US will likely become involved again in Iraq War

[newlife]

It is inconceivable as I see it that the United States will permit large sectors of Iraq to fall under the control of the ISIL, a radical Islamic insurgency. A US aircraft carrier has already moved into the Persian Gulf and I anticipate airstrikes to follow with very limited American casualties if any. The question is whether the US will commit to indefinitely prop up a government whose soldiers won't fight despite numerical and weapons superiority. It remains to be seen if this will be similar to the failure of Nixon's Vietnamization and the collapse of the South Vietnamese government. The US is much more capable then it was in the 1970's to project power, which it has been doing against insurgencies in Africa and Yemen, but will it have the resolve and and tenacity to do so in Iraq which has become a quagmire which defies an easy or quick solution. Closely connected is also the war in Syria which is also a quagmire which defies an obvious or easy solution.

 

[Floyd]

It is inconceivable as I see it that the United States will permit large sectors of Iraq to fall under the control of the ISIL, a radical Islamic insurgency. A US aircraft carrier has already moved into the Persian Gulf and I anticipate airstrikes to follow with very limited American casualties if any. The question is whether the US will commit to indefinitely prop up a government whose soldiers won't fight despite numerical and weapons superiority. It remains to be seen if this will be similar to the failure of Nixon's Vietnamization and the collapse of the South Vietnamese government. The US is much more capable then it was in the 1970's to project power, which it has been doing against insurgencies in Africa and Yemen, but will it have the resolve and and tenacity to do so in Iraq which has become a quagmire which defies an easy or quick solution. Closely connected is also the war in Syria which is also a quagmire which defies an obvious or easy solution.

Since 9/11; the world via USA and Allies has been progressing towards this point.
Since 2011; and the start of the Arab "spring"; the 10 nations listed in Scripture have been morphing towards a "unity" and "entity", which has Israel as the ultimate target.
This easy to forget; because the Western News Media has been compliant in "dumbing down" the truth of this turmoil.
All the factions at present in turmoil will eventually be united in purpose; "Armageddon"; which will be world changing; and auger the 2nd Advent of our Lord.!
Floyd.


Jacob's Troublehttp://www.revelationsmessage.co.uk/Jacobs Trouble.htm


[SIZE=16pt]What does the above phrase mean? It is mentioned frequently in discussions on the subject of prophecy; especially in relation to “latter days”, or as some call them “end times”.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Jacob was one of the sons of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham and Sarah; and Isaac was a son of “promise” to them, as they were very old (approx. 100 years old) when he was born; Gen. 17.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Jacob was a very hard working, diligent, and also cunning man; who was tricked by his uncle Laban into working for much longer than he need have done for the hand in marriage of his daughter Rachel. Jacob, having already worked 7 years, was then tricked into accepting Leah as his wife! He agreed to work 7 more years for Rachel; Gen. 29.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Although this may seem hard in modern eyes, Jacob, with the leadership and collusion of his mother, had “stolen” the “birth- right” of the older son from his father Isaac; Gen. 27. In that context, the extra 7 years of servitude seem quite light.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]However, Jacob had shown by his own freewill, that he revered God, and had paid Him homage on his journey to Laban’s household; Gen. 28.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]A very important event happened to Jacob just prior to his departure from Laben after 21 years of service. He had already gathered from Laben a very large number of his flocks; Gen. 30, which made him a wealthy man. He encountered God in a physical event; his name was changed from Jacob to Israel (Prince with God), and the Promises made to Abraham and Isaac were endowed for continuation in him; and his offspring; Gen. 32:28; 35:10. This whole event was to bring Jacob into submission to God/Jehovah; and to make him realise his need to rely on God for all things![/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Out of these early beginnings, Jacob had 12 sons, who became the first of the 12 tribes of Israel. After Jacob/Israel had been drawn to Egypt by Joseph during the famine of that time, the Israelites grew in numbers over the following 400 years; and because of the jealousy of the later generations of Egyptians , they became slaves to them; , until the actions of God though Moses.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]In the following years after the Exodus from Egypt, they eventually entered the “promised land”, and eventually had their own Kings. They were however repeatedly unfaithful to their Jehovah (God in Covenant relationship with Israel); and because of that infidelity they were taken in captivity to Babylon and Assyria.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Under Nehemiah and Ezra they were re-established in Jerusalem and environs, and continued for the next few hundred years to exist under various rulers. By the time of the Romans they were looking strongly for their Messiah to relieve them of the Roman yoke! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]In this environment of anticipation the Jews were very restless, and tried to adopt a number of men who were active and resistant against the Roman occupation as “Messiahs”, to no avail, ending in the deaths of those men.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]During this period and prior to the 1st Advent of Jesus, the dominant Jewish group (the Pharisees), had been searching their scriptures for evidence of the Messiah’s credentials, which they determined would be of human origin, not Divine! This was because for hundreds of years, the original scriptures given to Moses had been altered to eliminate Divine origin! Also; the Pharisees had formulated their own rules and scriptures, which gave them royal powers, which previously had been the prerogative of kingship! These powers were the final arbiter between the Pharisees and all ordinary Jews; and there was no appeal, which meant banishment from all but the lowest levels of society for men and women who fell foul of Pharisaic law! These people were known as “sinners and publicans”, and were at a desperate level of life and society![/SIZE]

