist as a
nation.
Regarding Turkey, because it isn't Arab, it doesn't
have any animosity toward Israel, so it wouldn't have
any motive to join in any attack against it. At the
same time, Turkey doesn't have any great love or need
for Israel either, so Turkey wouldn't have any real
motive to rush to its defense. And after the Arabs
have destroyed Israel and set up their confederation,
because Turkey isn't Arab it won't really have much
say or right to interfere with the Arab confederation,
which will no doubt leave Turkey alone.
Turkey would also have no real interest in supporting
a U.S. counter-attack against the Arab confederation,
unless the U.S. promised it, for example, the Kurdish
area of northern Iraq as a reward, which it could then
annex into Turkey. (The Kurds aren't Arabs, but their
own unique people, somewhat like a cross between the
Turks and the Iranians.) But Turkey may not want to
have to constantly be fighting an even larger Kurdish
insurgency within Turkey than it's doing already, so
it could pass on any U.S. offer of northern Iraq. Nor
would Turkey want to annex any Arab region (such as
northern Syria) for fear of entering into a never-
ending struggle with the Arabs. So there's not really
much that the U.S. could offer Turkey in terms of land-
area to get it to help the U.S. make a counter-attack
against the Arab confederation.
Regarding the Gog/Magog event (Ezekiel chapters 38-39),
that won't happen in these days, but after the
millennium (Revelation 20:7-9).
against Israel because it would be too confrontational
vis a vis the U.S. Russia has no interest in
purposely getting into a major war with the U.S.
But once Israel has been defeated, say, by a huge
Iraqi Army (built up by the U.S. to defeat Iran
instead), and the Arabs have formed a confederation of
Iraq, Syria (including "Palestine", i.e. a defeated
Israel), and Egypt, Russia could immediately step in
with support for the new Arab confederation in the
name of "Arab self-determination". Russia could send
large numbers of military "advisors" and "sell" huge
amounts of military equipment to help shore up the
Arab confederation against any U.S. counter-attack,
without getting Russia's own military forces directly
involved in any war with the U.S.
Regarding Syria, it will very likely join in with any
Iraqi invasion of Israel, and could help to "soften
up" Israel with its missiles (some of which could be
tipped with chemical and possibly even nerve agents)
before the Iraqi and Syrian armies enter into Israel
to defeat and occupy it.
Regarding the nuking of Damascus, that will probably
happen. Isaiah 17:1 has never been fulfilled; Damascus
may be the oldest continuously-inhabited city on the
planet. What could happen is that when Israel sees
that its demise as a nation is imminent, it could nuke
Damascus (as well as Baghdad and other major cities of
Syria and Iraq) in death-throes retaliation. The
current military leadership of Israel is very much
into retaliation, and outsized retaliation at that
(witness what Israel did to southern Beirut in its
last war with Hizbullah). Israel currently uses
outsized retaliation as a deterrent against future
attacks (which has worked well so far with Hizbullah).
But Israel could nuke Damascus out of sheer spite and
rage, that is, not for any reason of deterrance,
insofar as Israel could have ceased to exist as a
nation.
Regarding Turkey, because it isn't Arab, it doesn't
have any animosity toward Israel, so it wouldn't have
any motive to join in any attack against it. At the
same time, Turkey doesn't have any great love or need
for Israel either, so Turkey wouldn't have any real
motive to rush to its defense. And after the Arabs
have destroyed Israel and set up their confederation,
because Turkey isn't Arab it won't really have much
say or right to interfere with the Arab confederation,
which will no doubt leave Turkey alone.
Turkey would also have no real interest in supporting
a U.S. counter-attack against the Arab confederation,
unless the U.S. promised it, for example, the Kurdish
area of northern Iraq as a reward, which it could then
annex into Turkey. (The Kurds aren't Arabs, but their
own unique people, somewhat like a cross between the
Turks and the Iranians.) But Turkey may not want to
have to constantly be fighting an even larger Kurdish
insurgency within Turkey than it's doing already, so
it could pass on any U.S. offer of northern Iraq. Nor
would Turkey want to annex any Arab region (such as
northern Syria) for fear of entering into a never-
ending struggle with the Arabs. So there's not really
much that the U.S. could offer Turkey in terms of land-
area to get it to help the U.S. make a counter-attack
against the Arab confederation.
Regarding the Gog/Magog event (Ezekiel chapters 38-39),
that won't happen in these days, but after the
millennium (Revelation 20:7-9).
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