{"id":1236,"date":"2009-03-28T10:33:57","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T18:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2009-04-04T09:16:31","modified_gmt":"2009-04-04T17:16:31","slug":"obama-afghanistan-and-nostradamus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/obama-afghanistan-and-nostradamus\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama, Afghanistan, and Nostradamus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNostradamus<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n

Notice the following news item from Time:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Obama Afghanistan Plan Breaks Old Ground<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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By Bobby Ghosh \/ Washington<\/span> Saturday, Mar. 28, 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Did George Bush leave one of his old speeches in the Resolute Desk? As President Obama unveiled his Afghanistan-Pakistan policy Friday, it was hard to miss the echoes of his predecessor’s “surge” strategy in Iraq. Indeed, says James Dobbins, the State Department veteran who served as President Bush’s first envoy to Afghanistan, Obama’s plan is “largely an extension of where the Bush Administration, in its last years, was heading,with some refinements and additions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Like Bush, Obama plans to send more U.S. troops to fight the insurgency in Afghanistan…<\/p>\n

The parallels don’t end there. Bush’s “surge” strategy was twinned with an effort to capitalize on disputes between al-Qaeda and its Iraqi allies; eventually, the majority of Sunni insurgents were induced, with promises of money or political power, to stop attacking U.S. forces and turn their guns on the jihadists. Obama, likewise, hopes to drive a wedge between what he describes as “uncompromising” Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders on the one hand, and less implacable insurgents who may be more inclined, for the right price, to make a deal with Western forces or the Afghan government…<\/p>\n

In any event, many of Obama’s innovations will take years to produce results, and, in the meantime, there’s still a war to fight. Anyone looking to the President for a bold new military strategy would have been disappointed. “I don’t think there’s anything [in the speech] that we’re going to look back in some years and say, ‘This was a turning point in the way we fight a counterinsurgency,'” says Jason Campbell, an Afghanistan expert at the Brookings Institute. In the main, that’s because Obama doesn’t have the resources for a dramatic military push \u2014 although that may come later. http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1888257,00.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is a reason that I reported this–and it was not to point out Bush-Obama parallels.<\/p>\n

On January 1, 2009, I anticipated this action based upon earlier statements that Barack Obama had made (see Nostradamus\u2019 Predictions of Obama: A Hoax?<\/a>).<\/p>\n

My point in reporting it now has to do with prophecy.<\/p>\n

The following is from Catholic seer called Nostradamus, and followed with the Comment<\/em> from a Catholic<\/a> writer named Yves Dupont:<\/p>\n

Quatrain 50:<\/p>\n

Under the sign of Libra, America shall reign, Shall hold power in the sky and on land, Shall never perish under Asian forces, Until seven Pontificates have passed. (Yves Dupont, p.94)<\/p>\n

Comment:<\/em> As a great world power, the U.S.A. began its \u201creign\u201d during the first World War\u2013but it was not the greatest<\/em> world power; in 1918 \u2026 In 1945, however, the U.S.A. was, by and large, the greatest world power. I think it is from the reign of Pius XII that the seven Pontificates must be counted, and this brings us to the last Pope according to St. Malachy\u2019s list\u2013when the world will end. (comment is from the Catholic writer Yves Dupont personally in 1973, Catholic Prophecy: The Coming Chastisement, p.94)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Five “pontificates” have past, one exists, and one is left per the Malachy writings.<\/p>\n

It appears that these Catholic writings suggest that the end of the USA will thus be in the 21st century as that is when the last pope would need to appear.\u00a0 As far as Asian forces go, this could be interpreted to include terrorists from places like Afghanistan and others parts of Asia (Barack Obama has clearly decided to increase the US military presence\u00a0 in Afghanistan)\u2013but it could mean nothing at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

For those who are not familiar with the Catholic Saint Malachy, it needs to be mentioned that he allegedly came up with a list of 112 popes from the 12th century to present (although the descriptions are probably little more specific than those ascribed to Nostradamus, and many “antipopes” are in the list).\u00a0 There is only one pope left on the Malachy list (Pope Benedict is number 111).\u00a0 Some current (as well as older) Catholic writings suggest that this could be an antipope (for specific Catholic private prophecies<\/a> which could be about him and the current pope, please see One More Pope?<\/a>).\u00a0 Some also suspect that this is one who could be the Antichrist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whether increasing US troops in Afghanistan will lead to the fulfillment of any thing that Nostradamus wrote is not clear.<\/p>\n

What is clear, however, is that the US continues to spread its military thinly and is borrowing so much that at some point it will not be able to try to be the world’s “policeman”.<\/p>\n

The USA simply does not have resources to continue fighting on some many fronts.\u00a0 The USA needs real repentance, as total disaster is its only other option in this age.<\/p>\n

Some items related to the topics raised in this article would include:<\/em><\/p>\n

Prophecies of Barack Obama?<\/a> Eight reasons why Barack Obama is apocalyptic and eight reasons why Barack Obama is not the Antichrist. Here are there biblical and non-biblical prophecies, from around the world, that seem to discuss Barack Obama. Did Nostradamus predict Barack Obama dealing with the Antichrist?\u00a0Might Barack Obama set the stage for the kings of the North and South as at least one Shiite prophecy suggests?\u00a0This is the longest and most complete article on this page on Barack Obama prophecies.
\nBarack Obama, Prophecy, and the Destruction of the United States<\/a> Some claim that Barack Obama is the prophesied \u201cson of Kenya\u201d, based up an early 20th century writing.
\nMilitary Service and the Churches of God: Do Real Christians Participate in Carnal Warfare?<\/a> Here are current and historical perspectives on a matter which show the beliefs of the true church on military participation. Is war proper for Christians?
\nAnglo – America in Prophecy & the Lost Tribes of Israel<\/a> Are the Americans, Canadians, British, Scottish, Welsh, Australians, Anglo-Southern Africans, and New Zealanders descendants of Joseph? Where are the lost ten-tribes of Israel? Who are the lost tribes of Israel? Will God punish the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, and other Anglo nations? Why might God allow them to be punished first?
\nWho is the King of the North?<\/a> Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand<\/span>? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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