[SIZE=16pt]Into this environment came Jesus, who mixed with “publicans and sinners”, and by doing so enraged the ruling Pharisees![/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Jesus said repeatedly that He came only to the lost sheep of Israel (at that time), and the Gospels show that many “ordinary” people were drawn to Him.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]He eventually proclaimed His Messiah- ship; but because the ruling Pharisees expected a warrior human messiah, to release them from the Romans, they and the people eventually rejected Him, despite the evidential miracles He had performed.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Jesus the Christ (Anointed of God) was, as the world knows, crucified outside the city walls of Jerusalem 2000 years ago.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]The Apostle Paul was selected by God as a “chosen vessel” to explain to the Jews (first); the meaning of the crucifixion of Jesus, but 30 years later at his last synagogue visit in Rome, the Jews finally rejected Jesus as their Messiah; and in the poignant statement by Paul in Acts 28:25-28, the Gospel was focused on the Gentiles as first priority “and they will hear”, as Paul declared! At the same time the Jews became “Lo-Ammi” not my people (as first priority); but can become Christians in the same way as Gentiles.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Since that time, approx. AD 61; the Jews have been put to one side by God, dispersed throughout the world, suffered greatly at the hands of Gentiles (pogroms); but recently (1948) have been declared a Nation again; but very few Jews live in Israel, compared with their worldwide population! The present land borders could not in any case accommodate their numbers, but their future borders will (Gen. 15:18).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]We now approach the core of this subject. Why would Israel (Jacob) have to experience what is called “Jacob’s trouble”, or persecution?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]It has been shown that the Jewish nation is called Israel, because Jacob’s name was changed to Isra-el in Gen. 32 and reiterated in Gen. 35. That was because Gen. 32:28 states; (AV,KJV) “God said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob (contender, used of the natural Jacob), but Israel (God commands, orders or rules): for as a prince (commander, orderer) hast thou power with God and with men. And hast prevailed”.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]This change of name meant that Jacob/Israel was to lean on/rely on God in the future for all its needs, and was to be commissioned by God to evangelise the world as to His Deity, and to show/witness to Him only; allowing no pagan activity of any sort, including remaining free of interaction by marriage with any of the pagan tribes that would be their neighbours when they entered the “land of promise”! They were to be called by Jehovah “My first born son”, Ex.4:22, the Oracles of God were theirs to proclaim to all the world![/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Their blessings were conditional on them keeping to their word which they gave on numerous occasions, after being rescued from distress by God. During times of trouble or rebellion against God, He sent to them messengers in the form of prophets, who showed them the error of their ways, usually to no avail, except for short periods; usually when a God revering man or king influenced them![/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]The result of their rebellions over centuries, was that they lost favour with their Jehovah God; and the consequence was the loss of their status as “Ammi” (My people), and the Oracles were passed over to the Gentiles to evangelise the world’s peoples and nations. This happened in approx. AD.61-2, and the Jews were dispersed world-wide; because of the final rejection of Christ Jesus as their Messiah [/SIZE]when Paul visited the final important synagogue in Rome!
[SIZE=16pt]The outcome is that Israel must experience a period of time in the yet future, called “Jacob’s Trouble” (Jer. 30:7). This co-relates with Matt. 24, and in particular to the death-bed statements of Jacob, Gen. 49:1, and concerns the “latter days”, which again correlates to Dan. 2:44, “the days of those kings” (yet future). The fact of the “stone cut without human hands” Dan. 2:34; this correlates with Jacob’s statement in Gen. 49:24 “from whence is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel”; showing that the two statements are the same time; i.e. “the latter days”, yet future of today’s date (2014)![/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]A full reading of Jer.30 and connected verses throughout Scripture, shows Israel is to be rescued by Jehovah/Christ Jesus, and eventually installed as “a kingdom of priests unto God”, Rev. 1:6, 5:10, 20:6 and Ex.19:6.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]However, that is after the 3.5 years of Jacob’s trouble Dan. 9:27; and God’s wrath on the Gentile nations, which will see a massive population reduction on earth![/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]The end result will be the quote in Zech. 12:10, “they shall look unto Me Whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and they shall be in bitterness for Him, as one is in bitterness for his firstborn” (KJV).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]They will mourn because they will realise for the first time their treachery towards their Jehovah, His prophets, and most of all His Son; Himself Incarnate; given for them![/SIZE]

