September 7th, 2006
The Lord showed me the following headline:
"European Nations Warn That Iran Is Trying To Weaken Opposition To Nuke Program By Stalling On Giving Clear Response to Terms Set By Six World Powers"
IS THIS AT ALL A SURPRISE TO ANYONE with any sort of discernment?!?! The Lord has exposed Iran over and over and over again - every single time Iran gets a deadline, it just "vanishes" - the alloted time comes and goes, and NO ONE HOLDS THEM ACCOUNTABLE. It's like parents who threaten their
children continually..."Don't make me come up there..." or "I'm warning you..." or, "Wait until your father gets home..."
Open-ended empty threats with NO FOLLOW-THROUGH!
Why SHOULD Iran comply at this time (as this is the thoughts of those in leadership in Iran)......it's certainly not in their 'nature' to be honorable or truthful for those in charge do not know Jesus Christ. Jesus IS truth - how can they then act in a truthful and upright manor if they do not know TRUTH.
BEYOND THAT - WHO IS GOING TO MAKE THEM COMPLY? The United States has backed down CONSISTENTLY EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY HAVE GIVEN IRAN A DEADLINE ABOUT ANYTHING - Iran KNOWS they are empty threats. The Lord had a REASON AND PURPOSE for saying we were to GET OUT OF IRAQ several months ago - because He is omniscient - HE KNOWS that our troops are soon needed in other areas...but instead, we are a VULNERABLE COUNTRY - we are stretched SO THIN with Afghanistan and Iraq - how WILL America defend itself against Iran? North Korea? Venezuela? Al Qaeda?
Beloved saints of Almighty God, PRAY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP! Pray that they will HUMBLE THEMSELVES IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD - PRAY that they will find favor with Almighty God - so much so that HE will give them divine strategic blueprints straight from heaven not only with the battle plan but showing forth the enemy's strategy! DEAR JESUS this country needs to GET IT RIGHT if they wish to have a PRAYER of escaping the wrath which is to come. When you combine our nation's sins with our lack of discernment in the global arena....
Is it any wonder that those who hear from the Lord can SENSE THAT WHICH IS ABOUT TO BE UNLEASED UPON THIS COUNTRY?!?!
There shouldn't be time for ANYTHING right now but prayer and the word, worship and fellowship with Him. WE ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE HIM FOR THAT WHICH WE DO AND ALSO THAT WHICH WE DON'T DO!
DO YOU HAVE EARS TO HEAR?!?!
Spoken to His Messenger
September 7th, 2006 - 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
THE LORD RELEASED THE ABOVE PROPHETIC WORD THROUGH ME ON SEPTEMBER 7th, 2006 (WHICH WAS POSTED ALSO ON MYSPACE AS A BULLETIN, A BLOG AND INTERNATIONALLY ON ETPV)
YESTERDAY THE FOLLOWING NEWS REPORT WAS RELEASED - 6 DAYS LATER - THIS STORY CONFIRMS THAT WHICH THE LORD SPOKE ABOUT AMERICA'S MILITARY...(the story was revealed to me today 09-14-2006)
ALL GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE FOR TRULY HE PROMISES TO CONFIRM HIS WORD ALWAYS OF THOSE WHO TRULY SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF....
In His Unfailing Love,
His Messenger
September 14th, 2006 @ 9:00 PM
ARTICLE FROM YAHOO NEWS ONLINE
:
Democrats warn US army readiness at post-Vietnam low
by Jim Mannion
Wed Sep 13, 5:43 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Army's combat readiness has fallen to levels not seen since the Vietnam War, undercutting its ability to sustain deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan or to respond to conflicts elsewhere, opposition Democrats warned in a report.
The report attributed the slide to critical shortfalls in equipment, which have made it more difficult for units back home to train with the tanks, armored vehicles and other weapons it will fight with.
"Army military readiness rates have declined to levels not seen since the end of the Vietnam War," said the report.
Representative John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), who released the report at a press conference here, said he will present a resolution calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld "not only for his past mistakes but for the future of the military."
About half of all army units received the lowest readiness rating that any fully formed unit can receive, according to the report.
Although units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan are at peak readiness, non-deployed units "are critically short of equipment and personnel, causing the vast majority of them to be rated at the lowest readiness levels," it said.
Roughly half of the army's 39 combat brigades are committed to Iraq and Afghanistan, while the others are refitting and re-training for future deployments, it said.
But the report said that 20 to 30 percent of the army's equipment is either not in service, in transit or in maintenance, and that maintenance depots have huge backlogs because of funding shortfalls.
As a result, non-deployed units are having trouble conducting the larger, more complex exercises needed to prepare for combat, it said.
"Of particular concern is the readiness rates of the units scheduled to deploy later this year, particularly the 1st Cavalry Division," the report said.
"This division and its four brigades will deploy to Iraq in October at the lowest level of readiness because of equipment shortfalls," it said.
"To meet its needs, this unit -- like virtually all other units that have recently deployed or will soon deploy to Iraq -- must fall-in on equipment in theater," it said.
"Operating unfamiliar, battle weary equipment increases the potential for casualties and accidents."
Army national guard and reserve units were in a worse state than the active duty units, the report said, with four-fifths of them at the lowest readiness levels because of personnel shortfalls. The guard and reserve play key roles in combat support and combat service units.
The report also said that the low readiness levels of non-deployed units means the army has no combat-ready reserves to fall back on if it needs to respond to a crisis elsewhere in the world.
"These are the units that would be called on to go to war in North Korea, Iran, or elsewhere," the report said. "The degradation of army readiness here at home has effectively eliminated the United States ground force strategic reserve."
The army's goal is to have its active duty forces on a three-year rotation cycle with two brigades at home re-equipping and training for every brigade that is deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
But the report said in practice that goal is "little more than a figment of the army's imagination."
"In fact it's quite likely that army combat units preparing for the next rotation (07-09) will be 'short-cycled'; that is, units will be forced to return to battle with less than one year's time to recuperate, reset, and train," the report said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060913/pl_afp/usmilitaryreadiness_060913214114
