Camouflaged “for” war….or….Camouflaged “by” war….is it still “war”?….Why do “boots” decide the answer?

….pondering this as another anniversary of a horrific terrorist attack approaches this month…..the Westgate Mall in Kenya, September 21, 2013..where 67-71 people were brutally murdered……

….I now ask the question contemplated by most Americans….”is the USA at war?…..the political heads of state keep saying…NO….so why does this very important question still seem to invade the american psyche?  Could the reason why their “NO” response is unacceptable to most americans and to some in the military be that it doesn’t agree with the natural perception of war?

I mean, to most people, war fulfills the test of the “senses” as it applies to its definition – war, a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state, its synonyms: conflict, warfare, combat, fighting, (military) action, bloodshed, struggle… [Merriam-Webster].  The senses are fulfilled with observation – through natural vision and captured imagery–sight,  auditory stimuli–hearing, cognitive mental processes–thinking/learning/understanding, and through experience–by encountering, touch, and being faced with the dark evil presence of war….So,

….after many of us have watched the most current live speeches from the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, The Joint Chiefs of Staff – regarding their statements on ISIS/IS/ISIL, Al Qaeda, Syrian Rebels, Syrian Assad Government, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the heinous beheadings……and after we’ve re-visited the archived remarks made by Former Director of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (remember she resigned in the fall of 2013) in which she stated the ISIS threat was already well known and discussed within the U.S. counter-terrorism, Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security apparatuses during her tenure, with briefings on this subject matter in closed door sessions with both the executive branch and the appropriate designated members of the legislative branch,…we say to ourselves….

….huh…really?…..and ummm…..just because there are smaller pockets of american troops strategically placed in and around these regions, while fighter jets and armed drones have been given the order to bomb particular ‘strike zones’ within Syria, just because troops are on the ground ‘under the guise of training’ rebel forces, while blatant lines in the sand are being drawn against Russia, and just because this doesn’t fit the usual Modus Operandi of both WWI and WW2….somehow gives the executive branch and some in congress, and some at the DOD the credibility to “claim it’s not war”?…..how deceptively bizarre is that?..so, again…

….yes, again….I ask……is the USA at war?….you betcha—WW3…..most would agree—it’s the new “face of war”, invoking new strategies….but the same old enemies–without the defined uniform, nor respect of “rules of engagement”–nor the “rule of law” of any nation, not even the laws of the global order’s United Nations–whose soldiers hail from a wide spectrum of world sectors and socioeconomic backgrounds…cleverly camouflaged “by” war amongst its potential target(s).

….so technically if a particular nation’s troops and overt or covert special ops forces are ordered to forgo wearing the usual camouflaged uniform and ‘military issued combat boots “for” war during engagement….this allows for military operations to be viewed and accepted as “not engaging in warfare” because of the technicality that “boots must be on the ground” and in larger groups for it to be classified as an actual war?…….say whaaaat?!…..seriously?…..is this what they and the media are doing?…..seriously?…..Hmmmm, looking back through history, should we re-consider if the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was actually an act of war against the USA?……After all, they ONLY used fighter pilots and jets…..it was ONLY airstrikes right?…or at least predominantly right?….did they have Japanese combat boots on the ground?……Hmmm, somehow the USA considered it an act of war…..should we wonder why?

….Thus, it is war, isn’t it.

….pondering this……as I pray along with you in YAH and Our Redeemer for all who are suffering warfare and plagues here and around the world, while asking HIM to comfort and strengthen us in HIS TRUTH and LOVE that HE would grant us HIS GRACE to endure to the end of ages, to be saved,

by Tonya Woodbury-Sloan.

The Complex Layers Series

….Perception….short-sided?….Kaleidoscopic?….or True? Dimes worth of thought….

Roosevelt-Dimes-Reverse DIME image for blog post - Perception image 1of 2  10-5-14     ….my dimes worth of thought to those who deem themselves “intellectuals”…specifically to those amongst intellectuals who consider themselves…thinkers….outside the box (prison of their minds)….

…..the intellectuals at the helm are now agreeing that the earth is no longer round and with depth of dimension….but instead is indeed “flat” as they claim was the first inclination of their explorer “Christopher Columbus”…..

…..well to a more natural, and less indoctrinated mind….that is lunacy, a return to ones vomit, sort of speak…..as the mind of a child would find this laughable…..