 

[Rocky Wiley]

newlife,

I feel sorry for the "good" people of Iraq. But, from what I read, we would have left a contingent of troops there if they had not required our soldiers to be subject to their laws. We have laws that would have protected them, no need to put more pressure on our troops.

We spent billions of dollars trying to help them rebuild their economy and military. We really don't have the money to do that. What can we do now? It is quite possible that we will bomb the terrorist with our Air Force and drones, but there is no desire by most Americans to go back in with troops. If their country is worth fighting for, they should quit throwing down their weapons and stand up and fight like men.

Just my thoughts!

 

[RANDOR]

AMERICA HAS NO PRESIDENT

 

[Madad21]

Graphic photos show mass slaughter of soldiers in Iraq by ISIS

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

http://www.news.com.au/world/graphic-photos-show-mass-slaughter-of-soldiers-in-iraq-by-isis/story-fndir2ev-1226956000456

Yesterday, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) posted these gruesome images on its Twitter account and website. The Twitter account of the group, that has seized much of northern Iraq, can no longer be accessed.
It claims to show Iraqi soldiers being lined up, then piled into utes before being taken to a ditch and mass executed in a province north of the capital Baghdad, Iraq.
The fear on the men’s faces is clear in the moments before their horrendous slaughter.
As they lay in the shallow graves, they can be seen with their hands tied behind their backs, many wearing football jerseys as the militants dressed in balaclavas fire rounds of bullets at their heads.
MORE: Who are the ISIS?
The Islamist militants boasted about killing up to 1700 soldiers across seven massacre sites, which, if verified, would make it one of the worst human atrocities in the war-torn region.
The ISIS had just taken control of a base in Tikrit, Iraq when it released the graphic propaganda to the world — inciting a huge amount of international rage.
“The filthy Shiites are killed in the hundreds,” one caption read.
“Look at them walking to death on their own feet,” another mocked.
The head military spokesman Lieutenant General Qassim al-Moussawi confirmed the photographs were authentic and that he was aware of cases of the mass murder of Iraqi soldiers.

 

[RANDOR]

Not to worry though...our president (NOT) has it all under control.........at the golf course

 

[newlife]

I really think that airstrikes will come as we will not allow a hostile, amoebic entity like ISIS to continue to expand as we would eventually have to confront it after it grew even more formidable. Obama did not begin airstrikes against Libya immediately and I don't believe it will be long before there will be a response. I could be mistaken but I don't think I am. The question is how to stabilize Iraq without a presence on the ground after the airstrikes, especially if ISIS continues to hold territory in Syria; or do we attack inside Syria as well. It is likely that after airstrikes ISIS will retreat to a protracted low intensity war., ie what we like to call terrorism, along with other hostile factions. Iraq will continue to be riven by hostile camps with any solution short of partition perhaps quite elusive.



