by Michael G. Mickey

(10-12-05)

There is no doubt it will seem as though the gates of hell have opened up if warfare erupts between Syria and the United States, particularly from the perspective of anyone involved in the fighting. Even so, does Damascus, capital city of the world's #2 state sponsor of international terrorism behind nuclear weapon-seeking Iran, seriously think it can match the firepower of the United States of America? Surely not!

Week after week and month after month we've read reports of terrorist operatives crossing into Iraq from Syria to kill U.S. soldiers engaged in operations there. Naturally, the United States, having already engaged these terrorists in several operations just inside the Iraqi border, realizes where these killers are originating from and is, understandably, growing tired of it.

Warning after warning to Syria has apparently gone unheeded and now we see, for the first time I'm personally aware of, information in the news suggesting the United States has seriously given thought to striking these forces inside Syria.

As I've stated in the past, Syria not only supports terrorism, but also has a significant stockpile of chemical weapons in its arsenal. It may also have biological weapons as well. And missiles? Syria has plenty of those to fire them with!

While I genuinely pray nothing horrific is going to take place in the Middle East involving Syria, for the sake of all the innocent lives that may be destroyed as a result, I can't help but feel certain something is going to. Why? Isaiah 17:1.

The prophet Isaiah, as seen in Isaiah 17:1, predicted a day would come when Damascus, the longest continuously-inhabited city on the planet according to many, would be taken from being a city and be left a ruinous heap. Although some suggest this prophecy was fulfilled in times past, I have never found anything that has led me to believe the precise conditions described by Isaiah have ever existed there, leaving me to wonder if this prophecy is to be fulfilled in its entirety in the future.

Are the gates of hell going to open, as Syria suggests, if the United States attacks? Time will tell, but it seems the United States' patience in dealing with Damascus is wearing thin.

If the United States is forced to attack terror factions inside Syria, could we see a nightmare scenario quickly evolve as a result, with Syria, perhaps, firing weapons of mass destruction at either the United States or Israel?

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