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Modern apocalypticism
In the early 19th century, some Chasidic rabbis identified the French invasion of Russia under Napoleon as "The War of Gog and Magog".[112] But as the century progressed, apocalyptic expectations receded as the populace in Europe began to adopt an increasingly secular worldview.[113] This has not been the case in the United States, where a 2002 poll indicated that 59% of Americans believed the events predicted in the Book of Revelation would come to pass.[114] During the Cold War the idea that Soviet Russia had the role of Gog gained popularity, since Ezekiel's words describing him as "prince of Meshek"—rosh meshek in Hebrew—sounded suspiciously like Russia and Moscow.[15] Even some Russians took up the idea, apparently unconcerned by the implications ("Ancestors were found in the Bible, and that was enough"), as did Ronald Reagan.[115][116]
Some post–Cold War millenarians still identify Gog with Russia, but they now tend to stress its allies among Islamic nations, especially Iran.[117] For the most fervent, the countdown to Armageddon began with the return of the Jews to Israel, followed quickly by further signs pointing to the nearness of the final battle—nuclear weapons, European integration, Israel's seizure of Jerusalem, and America's wars in Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf.[118] In the prelude to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush told Jacques Chirac, "Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East". "This confrontation", he urged the French leader, "is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase His people's enemies before a new age begins".[119] Chirac consulted a professor at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Lausanne to explain Bush's reference.[120]
In the Islamic apocalyptic tradition, the end of the world would be preceded by the release of Gog and Magog, whose destruction by God in a single night would usher in the Day of Resurrection.[121] Reinterpretation did not generally continue after Classical times, but the needs of the modern world have produced a new body of apocalyptic literature in which Gog and Magog are identified as Communist Russia and China.[122] One problem these writers have had to confront is the barrier holding Gog and Magog back, which is not to be found in the modern world: the answer varies, some writers saying that Gog and Magog were the Mongols and that the wall is now gone, others that both the wall and Gog and Magog are invisible.[123]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog
December 01, 2018
What Poroshenko Gets Wrong - H.W. Bush And The Ukraine
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/12/w ... raine.html
peartreed wrote:To what, in this vast dichotomy, do we ascribe the mind-boggling differences in basic human perception between individuals observing the same objective target?
peartreed » Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:11 pm wrote:To what, in this vast dichotomy, do we ascribe the mind-boggling differences in basic human perception between individuals observing the same objective target?
‘Honorable, gracious and decent’: In death, Bush becomes a yardstick for President Trump
In this photo from Jan. 7, 2009, former president George H.W. Bush, left, joins President-elect Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, former president Bill Clinton and former president Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
By Greg Jaffe
December 2 at 8:35 PM
The tributes to former president George H.W. Bush poured in this weekend, each in their own way exposing the pitfalls ahead this week for the Oval Office’s current resident.
The 41st president was remembered by Barack Obama, the 44th, as “a humble servant.” “Honorable, gracious and decent” were the words Bill Clinton used in praise of his immediate predecessor. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s encomium described Bush as “great in his character, leading with decency and integrity.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... 5f45f8d15d
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thrulookingglass » Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:24 pm wrote:When you become a member of the Skull & Bones, they give you a nickname. Poppy Bush's was Magog.
His nickname was "Temporary" since he failed to choose a name.
JackRiddler » Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:42 pm wrote:I'll take Clinton next, ninety-four year old brain cancer survivor Carter to outlive him, if you give me 2:1. I'll take Carter to outlive Clinton and Trump if you give me 5:1. Actuarially a gimme. What do you say?
Air Force One turns into 'Special Air Mission 41' for Bush casket journey
President Donald Trump's Air Force One, which has been redesignated as 'Special Air Mission 41' in a "special tribute" to George H W Bush, arrived here to transport the body of the former president to Washington for a state funeral at National Cathedral on Wednesday.
Bush, the 41st president of the US who led America during the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union and engineered the defeat of an audacious Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, died in Houston on Friday at the age of 94.
President Trump, who has announced a national day of mourning on Wednesday, said on Saturday that the Air Force One will bring the casket of Bush to Washington, describing it as "a special tribute that the former president deserves very much."
By tradition, the aircraft is called Air Force One when the president is on board. President Trump is not travelling on the aircraft, so the plane has been redesignated as "Special Air Mission 41" to honour Bush.
https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/ag ... et-journey
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