CROSSING THE RUBICON

Biden gives Ukraine permission to strike deep into Russia

Putin has said that’s a Red Line that would lead to war!

In January of 49 BC, Julius Caesar, a returning Governor of the Roman Province of Gaul, led his army, against orders, across the Rubicon River in northern Italy, precipitating a civil war with the Roman authorities.  In time it led to his installation as Dictator for Life.  That crossing was considered the point of no return.  The decision of the Biden Regime to allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russia using American-supplied & American-guided weapons may just be that point of no return.  That crossing of the proverbial Rubicon!

NOV 17 & 18, 2024

According to the New York Times, the “the Biden Administration has for the first time authorized the Ukrainian Military to use U.S-Supplied Long-Range Missiles, including ATACMS, against Russian Territory.”[i]  Now understand this.  Those missiles are dependent on active satellite guidance to fly to their targets.  That guidance can only be provided by the US & other NATO countries.  So, we in effect, would become combatants.  The Russians know this.  Anticipating this level of escalation, the Russian Federation began a review of its’ nuclear doctrine back in September, that would allow Moscow to respond with tactical nukes if a non-nuclear power attacked Russian territory that composed a significant danger.  At that time, Putin said, that if the proposed changes went into effect, “Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed one to be a ‘joint attack,’ in what could be construed as a threat to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.”[ii]  Michael Snyder: “He said that Russia would consider such a ‘possibility’ of using nuclear weapons if it detected the start of a massive launch of missiles, aircraft and drones into its territory, which presented a ‘critical threat’ to the country’s sovereignty.   ‘It is proposed that aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, be considered as their joint attack on the Russian Federation.’”[iii]

Then just about a week ago, Moscow warned the West once again that if America, or the UK, or NATO allowed their missiles to target strategic targets in Russia, then the offending parties would be, in fact, “parties to the conflict.”  The other thing the Russians reminded the world of was this: Ukraine does not have satellites.  The Russian Foreign Ministry finished with this comment.  The “mere granting of permission for the use of such missiles will result in an imminent and devastating response against the West.”  And then Sleepy Joe goes and does it!  Reports suggest that the UK has – or – will be granting the same permission shortly.

Intel circuits are ablaze with the word that Russia is preparing a quick response to any launch of a Ukrainian attack.  Almost immediately after the New York Times report of Biden granting permission, Zelensky issued a somewhat mysterious, but dark and dangerous warning.  “There’s a lot of talk in the media about us receiving permission for respective actions. But strikes are not carried out with words. Such things are not announced. Missiles will speak for themselves.”[iv]

Past the Point of Rescue?

One high-ranking Russian lawmaker warned: “Strikes with U.S. missiles deep into Russian regions will inevitably entail a serious escalation, which threatens to lead to much more serious consequences.”  The First Deputy of the Upper House’s International Affairs Committee warned, “This is a very big step towards the start of World War Three.”  If that doesn’t  get your attention, here are the words of a member of the Federation Council.  “The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning.”[v]

Hal Turner reports that Russian President Putin and Russia’s top military commanders – and their wives – are being evacuated to Russia’s Ural Mountain bunkers for safety.  Finland and Sweden are both preparing their citizens for war.

The American government has admitted that they wanted to insure the ability of Ukraine to continue the war against Russia through 2025 despite President Trump’s promises to negotiate an end to the conflict.  This is war that never had to be.  The current situation was almost made inevitable when the US Intel agencies instigated a  coup against a democratically elected Ukrainian government in 2014.  You had the NEOCON Victoria Nuland, representing the Deep State, picking who would be acceptable to run the country.  You had the head of Germany, Angela Merkle admitting afterward that the Minsk Agreement signed with Russia was a sham, put in place to buy time for Ukraine to get strong enough to fight Russia.  You had the Russians asking for security guarantees and being ignored by the US and the West.  You had America and NATO wanting to make Ukraine a member of that alliance and put missiles into Ukraine, just minutes away from Moscow and  the Russian nuclear arsenal.  And you have the fact that giving Kiev the green light to attack deep into Russia is in direct contravention of the decision of the American electorate.  This is already, for Ukraine, a tragic and losing war.  Just in the last 3 months, over 222,000 Ukrainian troops were killed or wounded.[vi]

Donald Trump Jr summed it up well in a post on X.