There is no obvious or easy solution. The Bush administration by overthrowing Saddam Hussein opened the floodgates of Islamic insurgency in Iraq and an unending war which had a debilitating effect on the United States. Overthrowing Col Gaddafi in Libya brought anarchy to that country. There may be no solution except a very long fight. Because the American war machine has become very technological with minimal loss of life at least for Americans this may make it a little more palatable. However it is very expensive being policeman of the world and having by far the world's largest military budget draining money and resources away from other needed areas.

 

[Dan57]

I don't see the U.S. getting involved in Iraq again. The president has already pledged "no boots on the ground". Obama is a pacifist, he didn't get involved in Syria and I highly doubt he'll interfere in Iraq. He may be right, there's no resolving these religious wars, let the Sunni and Shia fight it out. jmo

 

[Floyd]

It is inconceivable as I see it that the United States will permit large sectors of Iraq to fall under the control of the ISIL, a radical Islamic insurgency. A US aircraft carrier has already moved into the Persian Gulf and I anticipate airstrikes to follow with very limited American casualties if any. The question is whether the US will commit to indefinitely prop up a government whose soldiers won't fight despite numerical and weapons superiority. It remains to be seen if this will be similar to the failure of Nixon's Vietnamization and the collapse of the South Vietnamese government. The US is much more capable then it was in the 1970's to project power, which it has been doing against insurgencies in Africa and Yemen, but will it have the resolve and and tenacity to do so in Iraq which has become a quagmire which defies an easy or quick solution. Closely connected is also the war in Syria which is also a quagmire which defies an obvious or easy solution.

Whether US/Europe get involved again or not, this area (old Babylonia) is the "prophetic area" of Scripture; and all events relate eventually to Israel!
Many people will object to this statement, but to do so only shows ignorance of Scripture, or atheism!
The present conflict could not be more pertinent and indicative of what is yet to be in that area, and in the world.
Floyd.
www.revelationsmessage.co.uk

 

[RANDOR]

OBLAMA.................THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM......WHAT EVER hE SAYS.....hE ALWAYS DOES THE OPPOSITE.
And....he has never told the truth.......about anything.................he is going to get us all killed

 

[Madad21]

Im just wondering what Putin thinks of all this?

Wait for Obama to shift his focus and troops back to Iraq and then surprise attack off the Californian coast.

 

[RANDOR]

Oblama...........has no focus...except to destroy the USA....and he's doin a mighty fine job of it.
Remember his campaign slogan when he first ran for president?

YES WE CAN!

Play that backwards...........and it sayzzzzzzzzzzzz.......................Thank You satan.

 

[lforrest]

Wow, never noticed that before.

 

[Floyd]

It is worth commenting, that in 2018, Israel have been a "State" again for 70 years!

The time of the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem, was 70 years after the birth of Jesus (possibly +2 or 4 years).

There is a phenomenon in Scripture called "introversion and repeat"; which is an interesting way of verifying some of the interpretations.

In this idea; there would be an expected repeat in the "introversion" of the mentioned first 70 years!

It would be an interesting event if the second Advent of our Lord was to take place at the end of the second 70 years! However; that is wishful thinking!!

What can be expected with some certainty, is that nations so antagonistic to Israel will not let that anniversary go by without a serious demonstration of their disapproval!

That's why the events of the last few weeks regarding ISIS; and the start of the Arab Spring of 2011; together with the fact that all this turmoil is in the "prophetic area" of old Babylonia can very realistically be of significance to OT prophecy re Israel and the nations (gentiles) !

Floyd.

 

[newlife]

It no longer appears that any serious action by the United States is imminent per recent statements by President Obama. It's all really quite ludicrous. A war started in 2003 based on poor intelligence or actual deception that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that it had an alliance with Al Qaeda which could never be supported by subsequent documentation. A war that cost nearly 5000 American lives, 32,000 injuries, 60 billion dollars and lasted 9 years. And now the country is unraveling before our eyes. Seems a little reminiscent of Vietnam right now. But we will see how this plays out.

 

[RANDOR]

It no longer appears that any serious action by the United States is imminent per recent statements by President Obama. It's all really quite ludicrous. A war started in 2003 based on poor intelligence or actual deception that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that it had an alliance with Al Qaeda which could never be supported by subsequent documentation. A war that cost nearly 5000 American lives, 32,000 injuries, 60 billion dollars and lasted 9 years. And now the country is unraveling before our eyes. Seems a little reminiscent of Vietnam right now. But we will see how this plays out.

