Jim Bakker Show - Russia is Preparing for Something - Dr. William Forstchen
Aired: 2017-01-19
Duration: 03:12


=== Putin's Game of Posturing (03:05) ===

[00:00:00]  Why is Putin sending Russian warships to the English Channel?
[00:00:08]  It's a game as old.
[00:00:09]  Now, as we are talking, that's going on.
[00:00:11]  As we are talking right now, it's a game as old as history.
[00:00:13]  It's posturing.
[00:00:15]  It's vachismo.
[00:00:17]  It's look at me.
[00:00:20]  It's the type of thing that can trigger a war.
[00:00:23]  Because accidental war, particularly in the nuclear age, is a terrifying possibility of their ships are next to our ships or their plane moving at Mach 1.3 is intersecting where our plane is.
[00:00:38]  Somebody's computer jams up a wrong signal.
[00:00:42]  Somebody shoots.
[00:00:43]  You got a war.
[00:00:45]  He's playing a very dangerous game, whether his intent is real or just simply a little Putin with the shirt off, look at me.
[00:00:53]  And maybe it's a bit tied into our election as well with these rumors that the Russians are taking over our election.
[00:01:02]  There's games within games here that, Pastor, I really don't know what the answer is.
[00:01:06]  It's bizarre.
[00:01:08]  One last question.
[00:01:10]  We have the headlines.
[00:01:13]  Russia tells citizens nuclear war with the West could happen soon.
[00:01:16]  Russia is preparing for a nuclear war with the United States.
[00:01:21]  Russia holds massive war exercises involving 40 million people literally going into bunkers.
[00:01:31]  Putin sends Russia warships to English Channel.
[00:01:34]  Misreading all the England stuff.
[00:01:38]  Russian government officials told to immediately bring back children studying abroad.
[00:01:54]  That sounds serious.
[00:01:56]  It's very serious.
[00:01:58]  Why Russia?
[00:02:00]  Why now?
[00:02:02]  I think in part it's a failure of our foreign policy ever since 91, 92, when what was called the peace dividend.
[00:02:12]  Gorbachev, who I actually admire, had the strength to disassemble the Soviet Union without a nuclear war.
[00:02:21]  We had the opportunity at that point.
[00:02:24]  I was calling then with my friend who was a new speaker of the House for a Marshall Plan.
[00:02:29]  Let's learn to work with these people.
[00:02:31]  In fact, we actually have a common concern, and that's Islam, because it's right on their borders.
[00:02:37]  We've had a failed foreign policy with them for 25 years.
[00:02:42]  And maybe it's all coming home to roost.
[00:02:46]  I don't know how to interpret Putin's current moves.
[00:02:50]  I want to pray that it's posturing, but my fear is accidental start of war.

=== Wrong Move, Quick Escalation (00:21) ===

[00:02:57]  Because ultimately on the front line, you've got 19, 20, 21-year-old kids who are the ones that are on the front line at that moment.
[00:03:06]  And if somebody makes a wrong move, it could quickly escalate out of control.