Why an Attack on Iran and Another War in Middle East are More Likely Than Not

Prophecy Sign:  Coming war in the Middle-East

Things are heating up big time between Iran and Israel, and Iran and America. Will 2012 be the year that this region explodes into war? While there have been wars in the middle-east in recent history between Israel and its Arab enemies, those wars were conventionally fought. Any future war in the middle-east could be far more deadly with both chemical weapons and nuclear weapons coming into play.

As we always ask you to do; please pray for the peace of this region. While we know prophecy will ultimately be fulfilled, (and the deadly wars that are warned of will happen), we as Christians still must pray for peace and attempt to play the peacemaker.

You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Matthew 24:6-7 NIV

From the article:

For the United States, certain actions by Iranwill set in motion an irreversible chain of events that could culminate in an attack on the fourth largest oil producer in the world. The U.S.has reacted sternly and angrily to Iranian threats that it would block the Strait of Hormuz, a 6.4-km wide waterway between Iranand Omanthrough which more than a quarter of the world's tanker-borne crude passes. The United Stateshas said such an action by Tehranwould not be tolerated as it undermines the navigation freedom. A U.S. Fifth Fleet communiqué said: "Anyone who threatens to disrupt freedom of navigation in an international strait is clearly outside the community of nations; any disruption will not be tolerated." "Interference with the transit or passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will not be tolerated," said George Little, Pentagon press secretary.

For Israeland the U.S., Iranian nuclear bomb is the ultimate trigger for an attack. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Pannetta said in a CBS interview that all options were on the table when it came to stopping Tehranfrom developing a nuclear bomb."If they proceed and we get intelligence that they are proceeding with developing a nuclear weapon, then we will take whatever steps necessary to stop it," said Pannetta. For Israel, a nuclear armed Iranis the end of the road and they will go a dangerous mile to preemptively strike Iran. When that happens, if it does, the rest of history is pretty much predictable. Iranhas made it clear that an Israeli attack will set off retaliatory strike on Tel Aviv as well as U.S.military bases across the region. It will also close the Strait of Hormuz, snapping fragile balance and triggering irreversible military engagement.

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Thursday afternoon, Dec. 29, Tehranraised the pitch of its threats to the United States when Dep. Chief of the Revolutionary Guards Gen. Hossein Salami declared: "The United States is in no position to tell Tehranwhat to do in the Strait of Hormuz," adding, "Any threat will be responded [to] by threat… We will not relinquish our strategic moves in Iran's vital interests are undermined by any means." The Iranian general spoke after the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier and its strike group passed through the Strait of Hormuz to the Sea of Oman and into the area where the big Iranian naval war game Veleyati 90 is taking place.

At around the same time, Israel's chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz spoke of "the rising potential for a multi-arena event," i.e. a comprehensive armed conflict. Facing in several directions as we are "between terrorist organizations and Iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon… we can't afford to stay on the defensive and must come up with offensive measures," he said.

Why an Attack on Iranand Another War in Middle East are More Likely Than Not

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274425/20111230/why-attack-iran-another-war-middle-east.htm

Iranraises anti-US threat level. Israel's C-of-S warns of potential for regional war

http://www.debka.com/article/21606/