I agree!
AMERICA HAS NO PRESIDENT!
Americans are getting fed up with all parties. I know I am.
The America I grew up in.....is no where to be found.....and each day it dies a slow death.

I do believe we are heading towards a major revolution...and I do believe it has already started.

This so called president we have is A IMPOSTER.
As they say about satan......"There is no truth in him"

There is no truth in oblama.................he has not said one thing truthful since he took office....all lies....
and all lies can be shown............since the very first word that came out of his mouth.

His slogan at the beginning..."Yes We Can" if ya play that backwards it says...."thank you satan" hmmmmmmm
And where ever he went in the beginning he would have all the crosses covered if they were in his photo shoot or speech area.

My blood boils....at what this administration is doing to the youth and our lives.....

Actually the democratic party voted God out of their platform....in case ya didn't know that.

This day and age....there is no way you can be a Christian and be a democrat......years past, maybe...but not today.

 

[newlife]

I spoke too quickly in regard to Obama's remarks yesterday. I have since read the transcript of his comments. He is ruling out ground forces but not airstrikes. Consistent with my earlier statement I cannot imagine that the US will allow Baghdad or Iraq's oilfields to fall under the control of ISIS (ISIL) and that there will eventually be airstrikes and other actions. However I stand by my comments that the Iraq war was was started under false premises. The US has considerable doubts about Al-Maliki and supporting his sectarian regime as well it should which is in part holding back more decisive action. Without an effective ground offensive backed by air support I do not see how Iraq can really be stabilized although ISIS (ISIL) may be significantly weakened, temporarily. The country could be partitioned reminiscent of Yugoslavia. The nation of Iraq was created by Britain and is not based on true ethnic and religious boundaries.

 

[Brother James]

I sure hope the U.S. does not become entangled in Iraq's problems any further. Haven't we done enough to them already?

The Iraqi people were better off with Saddam Husein than with what we "gave" them. You cannot give freedom to someone. Iraq has never been governable except with an iron fist. Yes, Saddam killed some people. Not hundreds of thousands, including little children, which is what happened during our war and occupation there. Under Saddam, Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims served in the army side-by-side, united by nationalism more than divided by religion. They knew they'd better not fight over religion or bad things would befall them, so they united.

Which side should we take there? Sunni? Shi'ite? Kurd? We deposed the Sunni leader, Saddam, and his Baathists. We executed him. Then we arranged for "free" elections knowing full well that Shi'ites would win since they are in the majority. What did we think would then happen? These two groups have been fighting ever since their false prophet died.

There is nothing we can do for them except get a bunch of our own sons and daughters killed. I ask again, haven't we done enough already?

 

[Mr.Bride]

What a mess the devil has created. When you reject God ain't no telling what's gonna happen..tisk tisk

It's the evening time...

 

[[email protected]]

It is worth commenting, that in 2018, Israel have been a "State" again for 70 years!

The time of the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem, was 70 years after the birth of Jesus (possibly +2 or 4 years).

There is a phenomenon in Scripture called "introversion and repeat"; which is an interesting way of verifying some of the interpretations.

In this idea; there would be an expected repeat in the "introversion" of the mentioned first 70 years!

It would be an interesting event if the second Advent of our Lord was to take place at the end of the second 70 years! However; that is wishful thinking!!

What can be expected with some certainty, is that nations so antagonistic to Israel will not let that anniversary go by without a serious demonstration of their disapproval!

That's why the events of the last few weeks regarding ISIS; and the start of the Arab Spring of 2011; together with the fact that all this turmoil is in the "prophetic area" of old Babylonia can very realistically be of significance to OT prophecy re Israel and the nations (gentiles) !

Floyd.

Interesting speculation.

Did you know that 2018 is also another fifty year cycle on the calendar from 1968 and 1918?

Those who follow the Year of Jubilee - commanded by Mosaic law, but never followed by the Jews - are inclined to expect some sort of dramatic change in world events in 2018.

Try this exercise, but don't do it late at night.

Google 1968 for world events, not just in America. You will quickly discover that the entire planet heaved its way into another path in history. 1968 was a year of dramatic change - what many call a paradigm shift in culture, politics and religion. Have a look at the short list I've compiled and then ask yourself again if 2018 might be better.
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January 21
Vietnam War - Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8.

