This is very interesting commentary by one of the blog readers (Bryan D.) that is very tied in with local Russian and Ukrainian history (I think he served a mission over there?). I have always made the assumption that the Lion meant an advance on Britain. This may point to something else over there:
Yeah Moldova's definitely next on the list. Another former Soviet Republic, and like Ukraine, NOT a member of Nato. Also like Ukraine, it has a small restive area known as Transnistria that is mostly populated by Russians and they have wanted to leave Moldova for a while and become its own nation. Another point to consider about the Bear laying the Palm on the Lion quote given by Joseph Smith. You might be interested to know that in Western Ukraine, in the area of L'viv going back towards far east Slovakia and north to southeastern Poland, there once lived a group of people known as the Rusyns. Not to be confused with the Russians, these guys are said to be the descendants of the original Kievan Rus', which very well could have been descendants of part of the Lost Tribes. Their colors are EXACTLY the colors that show up on the Ukrainian flag. Their symbol: A RAMPANT LION, like that shown in Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthenian_lion Russia has not yet moved towards Zhytomyr much less L'viv, though if it does, this might very well be fulfilling that prophecy.
It would surely shorten up the advance from the Ukraine down into the Holy Land. A detour through Europe would take quite some time and I am not so sure that Russia has the means to deliver on a protracted war unless they decide to use tactical nukes to shorten things up. If reports that they are using thermobaric bombs are true (as they apparently did in Chechnya), then they have no intentions of standing by the Geneva Convention or other treaties. This would be a game changer for sure!
Germany is gearing up for war right now. Things are shaping up for WWIII. I have kids that will likely get sucked into the conflict. My wife and I were talking about this very thing the past week. For kids that age, the best thing is to disappear off the radar or to join with the ROTC in either the Air Force or the Navy as drone pilots to stay off the front line forces. If this war does materialize as it appears it will, there will likely be little fighting in the conventional sense and people will be in different roles than it was historically.
As it is, now is a good time to repent and turn ourselves over to God. It is always a good time to do that....
My wife got a scathing rebuke from my oldest boy who seems angry that we supported Trump, who according to him, got us into this mess. I think there was a little too much CNN going on and not enough alternative media. I get the feel that he is a little concerned about getting sucked and made into canon fodder like his grandaddy was over in Vietnam....
If the election had not been stolen by dementia Joe and company, we would not be over there via strength that Trump projected (click link for great article on weak, demented Joe) and that Trump would have not made blunders that creepy Joe did. Weak leaders like Chamberlain invite aggression by despots. It is not possible to avoid it. I still mourn the loss of Trump every time I go to the gas pumps or look at many other indicators. While I did not agree with him on the vaccine BS, he had most other things under control and the country was running like a well-oiled machine without a tranny in a high military setting - because the average vodka-slamming Russian respects a "man" dressed in drag.... Sheesh.... God help us all....
As a small business in the US who has hired a business in Russia and have really enjoyed working with the Russian’s, I am disheartened by SWIFT/NATO shutting down all financial options for payment. Visa, Mastercard, Wire Transfers, Google and Apple Pay, Western Union, Bank transfers are all gone. Next the Shipping and Mailing companies within the US are no longer transporting packages to Russia or Ukraine (returning all unshipped parcels back to the sender). NATO is isolating and preventing Russia to do anything but work internally and use the Ruble.
ReplyDeleteThe Russian Civilians never anticipated war. Ukraine and Russia are family – Ukraine’s family members reside in Russia and vice versa. They NEVER saw this coming. They are punished by Putin’s choices… However; as I am trying to watch the media and scrutinize what is being said, Russia came into Ukraine and has been as KIND as possible in this type of situation. When Ukraine pushes back Russia is falling back – they aren’t killing the civilian Ukraines or at least the majority of the military are not harming Ukraine civilians. In fact, unfortunately the Ukrainian President has asked for and armed civilians and prisoners which now allows Russia the freedom to kill civilians; which they aren’t trying to do. Here is a video of Ukraine thugs killing their own because they received Military Grade Guns/Ammo and were left to do whatever they want with them: Anarchy and Crime Have Taken Over The Streets of Kiev (infowars.com)
I am not for this war and I have cried tears for Ukraine. I pray for both Russia and Ukraine. Putin might have some valid points but I wish he would have explained it better. I really need to research NATO and who/what the USA is supposed to support. I don’t trust Biden and I usually tend to go the opposite direction. He sent Hill Air Force Base to Germany days before the Ukraine war – and they just sit there.
China asked Russia to delay invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows (msn.com)
I believe China, Russia and the USA are all involved in this and have already mapped out how it would be played out. Don't ever forget that USA warned, and almost ANNOYED Ukraine with - war is starting, you better get ready. They called the USA paranoid. Well, do you think Biden is PROPHETIC or do you think he was involved???? USA is already predicting that Russia will take over Ukraine, push further to the Black Seas, operate the ocean and that this war will last 10-20 years.
