Saudi Arabia is troubled. Baffled.
Angry. It finds America’s current
Middle East policy under the Obama
administration incomprehensible—and
deadly dangerous.
Its bold response is hastening an
extraordinary change in the Middle
East, one that causes a specific
biblical prophecy to leap into focus.
On October 17, Saudi Arabia was
offered a highly coveted seat on the
United Nations Security Council for
the first time in its history. This was
viewed as a major victory for the Arab
state.
Until the next day, that is—when it
rejected the offer. This dramatic move
stunned the UN and diplomats
worldwide. It was widely viewed as a
slap at the United States, considered
one of its strongest Western allies.
What was Saudi Arabia so upset
about—and why was it suddenly so
bold? There must be a compelling
reason.
The rise of Iran is Saudi Arabia’s
most pressing concern. The Saudis
have watched anxiously as Iran, a
bitter enemy, has evaded punishment
even while continuing to forge its
nuclear program, fund terrorism and
aggressively expand its influence
throughout the region.
Now, they fear the United States is
giving its blessing to the whole
appalling process.
Disturbing signs were building: signs
of America’s weakening resolve, of its
declining interest in the Middle East,
of its fading sense of responsibility
to protect Israel. There was the
American press’s collective swoon
over Iran’s new president this past
summer.
Then came the stunning collapse of
President Obama’s pledge to
intervene in Syria, and his shirking
responsibility by turning the situation
over to Vladimir Putin. This seemed
to guarantee the survival of the Assad
regime, providing a huge boost to
Iran.
Saudi royal family member Prince
Turki al-Faisal lashed out: “The
current charade of international
control over Bashar’s chemical
arsenal would be funny if it were not
so blatantly perfidious.” He accused
Mr. Obama of using it not only “to
back down (from military strikes), but
also to help Assad to butcher his
people.”
Finally at the end of September came
the last straw: “the most shameful
phone call in American history
.” It confirmed the Saudis’ deepest
worries. The American president was
in full Neville Chamberlain mode with
the most dangerous state in the
Mideast.
An American reconciliation with Iran
truly is a game-changer for Saudi
Arabia. It absolutely shreds the U.S.-
Saudi alliance. The Saudis are already
speaking of a “major shift” away from
the U.S. One source told Reuters,
“Saudi doesn’t want to find itself any
longer in a situation where it is
dependent” on America, which it
deems untrustworthy and
treacherous.
And if, as the Saudis fear, Iran is able
to get a reprieve from economic
sanctions and still proceed with its
nuclear program, the timetable for
Iran’s regional ascendancy will speed
up considerably.
Last February, Saudi Crown Prince
Salman bin Abdulaziz told the Islamic
Summit that if the UN Security
Council fails to act in Syria, “We have
to turn our backs against it and work
to build our capabilities to solve our
problems by ourselves.”
Now, just months later, Saudi Arabia
is clearly reaching the point where it
feels continuing the charade of
alliance with the U.S. is worthless.
You can be sure it has been seeking
other options. Now it must have
enough confidence that it will get
along just fine without America.
But what options does it have? This
is a compelling question when
viewed in light of biblical prophecy.
There is evidence Saudi Arabia is
expecting to use local alliances to
help contain Iran. There is talk of
creating a “collective security
framework” with the six Gulf
Cooperation Council states plus a few
other neighboring nations. But it is
difficult to see this alliance
successfully putting a check on an
ever-mightier Tehran.
The piece of the puzzle that analysts
are overlooking lies further north:
Germany.
As the Trumpet has tracked for some
time, Germany is preparing itself to
confront Iran . AN ALLIANCE WITH
SAUDI ARABIA IS A KEY COMPONENT
IN THESE PREPARATIONS.
Berlin is building relations with
several anti-Iranian Arab states,
promoting trade, arming and
equipping them. We recently reported
on a recent energy deal with Qatar
that mirrored already existing political
and military ties. German-Foreign-
Policy.com has exposed Germany’s
desire to create a heavily armed
opposition force on the Arabian
Peninsula: “ The aim is to create in
the Arab world a counter-power
against Iran
,” it recently wrote; “this includes
armament exports in a grand style.”
In one of his most important recent
articles, Gerald Flurry revealed how
these details reveal Germany’s
“ whirlwind ” strategy for attacking
Iran. “Germany has surrounded Iran
and radical Islam …” he wrote. “Soon
that whirlwind is going to start
rotating and whirling against the king
of the south [an Iranian-led, radical
Islamic association] like a well-armed
—probably nuclear-armed—vortex!”
Bible prophecy not only explains that
strategy, as Mr. Flurry brings out in
that article—but it also specifically
forecasts a German-Saudi alliance!
The Trumpet has been forecasting
this union for years. You can read
about it in Mr. Flurry’s article “ A
Mysterious Alliance .”
The Saudis have every reason to be
perplexed and disturbed by America’s
current foreign policy. That policy,
shamefully, has done much to
increase Iran’s power. It started back
in 2003 with America’s decision to
eliminate Iran’s greatest enemy in the
region, Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
Under President Obama, however, the
U.S. has shifted that policy into a
much higher gear. It has weakened or
removed additional checks on Iran by
brushing Israel off, by helping to oust
Hosni Mubarak from Egypt and
Muammar Qadhafi from Libya, by
engaging in perpetual fruitless
negotiations, by propping up Iran’s
leaders, even making a friendly phone
call. Nations throughout the Middle
East are having to recalibrate their
thinking based on the probability of
U.S.-Iranian reconciliation.
This represents a transformative
alienation of “moderate” Arab states
like Saudi Arabia that are united
against Iran.
And it is exactly these states that
Germany is going after!
This development aligns remarkably
with the prophecy of Psalm 83.
Saudi Arabia’s very public rebuke of
America is likely a strong indication
of the confidence it has gained in its
new European ally. It is hard to
imagine the Saudis being so bold—if
not for the support they are receiving
from Germany!
www.thetrumpet.com/article/11084.19.0.0/why-is-saudi-arabia-getting-so-bold