January 31
At half-past midnight on Wednesday morning the North Vietnamese launch the Tet offensive at Nha Trang. Nearly 70,000 North Vietnamese troops will take part in this broad action, taking the battle from the jungles to the cities. The offensive will carry on for weeks and is seen as a major turning point for the American attitude toward the war. At 2:45 that morning the US embassy in Saigon is invaded and held until 9:15AM.

Nauru president Hammer DeRoburt declares independence from Australia.

February 1
During police actions following the first day of the Tet offensive General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, a south Vietnamese security official is captured on film executing a Viet Cong prisoner by American photographer Eddie Adams. The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph becomes yet another rallying point for anti-war protestors. Despite later claims that the prisoner had been accused of murdering a Saigon police officer and his family, the image seems to call into question everything claimed and assumed about the Amrican allies, the South Vietnamese.

February 4
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a sermon at his Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta which will come to be seen as prophetic. His speech contains what amounts to his own eulogy. After his death, he says, "I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to love somebody... that I tried to love and serve humanity,. Yes, if you want to, say that I was a drum major for peace... for righteousness."

February 18
The US State Department announces the highest US casualty toll of the Vietnam War. The previous week saw 543 Americans killed in action, and 2547 wounded.

February 24
Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures HuÈ.

February 27
Walter Cronkite reports on his recent trip to Vietnam to view the aftermath of the Tet Offensive in his television special Who, What, When, Where, Why? The report is highly critical of US officials and directly contradicts official statements on the progress of the war. After listing Tet and several other current military operations as "draw" and chastising American leaders for their optimism, Cronkite advises negotiation "...not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could."

March 16
Although it will not become public knowledge for more than a year, US ground troops from Charlie Company rampage through the hamlet of My Lai killing more than 500 Vietnamese civilians from infants to the elderly. The massacre continues for three hours until three American fliers intervene, positioning their helicopter between the troops and the fleeing vietnamese and eventually carrying a handful of wounded to safety. View the BBC Special Report on the incident.

March 17
London - Demonstration in Grosvenor Square of 100,000 people against US involvement in Viet Nam. 91 injured & 200 arrested. Articles in The Times give the impression that Britain is on the eve of insurrection.

March 18
Gold standard: The Congress of the United States repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back U.S. currency.

March 22
Daniel Cohn-Bendit ("Danny The Red") and 7 other students occupy the administrative offices of the University of Nanterre, setting in motion a chain of events that lead France to the brink of revolution in May.

April 4
Martin Luther King Jr. spends the day at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis working and meeting with local leaders on plans for his Poor People's March on Washington to take place late in the month. At 6pm, as he greets the car and friends in the courtyard, King is shot with one round from a 30.06 rifle.
He will be declared dead just an hour later at St. Joseph's hospital. After an international man-hunt James Earl Ray will be arrested on June 27 in England, and convicted of the murder. Ray died in prison in 1998.

Robert Kennedy, hearing of the murder just before he is to give a speech in Indianapolis, IN, delivers a powerful extemporaneous eulogy in which he pleads with the audience "to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world."

The King assassination sparks rioting in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Newark, Washington, D.C., and many others.
Across the country 46 deaths will be blamed on the riots. Violence and chaos followed, with blacks flooding out onto the streets of major cities.
Soon riots began, primarily in black urban areas.[1] Over 100 major U.S. cities experienced disturbances, resulting in roughly $50 million in damages.

Chicago Riots
Rioters and police in Chicago were particularly aggressive, and the damage was particularly severe. Of the 39 people who died, 34 were black.
Chicago, Illinois, Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. experienced some of the worst riots. In Chicago, more than 48 hours of rioting left
11 Chicago citizens dead, 48 wounded by police gunfire, 90 policemen injured, and 2,150 people arrested.
Two miles of Lawndale on West Madison Street were left in a state of rubble.

April 11
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

April 29
The musical Hair officially opens on Broadway. Creates public awareness of Post-Modernism, the New Age Movement and Liberation Theology.
Features nudity and drug-taking.

May 3
The US and North Vietnamese delegations agree to begin peace talks in Paris later this month. The formal talks will begin on May 10.