Let's see; Moderna CEO created/released COVID 19 (Moderna patented DNA in 2016 which is found in COVID19), Pfizer is changing DNA in the liver (CDC said this could NEVER happen) - Life Insurance Policies are reporting a 40% increase in deaths(heart issues and cancer) in the last quarter of 2021 and they have never had anything over 10% which proves that Vaccines are killing people at a higher rate. They want to kill us all (Bill Gates - vaccines to be used to reduce population growth). Now a war will fit in perfectly to cover up the hyperinflation, the reasons for interest rate changes, allow free spending on "wars", and to hide the fact that people are dying at an alarming rate. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if we eventually find out that Biden bribed Putin with trillions of dollars to go and take Ukraine. This fits so nicely in the USA playbook...
Let's not forget Hilary Clinton (Mineral Mining handed to Russians), Obama (just wait til I get re-elected and I can do more) and Binden are all buddy buddy. If you think Biden and Putin dislike each other you are watching too much Main Stream Media.
Preserving History: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a lengthy speech on Thursday explaining his justification for invading Ukraine, claiming Russia was left with “no other option” to ensure its national security after decades of deception by the “US instrument” known as NATO.
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…. The outcomes of World War II and the sacrifices our people had to make to defeat Nazism are sacred. This does not contradict the high values of human rights and freedoms in the reality that emerged over the post-war decades. This does not mean that nations cannot enjoy the right to self-determination, which is enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter.
Let me remind you that the people living in territories which are part of today’s Ukraine were not asked how they want to build their lives when the USSR was created or after World War II. Freedom guides our policy, the freedom to choose independently our future and the future of our children. We believe that all the peoples living in today’s Ukraine, anyone who want to do this, must be able to enjoy this right to make a free choice.
In this context I would like to address the citizens of Ukraine. In 2014, Russia was obliged to protect the people of Crimea and Sevastopol from those who you yourself call “nats.” The people of Crimea and Sevastopol made their choice in favour of being with their historical homeland, Russia, and we supported their choice. As I said, we could not act otherwise.
The current events have nothing to do with a desire to infringe on the interests of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. They are connected with the defending Russia from those who have taken Ukraine hostage and are trying to use it against our country and our people.
I reiterate: we are acting to defend ourselves from the threats created for us and from a worse peril than what is happening now. I am asking you, however hard this may be, to understand this and to work together with us so as to turn this tragic page as soon as possible and to move forward together, without allowing anyone to interfere in our affairs and our relations but developing them independently, so as to create favourable conditions for overcoming all these problems and to strengthen us from within as a single whole, despite the existence of state borders. I believe in this, in our common future.
America's way of showing support for Russia. Biden supports Russia each time we go to the pump ⛽
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Russia provided more oil to the U.S. than any other country except Canada in 2021, U.S. Energy Information Administration full-year data showed. In total, the U.S. imported nearly 244.5 million barrels of oil, or roughly 670,000 barrels per day, from Russia in 2021.
https://yournews.com/2022/03/03/2308030/jen-psaki-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-joe-biden/
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ReplyDeleteBentley echoes Vladimir Putin's unfounded claims that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is aimed at removing neo-Nazis from the "fascist" Ukrainian government, and the only way he'd return to America is if it were part of the same mission.
"If I return to the U.S., it'll be on a Russian tank to liberate the U.S. just like what we're doing here," Bentley said.
"If I go back to the U.S. unarmed I'll spend the rest of my life in prison for some bogus bulls*** charge. But I don't need to go back to the U.S. I have a DPR passport. I'm a citizen of the Donetsk People's Republic. I'm also a Russian citizen."
In his seven years in Donbas, Bentley has made a life for himself, finding a home and a life partner. "I have a beautiful, brilliant wife, who's smart and tough and cool. She speaks three languages, more educated than 90 percent of the people in the United States.
"We have a small house, we have a big garden. I got apple trees, I got grapes growing, I make my own wine. I'm 61, dude, I don't know how much time I got left. But I'm gonna live here in the breadbasket of the world, the coolest and most beautiful place I've ever been in."
Bentley frequently uploads videos from Donetsk to his YouTube channel and regularly features the Texas flag behind him. While he still thinks about his country of origin, he expanded on his reasons for avoiding America and its government.
"I love the idea of America. I love American people, my family, my friends there, you know, I don't want anything bad to happen to any good people anywhere."
He continued: "But the United States is ruled by a fascist regime. And I'm not some college punk that sits in a coffee house and says, 'Oh, this guy's a Nazi, because my cappuccino is cold'. Benito Mussolini, who founded the [Italian] Fascist Party, supposedly once said that 'fascism should better be called corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power'. It is exactly the perfect definition of what the United States especially and much of Europe, and Australia have today.
"To say that the United States is a democracy is a cynical joke. You can only be a liar or an idiot to even say that," Bentley said.