Don Jr is right.  This could escalate into a nuclear conflict very quickly.  It would likely start with tactical nukes and escalate from there.  The NEOCONS that run our foreign policy that Putin will blink.  I’m not so sure.

What could be the motivation for risking total destruction?  First, they want to lock Trump into continuing the war.  Second, they want to keep the flow of money – trillions of  dollars – going into the coffers of the Military Industrial Complex.  Thirdly, a big enough war with Russia might trigger a State of Emergency that keeps DJT out of office.  [Who knows what they wouldn’t try!]  This is set up as a WIN, WIN, WIN for the New World Order.

NOV 19 & 20, 2024

Zelensky Pulls the Trigger

Ukraine’s President, – [who has stayed on past his elected term] – wasted little time in using his newly granted permission from the Biden Regime to launch attacks against Russia.  This came just days after Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova, warned, Kiev’s use of long-range missiles to attack our territory will mean the direct participation of the United States and its satellites in hostilities against Russia. In this case, Russia’s response will be adequate and tangible.”[vii]

On Tuesday, November 19^th, Ukraine launched its’ first long-range strike into Russia, taking aim at an ammunition depot in Karachev, 76 miles deep into Russia.  Ukrainian military officials said “the strike was conducted with the US-manufactured ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System).”  The Daily Mail said that reports of the attack “emerged within minutes of the Kremlin threatening a ‘nuclear response’ should Ukraine hit targets on Russian soil with Western-supplied long-range munitions.  ‘The Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against it with the use of conventional weapons,’ Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Russia this morning.  His statement followed Vladimir Putin’s approval of an updated nuclear doctrine that allows his strategic forces to deploy nuclear weapons if Russian or Belarusian territory is threatened by a non-nuclear nation supported by a nuclear power.”[viii]

There are several reasons that Russia sees these developments as an existential threat.

1. Western missiles placed in Ukraine would only be minutes away from Moscow and the Russian nuclear arsenal.
2. The conventional warheads on the missiles Ukraine has in its’ possession can be switched out for nuclear ones in about 45 minutes time.
3. These missiles are dependent on “real time targeting information and control” by American or NATO satellites.
4. US, British, French or German troops are needed to manage and control these missile launches. So, it ACTUALLY is NATO forces engaging in combat against Russia.
5. The US & NATO have had a long standing plan to make Ukraine a part of the alliance and place missiles just minutes from Russia.[ix]

Following the attack, things began to move quite rapidly.

• Russian military and political brass began quickly relocating – with their families – to safe bunker-city called the Yamantau Complex, located under the Ural Mountains. There is said to be a complex there that encompasses 4 to 5 square miles.
• Moscow began openly deploying truck-mounted Intercontinental Nuclear Missiles around the country.
• The Russians have placed a Airborne Nuclear War Command Plane in a circular pattern near Moscow.
• Russian state television began running news programs stating that Ukraine’s use of western-supplied missiles and NATO targeting satellites for strikes into Russian territory could result in “European Capital Cities being nuked.” Specific cities being mentioned included Berlin, Bucharest, Warsaw, Paris, London and Washington DC.  “The Russians point out that it would only take THREE (3) missiles (with multiple warheads on each) to bring British civilization to an end.”[x]
• The day after the first attack, Ukrainian forces launched 12, British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles at Kursk, Russia. There were conflicting reports on the success of the attacks.
• On November 20^th, the Biden Regime announced the delivery of additional “Security Assistance” for Ukraine.  The deliveries included, HIMARS ammo, mortar rounds, 155mm & 105mm artillery rounds – and notably, “Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment.[xi]
• HTR reports: EMBASSIES EVACUATING FROM KIEV – “The United States, Spain, Italy, and Greece have closed and evacuated their Embassies in Kiev, Ukraine, fearing a probable Russian nuclear missile launch.”[xii]
• Ukrainian Intel is reporting that Russia is about to launch RS-26 missiles, possibly targeting Lviv and Kiev itself. The missiles carry a 1.2 ton warhead.
• In addition, Ukrainian forces have observed that the “Russian Air Force has massed a large number of Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers” near its’ border.[xiii]

NOV 21, 2024

RUSSIA HAS TAKEN THE NEXT STEP

• Russia launched a single ICBM against Ukraine. It was fired from the Astrakhan region of Russia.  It struck Dnipro, Ukraine.  THIS WAS THE FIRST COMBAT USE OF AN ICBM IN HISTORY.  This missile was equipped however with a conventional warhead.

