Nuclear war starting in 10 days?*
12.08.2006
Pravda.ru
Such was the conclusion reached in the U.S. Russian generals and
political scientists disagree only about its exact starting date.
Our world is on the brink of another world war. It will originate August
22nd in the Middle East. The prediction was presented not by Vagna or
Nostradamus but by an American political scientist Bernard Lewis in the
acclaimed publication of Wall Street Journal. He is a man with close
ties to the Bush administration as well as to the non-conservatives
pushing for the radical solution of the “Iranian Threat.”
Lewis believes it will be precisely Teheran who will unleash the
ultimate conflict by attacking Israel. Why August 22nd? Perhaps simply
because Washington has set a deadline for the Iranian president Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad and has demanded a complete wrap up of the nuclear program
by that day. It is obvious that Teheran has no intention to comply.
Curiously, this year the night of August 22nd happens to be night
Muslims will celebrate the journey of their prophet Mohammed to
Jerusalem and his ascension into heaven. According to Lewis the
followers of Mohammed have a perfect opportunity to enrich their
celebration by throwing an attack on Israel. An immediate retaliation
will follow.
“Such a scenario does not seem too unrealistic to me,” comments Sergey
Markov, a Russian political scientist, “These days anything is possible
in the Middle East. People living there are crazy and they constantly
keep playing with fire. Their situation has gone out of control and is
ready to explode any minute. In fact, the new world war is already going
in that place.”
The First Act
As the Israeli invasion of Lebanon continues it is becoming clearer that
Tel-Aviv actually aims at much more than the elimination of Hezbollah.
Israel could have long since used its omnipresent scouts to put an end
to the resistance’s activity. Neither does the complete destruction of
all Hezbollah’s rocket-launching sites present a problem for the Israeli
army with its tremendous equipment and might.
So why the endless bombing of Lebanese cities and villages? And why the
overwhelming U.S. support? All this is happening precisely during the
time when Americans seem unable to force Iran to comply with their
demands. Lebanese occupation under the excuse of defending against
Hezbollah is itself an excuse for solving the Iranian problem.
The Second Act
Israel has already achieved the minimum solution by getting rid of
“Hezbollah” across the border. What more do they need? UN has already
offered to fill the occupied area with troops and peace-keepers but
Tel-Aviv has still not given its consent. The U.S. is not in hurry to
give the green light either. In all actuality it looks like the two
countries are intentionally waiting until Iran gets involved in the
conflict. The expecting parties might anticipate the attack in the face
of fired Iranian rockets, which Tel-Aviv will intercept as they had
often done previously with the rockets from Iraq. This time, however,
Washington and Tel-Aviv will have acquired an official right to
retaliate against Iran.
The Third Act
Israel will attack Iranian nuclear sites. The U.S. will provide its
support through the Navy in the Persian Gulf and perhaps through the Air
Force. Iran will not delay with its own full-scale attack against the
Israeli sites and the U.S. ships.
At this point no one can guarantee that the rest of the Arab World is
going to remain watching as an innocent and uninvolved bystander.
The Fourth Act
Very soon such participants as Turkey will inevitably get dragged into
the funnel of war. In Iraq and Afghanistan anti-government militant
groups will become very active. Finally the conflict will focus on the
fighting for the control over the territories with major oil resources.
That is exactly with the U.S. is after.
The eventual possession of the oil treasury by one of the conflicting
sides will provoke harsh resistance from both Asia and Europe. Russia is
also very likely to get provoked into becoming an active participant. In
the end this might become the Ultimate Fifth Act, in which no one wishes
to believe…
Political Scientist’s Opinion
Alexander Prohanov, the main editor of “Zavtra” Newspaper:“Apocalypse
Tomorrow”
- The pulling of the trigger leading to the tragic chain of events has
been done. Syria and Iran will be pulled into the war right after
Lebanon. Israeli and American attacks on Iran will lead to the
interruption of oil exports into Europe and China. Their economies will
suffer. In the conclusion there will be chaos all across Asia.
The detonation device for the new apocalypse has been set off by
Americans, obviously. They believe that they have the power and the
authority to regulate the world’s chaos. But the U.S. cannot even gain
control over its own minor chaos in Latin America. Let us only hope that
Russia will remain neutral throughout this universal nightmare.
Military’s Opinion
Alexander Vladimirov, major general and vice-president of the Board of
Military Experts of Russia:“Collision of Civilizations”
- This war is utterly futile for either one of the sides. And as the one
lacking in logic it is all the more dangerous. The most dangerous aspect
lies in the fact that Israel (and perhaps even Iran by now) possess
nuclear weapons and are able to put them to use. This means the
beginning of the global war because other countries will not be able to
remain uninvolved in the collision of civilizations of this magnitude.
Source: Moskovskii Komsomolets
Translated by Natalia Vysotskaya