May 13
Paris student riots; one million march through streets of Paris. It commenced with a series of student occupation protests at the Sorbonne University.
The strike involved 11,000,000 workers, over 22% of the total population of France at the time, for a continuous two weeks,
and its impact was such that it almost caused the collapse of President Charles de Gaulle's government. De Gaulle fled to a French military base in Germany, and after returning dissolved the National Assembly, and called for new parliamentary elections for 23 June 1968. Violence evaporated almost as quickly as it arose.

Stated by some as major evidence of global social unrest/post-modernist philosophy and/or Marxist-Hegelian dialectic in operation.

June 4/5
On the night of the California Primary Robert Kennedy addresses a large crowd of supporters at the Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco. He has won victories in California and South Dakota and is confident that his campaign will go on to unite the many factions stressing the country. As he leaves the stage, at 12:13AM on the morning of the fifth Kennedy is shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24 year old Jordanian living in Los Angeles. The motive for the shooting is apparently anger at several pro-Isreali speeches Kennedy had made during the campaign. The forty-two year old Kennedy dies in the early morning of June sixth.

June 12
The motion picture Rosemary's Baby is released to theaters.

June 24
Giorgio Rosa declares the independence of his Republic of Rose Island, an artificial island off Rimini, Italy. Italian troops demolish it not long after.

July 1
The Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established. The program is official sanction for torture and imprisonment of captives.

July 17
Saddam Hussein becomes Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Iraq after a coup d'Ètat.

August 20
The Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia with over 200,000 warsaw pact troops, putting an end to the "Prague Spring," and beginning a period of enforced and oppressive "normalization."

August 24
France explodes its first hydrogen bomb.

August 29
John Gordon Mein, US Ambassador to Guatemala, is assassinated on the streets of Guatemala City. First US Ambassador assassinated in the line of duty.

September 6
150 women members of New York Radical Women arrive in Atlantic City, New Jersey to protest against the Miss America pagent, as exploitive of women.
Led by activist and author Robin Morgan, it is one of the first large demonstrations of Second Wave Feminism as Women's Liberation begins to gather much
media attention.

September 7
Women's Liberation groups, joined by members of New York NOW, target the Miss America Beauty Contest in Atlantic City. The protest includes theatrical demonstrations including ritual disposal of traditional female roles into the "freedom ashcan." While nothing is actually set on fire, one organizer's comment - quoted in the New York Times the next day - that the protesters "wouldn't do anything dangerous, just a symbolic bra-burning," lives on in the derogatory term "bra-burning feminist."

September 29
A referendum in Greece gives more power to the military junta.

October 2
Massacre of Tlatelolco Square.
Police and military troops in Mexico City react violently to a student - led protest in Tlatelolco Square. Hundreds of the demonstrators are killed or injured. The official death toil was 300 - but possibly one thousand - massacred by the bloodthirsty troops of the Mexican regime.

October 3
In Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado takes power in a revolution.

October 11
In Panama, a military coup d'Ètat, led by Col. Boris Martinez and Col. Omar Torrijos, overthrows the democratically elected (but highly controversial) government of President Arnulfo Arias. Within a year, Torrijos ousts Martinez and takes charge as de facto Head of Government in Panama.

November 5
Election Day. The results of the popular vote are 31,770,000 for Nixon, 43.4 percent of the total; 31,270,000 or 42.7 percent for Humphrey; 9,906,000 or 13.5 percent for wallace; and 0.4 percent for other candidates.

November 14
National Turn in Your Draft Card Day is observed with rallies and protests on college campuses throughout the country.

November 26
After stalling for months, the South Vietnamese government agrees to join in the Paris peace talks.

December 11
The unemployment rate, at 3.3 percent, is the lowest it has been in fifteen years.

December 20
John Steinbeck dies. Author of literature on social commentary; The Grapes of Wrath (1939), East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937).

December 22
Mao Zedong advocates that educated youth in urban China be re-educated in the country. Beginning of the 'Cultural Revolution.'


“If you look at the whole year as theater, as real acts of tragedy, there’s an almost poetic feeling to it. 1968 was one G*d*mn thing after another.”
- Lance Morrow (essayist Time Magazine)

If there is indeed a 50 year cycle of divine change, then 2018 promises to be one bodacious time.

and that's just me, hollering from the choir loft...