Russia is not finished by a long shot
America’s relationship with Egypt is not exactly warm and fuzzy in the wake of our having taken down Mubarak and installed the Muslim Brotherhood. As such, Egypt is open at present, to doing business with Russia in arms and military cooperation. Right now, Egypt is still at peace with Israel. But Russia does big business with Iran in arms trade, and even though the “sanctions” put in place on Russia for the move to overtake Crimea are merely a slap on the wrist, Putin is already threatening to derail the nuclear talks with Iran, by not only refusing to add to the pressure, but to side with Iran altogether. The international community knows that America under Obama, is not really standing by Israel right now, and Israel’s own defense minister has made it clear they cannot count on the U.S. Reports this week indicate that Israel continues to prepare the IDF for an attack on Iran this year, and speculation in the past couple of days has leaned toward the probability that Putin will not stop at Crimea, but may take advantage of the U.S. power vacuum (that is Obama) and in the lack of credible opposition, act similarly in Georgia, Moldova, Latvia and Lithuania. Incidentally, that would fall right in line with scripture since Latvia, Lithuania, and the Ukraine were once part of “Gomer”, which is part of that last-days Ezekiel Magog battle.
Since those states will join Russia in that battle, it stands to reason Russia will succeed in re-conquering them and I expect that as the “Nuclear Talks” fail to reign in Iran, Israel will find it necessary to move militarily upon Iran themselves, directly. They will probably also have to deal with extreme force with the issue at Israel’s border with Syria, where more attacks are coming in every day. What I expect Russia’s entry into conflict with Israel will pivot upon any major Israeli offensive against Syria or Iran. Russia, being an ally of both Syria and Iran, will then spring into action (in retaliation), drawing the entire Magog alliance in with it.
Saudi Arabia has also signaled interest in possible arms deals with Russia, since they cannot afford for Iran to be better armed than themselves. Despite what the news says, Russia is “sitting pretty” right now, and neither Europe or the U.S. is in much of a position to do anything about it.
Turkey does more trade with Russia than any other nations, besides Germany, so Turkey is not apt to step in or step on toes in Moscow.
Something else interesting that I learned this week is the fact that the Russian Military still uses horses, and in fact there is a Kremlin Equestrian Riding School! The Kremlin Regiment consists of five Battalions, (one is reserve) as well as broken down into at least 12 individual companies. (Source)
An excerpt from one event in Europe in which the school participated:
The Kremlin Equestrian Riding School” (KERS) was established in 2006 with the participation of the Moscow Kremlin Commandant Service of the Russian Federation Security Service. One of the main objectives of the joint team is to revive the traditions of a
significant body of national military and sporting equestrian culture and martial art called “trick riding”. This art combines not only the acrobatic and gymnastic tricks perpetrated astride a galloping horse, but also the work with the traditional Cossack arms, jumping over burning obstacles and techniques of taming. (Source)
The other nations which currently still have an official cavalry? India and China!
Many armies still use horses in hard to navigate regions, essentially mounted infantry.
It is interesting, though, considering that horses will be used in the Ezekiel 38 battle.
The U.S. hasn’t had an official Cavalry since 1961, I think.
Encouraging reading: This Generation
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