"They have a shrinking population base, they have a withering economy, they have a banking sector and structure that is not likely to be able to withstand the next 15 years, they're in a situation where the world is changing before them and they're clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable."

Genius Joe was obviously commenting on the United States and not Russia. He should have stayed back on the Used Car lot with his daddy. And this is our VP ?

What I find most ironic here is that it was Cyrus The Great of Persia who freed the enslaved Jews from Babylonian captivity several thousand years ago. I think Israel and the US are playing with a hornets nest here. God will indeed take sides (it explicitly says in the Bible that God determines the winners and losers of ALL wars and not man) but why should He back our side, especially if our intentions are evil ? And those whacky false Christians who substitute comic-book theology for the Bible are in for a really big ugly disappointment. The Rapture is a man-made story based upon one verse in the Bible that has been misinterpreted. The Book of Revelation is not a cookbook for man to follow as Tim LaHaye professes, it is a warning book of what NOT to do.

Absolutely sickening if true. Nothing but cold blooded murder of innocent civilians.

Kelley

This is really exceptionally well written and researched. I am a fan of the TZ for over 40 years and I never knew about The Encounter episode. Serling continues to connect with humanity, decades after his death.

Let me get this right. We give billions of taxpayer dollars to them. They give our taxpayer dollars to the defense industry. Here is a new and exciting idea....lets not give them anything, bring all of our troops home and tell them they are on their own. America (taxpayers) First.