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The USA hit part of Afghanistan with a 21,600 pound bomb:

A calculated step toward the apocalypse?

The US has deployed its biggest non-nuclear bomb. The target was the “IS” group in Afghanistan, but the message was directed at Russia and North Korea. It’s a dangerous near-nuclear game to play, says Florian Weigand.

14 April 2017

Who would’ve thought it: On Maundy Thursday of all times, the start of the Easter holiday, the USA deploys its biggest non-nuclear bomb for the first time. According to eyewitnesses, the blast yielded by the “mother of all bombs” in eastern Afghanistan was gigantic. The real motivations for the bomb drop are not yet completely clear. But what at first glance seems to be another dip into US President Donald Trump’s mysterious bag of tricks could this time be following military and political logic. …

The US military won’t reap much international criticism for the operation, even though it remains only one step away from nuclear escalation – something that should be shocking!

And that’s exactly why the “mother of all bombs” is sending a thoroughly calculated signal of brute force and decisiveness. Above all, North Korea and Russia must feel like they are being sent a message.

Warning to Moscow and Pyongyang

Today, on Good Friday, an international meeting is being held in Moscow with the goal of finally bringing peace to war-torn Afghanistan. But unlike earlier, similar meetings in other places, neither the US nor other NATO states, which have soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, are taking part. Russia seems to have taken it upon itself to take the initiative in the stalled negotiations – for good reason: Afghanistan is right on its doorstep. That must really rile Washington. The bombing surely qualifies as a convenient way to show Moscow, as well as those in power in Kabul, that the US isn’t prepared to hand over control of the Hindu Kush.

Further east in Asia, the mushroom cloud over the drop zone could be seen as a precursor to a much bigger crisis. The US has dispatched warships to the waters off North Korea as Pyongyang threatens new nuclear tests. Trump countered with his own typically brief brand of rhetoric: The US will “deal with” North Korea by itself if it must, with or without neighboring China. …

Who can really 100 percent guarantee that nobody will push the limits further and respond to an attack with even bigger bombs, if he had the means and will to do so? Then there’s danger of apocalyptic proportions by default. http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-a-calculated-step-toward-the-apocalypse/a-38425558

April 14, 2017

Afghanistan says a massive bomb dropped Thursday by a U.S. warplane killed 36 members of Islamic State group and destroyed a large cache of weapons.

A statement released by the Afghan defense ministry Friday said there were no civilian casualties in this attack. The 10,000-kilogram GBU-43 bomb, known as “the mother of all bombs” (MOAB), was dropped on an Islamic State bunker complex in northeastern Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan Thursday. http://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-government-says-36-islamic-state-killed-in-moab-bombing-/3810056.html

As far as “danger of apocalyptic proportions” go, North Korea sent out another threat today:

North Korea threatens pre-emptive nuclear attack

April 14, 2017

North Korea says it is “on the brink of war” with the U.S.

In an interview with CBS News’ Ben Tracy, one of the nation’s senior officials has accused the Trump administration of wanting to “annihilate” his country and blamed the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula squarely on the U.S. and South Korea. …

North Korea’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Han Song Ryol sat down with Tracy in Pyongyang for a 40 minute interview, and he didn’t mince any words. …

“If the U.S. comes up with a dangerous military option, then the first card is in our hands. We’ll deal with it with our pre-emptive strike. This means war,” Han said.

Tracy sought to clarify Han’s remark; “So you are saying if you feel North Korea is going to be attacked, you will use nuclear weapons?”

“Of course,” Han replied.

April 14, 2017

WASHINGTON — 

U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed threats to take “care of” the North Korean nuclear threat amid expectations of a new nuclear test this weekend, prompting a defiant response Friday from a senior official in Pyongyang.

“If the U.S. comes with reckless military maneuvers then we will confront it with the DPRK’s pre-emptive strike,” said

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Han Song Ryol, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

“We’ve got a powerful nuclear deterrent already in our hands, and we certainly will not keep our arms crossed in the face of a U.S. pre-emptive strike,” Han said in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press.

A day earlier, Trump had responded emphatically to reports that North Korea is poised to detonate an underground nuclear device as early as Saturday to mark the anniversary of the birth of the nation’s founder, Kim Il Sung.

“North Korea is a problem,” Trump said at the White House. “The problem will be taken care of.”

Han, in the interview Friday, blamed Trump for raising tensions on the Korean peninsula, saying that his “aggressive” tweets were “making trouble.” He said the situation is now in a “vicious cycle” of escalating tensions. http://www.voanews.com/a/trump-in-fresh-warning-north-korea-will-be-taken-care-of/3809090.html

April 14, 2017

North Korea’s army vowed a “merciless” response to any US provocation, the official news agency reported Friday. A statement of KCNA, which cited Washington’s recent missile strike on Syria, said the administration of President Donald Trump had “entered the path of open threat and blackmail against the DPRK”. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-14/air-china-suspends-flights-north-korea-kim-vows-merciless-response-any-us-provocatio

So, two North Korean leaders in two separate interviews, plus another one on the radio, are basically threatening the USA with a preemptive nuclear attack. North Korean mouthpieces seem unified on this. This is not good for North Korea.

I mentioned last week, Donald Trump, in my view, decided to send a message to many around the world in general and Syria, North Korea (Korea in Prophecy, Any Witness?) and Iran (Iran in Prophecy) in particular with his attack in Syria that he may not take time to negotiate, before taking military action. The release of M.O.A.B. on Afghanistan seems to be another message. Plus Donald Trump is having US Naval forces heading closer to North Korea. North Korean has been upset by this and has upped its rhetoric.

As I have said before, North Korea will NOT continue as it has been. For more about that, see our video Syria, North Korea, and Prophecy.

As far as the ‘apocalypse goes,’ notice the following from the New Zealand press:

Donald Trump the warmonger could spark WWIII

14 April 2017

It has taken Donald Trump less than three months to flex his military muscle, and now the doomsday clock is ticking ever louder.

First Mr Trump’s US forces attacked an air force base in Syria last week, before detonating the world’s largest non-nuclear weapon on an Islamic State (IS) complex in Afghanistan …

Mr Trump talked up a big anti-IS game when he campaigned for the White House, but it is the speed and enormity of the attacks that have surprised many, especially perhaps the enemies of the US.

Russia, North Korea, and Iran will no doubt be awakened, and perhaps a little frightened, by Mr Trump’s forceful military actions. …

He has already hit Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian government and the IS heartland in eastern Afghanistan with a couple of right-hooks; why wouldn’t he do the same thing to Kim Jong-un?

The next few weeks will be defining for Mr Trump’s presidency, and perhaps for world peace.

There are now almost 15,000 nuclear weapons stockpiled around the world, and if North Korea decides to use its small arsenal, then Mr Trump is not only playing with fire, but possibly with the end of the world. http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/04/opinion-donald-trump-the-warmonger-could-spark-wwiii.html

What Donald Trump has been doing is NOT about to spark WWIII or some major war with Russia (see also our video, related to this, which is titled: Syria, North Korea, and Prophecy).

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This entry was posted on Friday, April 14th, 2017 at 6:00 am and is filed under Prophecy.

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