Just when it seemed that Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright was about to woo Russia
into the NATO position in Yugoslavia, U.S. warplanes
struck the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade and Russia’s
Boris Yeltsin fired Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov
which precipitated an internal crisis leading to the
impeachment proceedings of Yeltsin. Russia was the
main holdout to a UN Security Council vote to use
force to provide security in Kosovo.
Albright had been working closely
with Russia’s Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov since
January to publicly accept an "effective
international security force" for Kosovo.
Albright’s efforts were to culminate at the G-8
foreign ministers’ meeting during the first week of
May.
The G-8 peace plan would permit the
UN to play the White Knight to bring peace in Kosovo
and demonstrate the benefits of global governance. It
would also place NATO’s efforts "under the
command and control of the U.N.," according
to Henry Lamb, Chairman of Sovereignty International,
a UN watchdog.
Then NATO bombed the Chinese
Embassy and Russia was thrown into political upheaval.
Russia backed away from the discussions and China
reacted by allowing rioters to almost break through
the door of the U.S. Embassy during a four day siege
in Beijing.
Hardliners are the clear victors in
China. The South China Morning Post reported on
May 13th
that "Beijing is to abandon Deng Xiaoping’s
low-profile foreign policy to beat back the challenges
of a fast-expanding Washington-led Nato."
China fully understands the global
agenda and has repeatedly asserted it will never
submit its sovereignty to UN based global governance.
China has stated that any UN peace plan for Kosovo
would have to meet as yet undefined Chinese terms,
likely resulting in increasing tension as China
challenges the global community.
Russia’s role has yet to
solidify. If hardliners come out the victor in their
current political upheaval, the growing
Chinese-Russian alliance, augmented with stolen US
military technology, could portend a dicey future for
the world. Could this be the first stirring of the
great attack by Russia spoken of in Ezekiel 38 and 39?
It is still too early to tell. But Jesus did caution
us, "And what I say unto you I say unto all,
Watch." (Mark 13:37, KJV) V
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