• 

  This single ICBM – an RS-26 “Rubezh” was launched from a mobile launcher. It carried 6 independent warheads.

• The message to NATO of using this multi-headed warhead is simple. “Russia can deliver this warhead to any target in Ukraine or Europe.”  It is not believed that the West has any credible defense against this weapon.
• Moscow also used Tu-95MS strategic bombers to fire cruise missiles and MiG-31K fighters launching hypersonic Kinzhal rockets.  The targets were primarily infrastructure aimed at destroying electricity-generating plants.  This will have a devastating effect as winter approaches.
• Missiles also targeted Yuzhmash, a state-owned aerospace and defense plant.
• Following the Russian attack, Moscow warned that American bases in Poland could be targeted with advanced weapons. They singled out a new base in Redzikowo, Poland – which just opened on November 13 of this year.  They said it will “increase the overall level of nuclear danger.”  The Russians indicated that they added the base to a list of potential targets.[xiv]
• Following the Russian response President Putin took to the airways with an ominous address. Here is part of what he said.  “In response to aggressive actions of NATO countries towards Russia, the question of further deployment of medium and shorter range missiles will be decided by us depending on US actions and their satellites….We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military targets of those countries that allow the use of their weapons against our positions.”

SHREDS OF HOPE

Gilbert Doctorow is a geopolitical analyst specializing in Russian affairs.  He believes there is some hope that this will not spiral out of control, all the way to a total nuclear exchange between Russia and the West.  Paul Craig Roberts writes: “Doctorow tells us this morning that the situation is not yet as serious as it can become. Based on reports he has seen, the use of the missiles against Russia are limited to a 186 mile range within the Kursk region.”[xv]  Then there is the Trump factor.  While the Biden / NEOCON-driven regime will continue to find excuses to escalate, Russia has up until now played a relatively quiet hand.  I was always puzzled by the fact that Kiev stood relatively untouched, that the  power was on, that life went on in that city.  That may be changing.  But if Trump reaches out to Putin, he may be able to convince him not to go full nuclear until the inauguration.

The only real hope however is Jesus Christ.  This nation, – beginning with the American Church – needs to turn fully to Christ.  We need more than lip service.  We need actual repentance.  And it is the Church that must lead the way.  I quote it often here – because it is an appropriate reminder of God’s promise.  And it is our only hope.  “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2Chronicles 7:14)

Peace Amid Insanity

Psalm 91 reminds us of God’s overwhelming protection, no matter our circumstances.  Here is some of that wonderful scripture in the New Living Translation.  “Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;     he is my God, and I trust him….. If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter,

10 no evil will conquer you….” (Psalm 91:1-2, 9-10)

[i] Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia with Long-Range US Missiles, New York Times, November 17, 2024

[ii] Putin proposes new rules for using nuclear weapons, BBC, September 26, 2024

[iii] Michael Snyder, Is Joe Biden Trying To Start World War 3 Before He Leaves Office?, The Economic Collapse, November 17,2024

[iv] BRING THE THUNDER, The Sun, November 18, 2024

[v] Biden AUTHORIZES Ukraine to use Long-Range Missiles to attack deep interior Russia, Hal Turner Radio, November 17, 2024

[vi] From August 6 to November 11: 222,395 Ukraine Troops KILLED or Wounded, Hal Turner Radio, November 14, 2024

[vii] Moscow issues long-range missiles warning to West, RT, November 8, 2024

[viii] Ukraine fires first US-made missile into Russia, Daily Mail, November 19, 2024

[ix] Steve Quayle Private Briefing, November 19, 2024

[x] Russian Airborne Nuclear War Control Plane Circling Moscow, Hal Turner Radio, November 20, 2024

[xi] UKRAINE LAUNCHES BRITISH “STORM SHADOW” MISSILES INTO KURSK, RUSSIA, Hat Turner Radio, November 20, 2024

[xii] EMBASSIES EVACUATING FROM KIEV, Hal Turner Radio, November 20, 2024

[xiii] Ukrainian Intelligence Agencies Warn: Russia Preparing RS-26 Missile Launch Against Kiev, Hal Turner Radio, November 20, 2024

[xiv] RUSSIA FIRES ICBM AT UKRAINE, Hal Turner Radio, November 21, 2024

[xv] Paul Craig Roberts, Has Biden Just Destroyed the World?, The Burning Platform, November 19, 2024