Western countries have propped up the Iranian economy because of their own selfish and naïve interests, and have continued to release billions of dollars to fund the regime, as the Biden Administration did again in November, following a similar release of billions in what Iranians called the #IranHostageDeal.
A pair of well-known pastors say Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend was a fulfillment of biblical prophecy and that they’re urging Christians around the world to pray for the Jewish state.
I feel like there’s schizophrenia in the White House that is enabling the Islamic regime to act as aggressively as it is. There’s no question in my mind that President Biden does not want an all-out regional war. But I am no less sure that what the Biden Administration is doing makes that more probable.
This morning, while running errands before Shabbat, the threat became real on another level. The cell phone store in the neighborhood shopping center is now selling gas powered generators. We’ve been talking for weeks about the likelihood that an attack by Hezbollah or Iran could take out the power grid for some time. People are stocking up.
The war, which has been going on for 6 months, has Israeli families clamoring for their loved ones to come home, including Liran Berman, whose twin brothers remain under hostage by Hamas.
Despite all the hardships Israelis are facing these days, Gallup’s recent World Happiness Report lists their country as the fifth-happiest nation on Earth.
In the eyes of the Iranian Islamic regime and their proxies, we are all infidels: Israel, the US and all the west, Jews and Christians alike. We are all legitimate targets. Our collective defeat is their goal.
While the President stopped short of directly stating that he would cut Israel off from further munitions and aid, the implication was clear: his concerns over Israel’s present course can no longer be ignored.