……and to make matters more incredible, some “intellectuals” who once pushed the ideology of “think outside the box” are now saying the more intelligent path is to “get back into the box” and “think inside the box”…..whaaat…..a return to ones vomit again?…….

….so why is it some of the elite intellectuals of the world system desire to return to their vomit….to return to the prison of their minds–which are actually heavily indoctrinated minds….to scurry like a rat back into “the box” they thought they had forced much of “mankind” into???

…..historical record often proves the self-indulgence of worldly elite intellectuals of the ages, have often been made to “eat the very words they previously vomited out”…..thus their never-ending plight to rebuild their tower of babel…..thinking (in futility) they can murder “the Maker of the Universe”, and reach the heights of HIM, and cause themselves to be the ruling gods over the survivors of mankind…..to make mankind become crop-sharers and plow sharers once again…..but within a populace with a more controllable number…..you know, to beat their weaponry/swords into farming/crop equipment………..ummm but they pride themselves as intelligent thinkers….or is it the “INTEL inside” of their super computers and calculations, they designed, they put their trust in…as unto a god….who they feel now can calculate and predict faster than their collective human mind….

….ummmmm……well one of the most respected and recognizable forefathers of the earth “Abraham/Avraham/Ibrahim” watched his dad and others fashion statues with their own hands and the thoughts of their own minds and then prop them up to be sold to anyone who wanted to buy a god to worship….and the idol designers themselves would then bow down and worship what they–themselves–made with their own hands……Abraham proved to his dad, these fashioned idols he called gods were nothing…..did not see, did not hear, did not speak, did not feel, and are lifeless, thus are NOT the one who created Heaven and Earth and all that is within it……so why are some intellectuals in their fields still designing and making things with their hands, and then bowing down to these things as their gods……….a return to their own vomit…….should one behave as a dog?…….

…here’s my final portion of my dimes worth on this…….  kaleidoscope_glasses18 The Complex Layers Series image for Blog - Perception image 2 of 2  10-5-14

….life is all about perception….

…..if ones perception is short, then ones life is what it is….short-sighted and shortened,

…..if ones perception is as a kaleidoscope……then this one is lost in the chaotic beauty of it….blinded by the many beautiful obscuring colors which perform their duty of confusion “before” the “light”…..alluring chaos…chaos = deception, disorder, destruction.

….. if ones perception is lucid….then the TRUE and PURE LIGHT of the REVELATOR of LIFE has scattered the darkness of the hues of gray and black, has melted away the seemingly beautiful alluring color prism (prison) of the Kaleidoscope and made all visible and known to the perceiver…who desired to see the PURE LIGHT instead of what was dancing in the foreground which came “before”….(what came and/or comes “before and instead of”  = the anti-messiah!   The True Pure Light/The Revelator of Life = True Messiah who gave the Revelation to John/Yochanan, who comes “after” the wicked leader’s time is up!)

……don’t worship the created, nor the designed, don’t repeat the historical mistakes and failings of the past, don’t return to the vomit…..

….think-tanks you say?…hmmmm….what about the old saying of the past, “…you can’t reason with him, nor tell him anything, his mind is like a tank” (or steel trap)…..a tank full of soldiers can only offer protection for as long as the opponent who has similar thought processes and strategies, out maneuvers them (to their misfortune), thus is “the nature of the beast” of war……

…..Truth resides in YAH and HIS SON,….it is being proven even now in this volatile world right now…..HIS perception is for Everlasting….those who didn’t want HIS One and True Perception, have depended on their own, along with others of like-minds….how’s that working out for ya?

…..Life without YAH in the ruling elite of this beast system, is to have a life without love, moral righteous code, respect of and for life, a life without rules and regulations to preserve life……and offers all evil to be allowed without consequence…huh, without consequence? The consequence is sure death, with no redemption from sin, and thus, no chance at all for everlasting life, without evil’s existence…….

Okay, sure, I guess someone could call all of this my opinion, but those in the know would say it is TRUTH…..Yup…..life is all about perception…..let’s get YAH’s!

Stay safe guys, and stay aware, and don’t wait for officials to tell you when danger is coming, and how you should respond….because in the waiting we might just put our lives in jeopardy……let’s plan now….the best plans are made in YAH.

With much love in HIM, watching, praying, sharing and doing along with you guys, in HIM,

Tonya Woodbury Sloan