Defeat In Iraq

Why is it that most Christian's cannot see what even the world sees ?


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We’re going to lose the war in Iraq.
This is hard to swallow, I know. But it seems blatantly obvious to everyone except those who have the most to lose.
Every single newspaper on this side of the Atlantic is headlining the deepening chaos in Iraq. Even the sentencing of Saddam on Saturday, heralded in the U.S. as a victory, is likely to deepen the sectarian strife and inflame the anti-American insurgency, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Europe edition this morning.
In Washington, most politicians now seem vividly aware of the crisis — not to mention the sweeping impact it’s likely to have at the polls tomorrow.
But, strangely, the movers and shakers on Wall Street still seem oblivious to the impact the war could have on investors.
The Iraq war is the elephant in the living room. Investors look at it but don’t see it. They feel its presence but don’t want to touch it.
The Most Likely Scenario
Among the various scenarios that U.S. military strategists are now painting, here’s the one I believe to be the mostly likely:
Phase 1. In the wake of spreading violence, the moderate, pro-American government factions fall from power in Baghdad. In their place, Moktadr al Sadr, leader of the radical anti-American factions in the current government, comes to power.
He compels the U.S. army to pack up and leave.
He transforms all, or most, of Iraq into a fundamentalist Shiite Republic similar to Iran’s.
He forges a holy Shiite alliance with Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and they aim for religious, political, military and economic supremacy over the entire region.
Phase 2. Between them, Iraq and Iran control more petroleum reserves than Saudi Arabia. Their combined armies, including the U.S.-trained and U.S.-equipped forces in Iraq, also challenge Saudi’s military might.
Together, they aggressively pursue an agenda to depose traditional Sunni leaders in nearly a dozen Muslim nations.
Phase 3. There thus emerges a new axis of power — extremely radical, extremely destabilizing and powerfully resistant to foreign pressure.
This axis of power, in turn, wields tremendous leverage over the global oil market and the financial destiny of the West as a whole.
How likely is this scenario? Highly likely! And those that agree with me are no longer such a small minority ...
Nearly UnanimousWarnings of Chaos
I now count over a dozen warnings of chaos, many from the highest-placed sources:...............