So people still believe in the prophecy of this serierly 'edited book' to the point of using it to explain world politics? Just the same way Palestinian land was stolen by Israel and instead of standing by the oppress, they justified the day light robbery as Biblical prophecy of a 'promised land'. Although evidences are fast evolving by some researchers on how the Bible have been severally doctored by the compilers to suits their whims and caprice.
If all these researchers are saying the truth, then a lot of people have been truly MAD.

Wsdm: So people still believe in the prophecy of this serierly 'edited book' to the point of using it to explain world politics? Just the same way Palestinian land was stolen by Israel and instead of standing by the oppress, they justified the day light robbery as Biblical prophecy of a 'promised land'. Although evidences are fast evolving by some researchers on how the Bible have been severally doctored by the compilers to suits their whims and caprice.
If all these researchers are saying the truth, then a lot of people have been truly MAD.

N u took d words right out of my mouth!! Gbam!!!

this is just showing how hypocrital the U.S is, the moment they got sumthing from u they dump u off. this is just the begging of the end

tosin2013:

N u took d words right out of my mouth!! Gbam!!!

GBAM...!

The Saudis are crying over spilled milk, the game had been up a long time ago with regards to emergence of Iran as a dominant force in the Middle East.

The Americans have long reconciled with the realities of Iran being a Nuclear power because (like in the case of North Korea) they realized it was too late, Iran had already reached the point of no return with its development and that there was nothing they can do to prevent them.

What we are seeing is international politics of no permanent friends or permanent enemies but permanent interest. The Americans are only going through the motion of harassing the Iranians through the UN but in reality only trying to save face and to befriend Iran, since that country is no longer a push over (i.e. if you can't beat then join them so to speak).

Ghaddafi was foolish to have fessed up and gave up his nuclear weapons - see where that took him.

The Saudis can presently only make tantrums while their options are limited, the alleged German alliance will change little, though they are trying to jostle the Americans out of warming up to Iran by threatening to buy nuclear weapons from Pakistan in order to counter the threat from Iran - how that would pan out is something we'll have to wait and see.

I had always known that the US-Saudi alliance was never going to last. Only one thing interests the US in Saudi Arabia - oil - and once America attains energy self-sufficiency by 2017 (with massive development of their shale and tar sands deposits, surpassing Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil producer) it will have no need for a Saudi "alliance" to safeguard oil imports.

Also remember that before 1979 Iran, not Saudi Arabia, was the predominant Western ally in the Middle East. A rapprochement with Iran will only restore the natural order of things. Iran is a much older country than Saudi Arabia, more progressive, and inherently more stable. Iran is a country with thousands of years of history and civilization, while Saudi Arabia on the other hand is an artificial construct, created as recently as 1932. For this reason, it is more sensible for the West to use Iran as its anchor nation in the Middle East over the long haul.

I honestly don't see Saudi Arabia surviving this century. The House of Saud will fall, eventually.

^^^^ The Muslim world would not allow a Saudi collapse; though I agree its alliance based on oil security with the Americans is currently weak, and even more weakened in view of recent discovery of huge oil reserves in Australia and Gulf of Mexico, well in excess of the Saudi reserve.
Soon oil will become more readily available and also very very cheap and therefore the Saudi influence based on its oil trump card a thing of the past.

Me_Aboki: ^^^^ The Muslim world would not allow a Saudi collapse; though I agree its alliance based on oil security with the Americans is currently weak, and even more weakened in view of recent discovery of huge oil reserves in Australia and Gulf of Mexico, well in excess of the Saudi reserve.
Soon oil will become more readily available and also very very cheap and therefore the Saudi influence based on its oil trump card a thing of the past.

No sir. The Muslim world wld not be able to save a Saudi royal family collapse. Esp if d battle for d throne starts internally coupled with other group agitations for a more representative democracy or shura system.
Its just a matter of time before a country(saudi) built entirely on allegiance on another country (us) crumbles. Nations are built within. Iran realized dis in1979 and av neva looked back since.
China, brazil n singapore threw out d silly IMF policies n we all know d rest of d story.

smartchoice: Just say it Rapture at hand! abi?

What bloody rapture... Are you dumb?!

HNosegbe: I had always known that the US-Saudi alliance was never going to last. Only one thing interests the US in Saudi Arabia - oil - and once America attains energy self-sufficiency by 2017 (with massive development of their shale and tar sands deposits, surpassing Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil producer)

No assurances they will attain self sufficiency and have security of supply.

2017 is very ambitious in my opinion, coming from someone who is in that industry but we will see.

Saudi getting bold~reason:the kingdom is insecure about its future and status ex-bonafide allies.

Saudi of recent opposed Nigeria's claims for permanent represention in the security council of the unite nations.suspicions are because of the renewal of defence pact with Isreal.

am I supposed to reply you? Nope...got no time.

Polio:

What bloody rapture... Are you dumb?!