Nuclear Exchange Will Not Be Preventative; It Will be Retaliatory

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Mar 24, 2010 at 17:20

In making this observation in the shadow of the meeting between Israeli PM Netanyahu and the American Administrative Executive, the aspect of Israel having to continually defend her interests may have the consequences your exposition alludes to, yet there is inconclusive evidence that an initial full scale encounter will be nuclear; only the response is expected to be nuclear.

As you have indicated, the risks are high, actually incalculable. Yet there seems to be the desire of many to encourage the circumstances to escalate the tensions that will result in someone acting, (more than enough evidence exists that indicate it will not be the Israeli's who act first) others not waiting any further to execute their threat.

That global war results is the truly inevitable outcome, but it will not end well for those who thought that Israel will be paying the ultimate price. It will be the other way around.

The ecological consequences will be the minor outcome at first; then to become the overwhelming situation as the nuclear fallout and related ecological phenomena present themselves to the detriment of mankind. There will be no reprieve from an earthly standpoint, only a spiritual one. And it too has conditions, which must be met prior to the initialization of the circumstances, and can only be found in the Hebrew Holy Bible.

Since in your presumption there is no credible threat from Iran, further explanation of Iran's part in initializing the Biblical consequences are mentioned only in passing; yet Iran's collaboration with Russia cannot be mistaken except as a catalyst for such things, and their continued movement towards the desired break-up of Israel will be a surprise for many.

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