Mount Rainier last erupted in 1894-1895 but it is still considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the United States (US). If Mount Rainier were to erupt, which is quite possible, because it is considered by the US Geological Survey (USGS) as “an active volcano currently at rest between eruptions”, it could potentially cause widespread devastation. There would be volcanic ...
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Henry VIII married six times for various reasons, including love, the desire to have a male heir and politics. He divorced his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, because he was obsessed with and in love with Anne Boleyn. He then had Anne beheaded claiming she had been involved in adultery. To this day that is not known for sure. After Anne’s death he married Jane Seymour who did give ...
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Historically, I’m guessing Christianity probably used to be the world’s fastest growing religion but recent studies predict, if trends continue, Islam will soon be the world’s largest and fastest growing. Reasons for this include that although the world’s population is estimated to grow 32%, the population of Muslims is expected to increase by 70%. Part of the growth ...
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The United States (US) has long been an ally of Israel and to a lesser extent Saudi Arabia. I believe the US and the Saudi’s relationship first started to develop after World War II when the two countries started talking about Saudi oil in exchange for military, technological and economic help from the US. Now both Saudi Arabia and Israel are working towards building an alliance against ...
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An April 2018 article in “The Jerusalem Post” reported that the majority of Israeli oil is imported from Kurdistan. In fact, as much as 77 percent of Israel’s oil supply or about 19 million barrels between early May and August 11, was shipped through Turkey’s Ceyhan port on its way to Israel. The report cited “shipping data, trading sources and satellite tanker ...
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Yes. The Shi’ite and Sunni sects of Islam play an important role in the Israeli issue. Over the last ten years or so the Arab and Muslim countries in the Middle East have begun to form alliances based on religious beliefs (Shi’ite v. Sunni) rather than nationalism.
For Israel, this means the main threats to them are now from Iran, Shi’ite Iraq, Syria and Hezbollah in ...
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No Iran and Saudi Arabia do not have the same view on the Israeli issue. I’m not positive what is meant by the word issue in this question because there are several issues. But, in general, Saudi Arabia is comprised of a majority of Muslims who belong to the Sunni sect. In Iran, the vast majority of people (over 90%) belong to the Shi’ite sect.
Although Iran and Saudi ...
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Israel is known to have a military, nuclear and high-tech expertise unmatched by other Arab countries in the region. Israel has also had the United States (US) as an ally for many decades. I don’t mean that the US should take credit for Israel’s survival but it has done a lot to help support and protect Israel.
For example, the US is Israel’s largest trading partner. ...
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Israel is known to have a military, nuclear and high-tech expertise unmatched by other Arab countries in the region. Israel has also had the United States (US) as an ally for many decades. I don’t mean that the US should take credit for Israel’s becoming a technological and economic powerhouse but it has done a lot to help support and protect Israel.
For example, the US is ...
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This is not an easy question to answer and no one can really predict the future. I imagine if an all-out war were to break out between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle East, a lot would depend on what kind of weapons were used.
Either way, millions of people would be killed. If one or more countries were to use nuclear weapons, our whole planet could be in danger. If one or ...
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